13.10. Importing personal certificate in Thunderbird
The following example shows how to import certificates for personal authentication in the Mozilla Thunderbird email client.
Conditions préalables
- You have a personal certificate stored on your device.
To use a personal certificate for authentication:
Procédure
-
Open
Certificate Manager
. Under the
Your Certificates
tab, click .Figure 13.10. Importing a personal certificate for authentication in Thunderbird
- Select the required certificate from your computer.
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Close the
Certificate Manager
. Open the main menu and select
Account Settings
.Figure 13.11. Selecting account settings from menu
Select
End-To-End Encryption
in the left panel under your account email address.Selecting end-to-end encryption section.
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Under
S/MIME
section click the first button to choose your personal certificate to use for signing messages. Under
S/MIME
section click the second button to choose your personal certificate to encrypt and decrypt messages.Choosing certificate for signing and encryption/decryption.
In case you forgot to import valid certificate, you can open Certificate Manager
directly using the Manage S/MIME certificates
.