From: "Geo." 

I'm using Outlook Express not Outlook to read most of these. Under
"accounts" and then "directory services" I've deleted
everything that was in there, would that have any effect on signed emails?

Geo.

"Rich"  wrote in message news:406f8c84$1{at}w3.nls.net...
   If Outlook is telling you that they are not properly signed then you are
getting S/MIME email though as pointed out to you, not properly signed
S/MIME.  It may actually be that they are signed properly but chained to a
trusted root authority that you do not trust.  I don't remember if I ever
noticed in Outlook XP or earlier but wit Outlook 2003 you can tell Outlook
to not display a message that is not validly signed.  This is in addition
to the option to display signed messages as text or the warnings displayed
when you have display non-signed messages as text and you received a signed
non-text message.

Rich

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