How To Obtain Email Digital Signature

In my previous article, I have talked about some of the ways that you can secure email accounts, In this article, I want to provide a clear guide on how you can secure your email account by using an email digital signature. Follow me as we are going to look at some of the procedures together in this article.

Just like I said in my previous article, Digital Signature are used to authenticate the sender of an email and it is used to authenticate the sender of an email. In order not to waster time, let me now tell you some of the things that you need to know.

How to do it…

Go to the Certificate Authorities website,
Purchase and download a Digital Certificate
Some Certificate Authorities offer a free personal email security certificate such as Comodo
Provide personal details to download the certificate
Login to the email account that you have provided while downloading the certificate
Check your inbox for an installation link
Click on the installation link and install the digital certificate
In the Internet Explorer go to Tool→Internet Options→Content tab
In the Content tab, click Certificates button
Select the Certificate and click on Export button
Click on Next
Check the Yes, Export the Private Key option
Click on Next
Protect the private key by giving a password and confirming it.
Specify the file you want to export and save it to a particular location

How to do the same on Microsoft Outlook…

Go to the Microsoft Outlook ⇒ File ⇒ Options
Click on Trust Centre ⇒ Trust Centre Settings ⇒ Email Security
Encrypt the email by selecting the appropriate checkboxes under the encrypted email section
Click the Import/Export button
Browse to find the file to open and give the password and Digital ID name
Click the OK button
Click new email to write a message
After clicking on the send button, it will prompt you to encrypt the message
Click the send unencrypted button {if the recipient do not have a private key)
Click on the continue button if the recipient has a private key

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