[Evolution-users] Preferences/Certificates

[Pete Biggs]

> 
> However the
> * Your Certificates tab is empty on my machine (Gentoo linux). There is
> an Import button, but what to import?

It's empty on mine as well.

You need to obtain an S/Mime certificate - it's not something you can
easily generate yourself: you should get one from a trusted
certification authority, unfortunately, it will mean spending money. 
Once you get the certificate you will be able to import it into
Evolution.

> * Mail tab is empty (as for the Your Certificate tab). There is an
> Update button, but nothing happens.
> 
This contains the SSL certificates of the mail server(s) you trust - I
think they are the certificates that you explicitly trust, rather than
trust through certificate signing - i.e. ones that aren't signed and
you get a pop-up that says "Do you trust this host"; if you click on
"yes", it will appear in that list.  If all the mail servers you use
have properly signed certificates, then this tab will probably be
empty.

P.