Re: digital signatures / selfcert.exe ?

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From: Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] (MillyS_at_donteventhingaboutmailingmemvps.org)
Date: 02/19/04 

Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:41:36 -0800

Selfcert.exe is for signing code and macros that you create and want to run
locally. It does not work for a digital signature.

For a new digital signature, try http://www.thawte.com - they offer a free
for email signing digital certificate.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, HAAK asked:

| I have been trying to implement a new digital signature,
| as my Verisign issued signature expired and I don't see
| any reason to pay for a new one since XP has the
| selfcert.exe function. But....
|
| 1) I don't see how to make the selfcert.exe work
| correctly. When I run it, it says that it correctly
| created a signature. Where is it?
|
| 2) Outlook needs a password to import the digital sig
| file, but no password was created with selfcert.exe.
| Then, how to import (assuming I can find it)?
|
| Thanks for any help!

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