v7.1

Indicator Description
The sender’s certificate, certificate chain, or PGP key is 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 and PGP protected message options
Change your signing and encryption certificate or key
Your BlackBerry smartphone uses your certificate or PGP key to encrypt messages in the Sent Items folder and includes
your encryption certificate or PGP public key 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 or PGP.
3. Change the Certificate fields or the Default Key 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.
2. Click Security > S/MIME or PGP.
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