Article ID: 194727
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q194727
SYMPTOMS
When you open a message that contains a digital certificate and then save the file, you receive a Digital ID file with an extension of .p7c.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
MORE INFORMATION
Outlook Express is a Secure Multi-Purpose Internet Messaging Extensions (S/MIME) protocol e-mail client that can send and receive digitally signed messages and encrypted messages. The .p7c file contains a digital certificate.
For additional information about using digital certificates, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
168726 How to Digitally Sign and Encrypt Messages
179380 How to Remove, Import, and Export Digital Certificates
Additional query words: 4.00 95 98
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