Microsoft KB Archive/241008

= OLEXP: Description of Certificate Revocation Behavior in Outlook Express =

Article ID: 241008

Article Last Modified on 7/15/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01

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This article was previously published under Q241008



For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express



SUMMARY
This article describes the behavior of certificate revocation in Outlook Express.



MORE INFORMATION
Beginning with Outlook Express 5.01, certificate revocation checking is disabled by default. If revocation checking is enabled, users with slow connections may experience a long period of inactivity while a certificate's revocation status is checked. This behavior may cause the user to believe that Outlook Express is not working properly.

NOTE: This behavior only occurs if you install Internet Explorer 5.01 on a computer that does not already have Internet Explorer 5.0 installed. If you are currently running Internet Explorer 5.0, this behavior does not occur.

To enable certificate revocation checking, follow these steps:
 * 1) Open Outlook Express
 * 2) On the Tools menu, click Options.
 * 3) On the Security tab, click Advanced.
 * 4) Under Revocation Checking, click the revocation checking setting you want.
 * 5) Click OK, and then click OK.

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