Porsche Design P 9983 from BlackBerry - Update secure email settings

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Update secure email settings

Depending on your permissions, you can change the email security that is used for all the messages you
send. For example, if you use S/MIME to protect your messages, you can send clear-signed messages

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that any email application can open, or opaque-signed messages that only email applications that
support encryption can open.

1. In the BlackBerry Hub, tap > > Email Accounts.
2. Tap an account.
3. Tap Secure Email Settings.
4. Do any of the following:

• To turn on S/MIME-protected messaging, tap the

S/MIME tab. Turn on the S/MIME switch.

• To turn on NNE-protected messaging, if necessary, tap the

NNE tab. Turn on the NNE switch.

• To change the preferred method of encoding to use for messages you send, select an option in

the

Default Encoding drop-down list.

• To select your preferred method of encoding to use for replies or forwarded messages you send,

select an option in the

Outgoing Message Encoding drop-down list.

• To send clear-signed messages, tap the

S/MIME tab. Turn on the Send Clear-Text Signed

Messages switch.

• To receive a warning message if there is a problem with a certificate, tap the

S/MIME tab. Turn on

the

Warn About Problems With My Certificates switch.

• To turn on PGP protected messaging, tap the

PGP tab. Turn on the PGP switch.

• To select a key pair to use for signing messages you send, select an option in the

PGP Signing

Key drop-down list.

• To select a key pair to use for encrypting messages you send, select an option in the

PGP

Encryption Key drop-down list.

• To view PGP key details for a PGP key pair stored on your BlackBerry device, below either the

PGP Signing Key or the PGP Encryption Key drop-down lists, tap View PGP Key.

• To receive a warning message if there is a problem with a PGP key, tap the

PGP tab. Turn on the

Warn About Problems With My PGP Keys switch.

Configure your LDAP server settings

If your email account is supported by Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, and your organization uses an
LDAP directory, you can configure your settings so that S/MIME certificates for users in the LDAP
directory are available to you.

Make sure that you know the server name.

1. On the home screen, swipe down from the top of the screen.
2. Tap Settings > Security and Privacy.
3. Tap LDAP Server.
4. In the Server Address field, enter the address of the LDAP server that your account is associated

with.

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• To set where the LDAP server starts to look for S/MIME certificate information, enter a base

distinguished name in the

Search Base field.

• To specify the scope of an LDAP server search, in the

Search Scope drop-down list, tap an

option.

• To enable an authentication type, in the

Authentication Type drop-down list, tap an option.

• If you enable the Simple authentication type, in the

LDAP User ID and LDAP Password fields,

enter your username and password.

• To enable Transport Layer Security, turn on the

Use Secure Connection switch.

• To select how long to wait for the LDAP server to respond, in the

Timeout drop-down list, tap an

option.