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Signing & Encrypting Netscape E-mail
Individually Sign and/or Encrypt Selected Messages

Starting Point

Anytime prior to sending a message, you can chose to "sign" and/or "encrypt" the message by selecting the "Messages Options" icon, message options icon located, to the left of the address field. (See the green-shaded icon in the following figure.)

netscape signing options

Clicking on the "Messages Options" icon, message options icon, replaces the address field with five options - next figure.  The two green-shaded options allow one to "sign" and or "encrypt" a message when it is sent. In the following example, the "Signed" option is checked. This causes a "certificate" to appear attached to the "security" icon in the "Messenger Toolbar". (The security icon is shaded gold.) 

A "certificate" attached to the "security" icon, security icon. denotes that the message will be signed when sent.

netscape siging options

The example that follows has both the "Encrypted" and "Signed" options checked. This caused the "security" icon, security icon to appear in the "closed and locked" state and have a "signed" certificate attached. The message is "signed" and "encrypted" when sent.

signing options



 
 

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