Importing Personal Certificates to Kerio Connect Client

Overview

If you want to send encrypted or digitally signed messages, you must import a personal certificate into the Kerio Connect Client.

You can acquire a personal certificate in one of the following two ways:

• Acquire it with the help of Systems/IT Administrators of the company.
• Download your certificate for free from a site such as Instant SSL.

You must have a separate personal certificate for each of your email addresses, including any aliases.

Note: Back up your certificates so you can use them when re-initializing your certificate store. For more information, refer the Initializing certificate store in Kerio Connect Client article.

 

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Process

1. Log in to the Kerio Connect Client securely.
2. Click Tools > Settings (in Windows Client), or Kerio Connect > Settings (in Mac Client), or your name > Settings (in Web Client).
3. Go to the Secure Messages section.
4. Log in to your certificate store. For more information, refer the Initializing certificate store in Kerio Connect Client article.
5. In the Secure Messages section, click Import.
   
   
6. Browse to find the certificate file, type the passphrase, and click Import. The server verifies the validity of the certificate. If the certificate is not valid, ask your administrator to upload a root certificate to the server. For more information, refer to the Adding trusted root certificates to the server article.
   
   
7. Repeat steps 1-5 for all your certificates.
   
   

 

Displaying Certificate Details

To display details about your certificate, such as the serial number and validity status, click the certificate menu, and select Details.

 

Downloading your Certificate

To download your certificate, click the certificate menu and select Download.

Deleting your Certificate

To delete your certificate, click the certificate menu and select Delete.

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Confirmation

You have imported the personal certificate and managed it as needed.