24.12.2 Signature and Encryption Settings (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3 Administration Guide)

Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.3 Administration Guide

24.12.2 Signature and Encryption Settings

There are initial signature and encryption settings that you can set to control whether all users’ outgoing messages are:

automatically signed, or
automatically encrypted, or
automatically signed and encrypted

The initial settings also control whether the signature and encryption checkboxes located at the bottom of a Communications Express Mail window and in the Options - Settings window are displayed as checked (feature turned on) or unchecked (feature turned off). Use the alwaysencrypt and alwayssign parameters in the smime.conf file to specify the initial settings.

Let your mail users know that they can change the initial settings for their mail messages. After they log in to Communications Express Mail, a user can temporarily override a setting for one message, or for all their messages on an on-going basis.

Table 24–5 summarizes the use of the checkboxes.

Table 24–5 Signature and Encryption Checkboxes of Communications Express Mail


Text for Checkbox	Location	What Communications Express Mail User Does
Sign Message	At the bottom of the Communications Express Mail window used for composing, forwarding, or replying to a message.	Check the box to sign the current message. Uncheck the box not to sign the current message.
Encrypt Message	At the bottom of the Communications Express Mail window used for composing, forwarding, or replying to a message.	Check the box to encrypt the current message. Uncheck the box not to encrypt the current message.
Sign all outgoing Messages	In the Communications Express Mail Options - Settings window, under the Secure Messaging option.	Check the box to sign all your messages automatically. Uncheck the box not to sign all your messages automatically. Note: You can override the setting of “Sign all outgoing messages” on a message-by-message basis with the “Sign Message” checkbox.
Encrypt all outgoing Messages	In the Communications Express Mail Options - Settings window, under the Secure Messaging option.	Check the box to encrypt all your messages automatically Uncheck the box not to encrypt all your messages automatically. Note: You can override the setting of “Encrypt all outgoing messages” on a message-by-message basis with the “Encrypt Message” checkbox.