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      type="topic" id="mail-encryption-s-mime-signing-encrypting">

  <info>
    <desc>Signing or encrypting messages via S/MIME that you send.</desc>

    <link type="guide" xref="mail-encryption#s-mime"/>

    <revision pkgversion="2.32.1" version="0.2" date="2011-08-24" status="draft"/>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Andre Klapper</name>
      <email>ak-47@gmx.net</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Novell, Inc</name> <!-- Content partially from http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/2.32/encryption.html.en#bsqbdkv -->
    </credit>
    <license>
      <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
    </license>

  </info>

  <title>Signing or encrypting messages</title>

<p>After you have <link xref="mail-encryption-s-mime-manage">added your certificate</link>, you can sign or encrypt a message by clicking <guiseq><gui>Options</gui><gui>S/MIME Sign</gui></guiseq> or <gui>S/MIME Encrypt</gui> from the message composer menu.</p>
<p>To have every message signed or encrypted:</p>
<steps>
<item><p>Select <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Mail Accounts</gui></guiseq>.</p></item>
<item><p>Select the mail account to encrypt the messages in.</p></item>
<item><p>Click <gui style="button">Edit</gui>.</p></item>
<item><p>Click the <gui>Security</gui> tab.</p></item>
<item><p>In the <gui>Secure MIME (S/MIME)</gui> section, click <gui style="button">Select</gui> next to <gui>Signing Certificate</gui> and specify the path to your signing certificate, or click <gui style="button">Select</gui> next to <gui>Encryption Certificate</gui> and specify the path to your encryption certificate.</p></item>
<item><p>Select the appropriate options.</p></item>
<item><p>Click <gui style="button">OK</gui>.</p></item>
</steps>
<note style="tip"><p>The Subject line of the message will not be encrypted and should not be used for sensitive information.</p></note>
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