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Indicator Description
The certificate is weak, the certificate status isn't current or
your smartphone requires more data to verify the trust status
of the certificate.
The sender’s certificate has expired.
Encryption status indicators
Your administrator sets whether messages that you receive are considered to be strong or weak.
Indicator Description
The message is strongly encrypted.
The message is weakly encrypted.
Check the status of a certificate or certificate chain
If a certificate is included in a received message, or is already stored in the key store on your BlackBerry® device, you can check
the status of the sender's certificate, or you can check the status of the sender's certificate and all other certificates in the
certificate chain.
1. In a message, highlight a digital signature indicator.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Check Sender’s Certificate or Check Sender’s Cert Chain.
S/MIME-protected message options
Change your signing or encryption certificate
Your BlackBerry® smartphone uses your encryption certificate to encrypt messages in the Sent Items folder and includes your
encryption certificate in messages that you send so that recipients can encrypt their reply messages.
1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2. Click Security > S/MIME.
3. In the Signing section or the Encryption section, change the Certificate field.
4.
Press the key > Save.
Related information
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Change options for downloading attachments in encrypted messages
1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
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