To encrypt an item and have the recipient decrypt it, you must have received the recipient’s public security certificate.
Make sure you have a security certificate and that you have selected the security service provider you would like to use in Security Options.
Open an item view.
Click the
field, type a username, then press Enter. Repeat for additional users.Click to digitally sign the item.
Click to encrypt the item.
Type a subject and message.
Click
on the toolbar.If you receive a Recipient Certificate Not Found message when you attempt to send the item, one of the following is true: 1) You are trying to encrypt an item for a recipient and don’t have his or her public certificate, 2) The e-mail address in the public certificate does not match the recipient’s e-mail address, or 3) There is no e-mail address in the recipient’s public certificate and the recipient’s e-mail address cannot be verified.
If 1) is true, you need to obtain the recipient’s public security certificate. If 2) or 3) is true, click
to locate the recipient’s certificate.