- Thunderbird E-mail: Adding a Secure Master Password
- Thunderbird E-mail: Adding LDAP Addressing
- Thunderbird E-mail: Creating and Attaching a Signature File
- Thunderbird E-mail: Download and Install the Bates Certificate
- Thunderbird E-mail General Information and Links
- Thunderbird E-mail: Install and Configure for Office or Home
- Thunderbird E-mail: Moving Messages to a Gmail Account
- Thunderbird E-mail: Securing E-mail with Digital Certificates
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Open Firefox and go to the Public-Key Cryptography page at: http://abacus.bates.edu/ils/offices/web/crypto
- Right click the link Certificate Authority (CA) and select Save Link As
- When prompted save the certificate file (bates_ca_cert.pem.cer) to your Desktop
To install the certificate, return to Thunderbird.
- From the Tools menu, select Account Settings
- Account Settings dialog box
- Select Security
- Click View Certificates
Select the Authorities tab from the Certificate Manager dialog box
- Click Import
- Locate and select the file bates_ca_cert.pem.cer from your Desktop
- Click Open/strong>, The Downloading Certificate dialog box displays.
- Downloading Certificate dialog box
- Click to check:
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- Trust this CA to identify web sites check box
- Trust this CA to identify email users check box
- Trust this CA to identify software developers check box
Click OK to finish downloading
Click OK to close the Certificate Manager dialog box
Click OK to close Account Settings dialog box
NOTE: Certificates expire after one year. You must request a new one each year. It is possible to have both the old and the new one in the interim; and messages may require you choose which one to use.