Outlook Usability Enhancements
The purpose of the ActivID ActivClient Microsoft Outlook Usability Enhancements is to simplify the configuration and usage of Microsoft Outlook for email signature, encryption, and decryption using certificates stored on a smart card.
They also enable administrators to enforce corporate policies regarding email security.
Key Features:
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Automatic Outlook security profile configuration on card insertion
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Automatic publication of the user's encryption certificate to GAL on card insertion
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Incoming e-mail management:
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Auto-Contact: Automatic addition of sender’s certificates to Outlook Contacts
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Auto-Decrypt: Automatically decrypts encrypted emails.
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To avoid Outlook crashing with AIP add-in on encrypted e-mail follow these steps:
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Enable the ActivClient PIN Caching policy "Exclude executables from ActivClient PIN cache" and add "outlook.exe" to the list.
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Restart the machine to update the policy changes.
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