OL2002: Outlook Incorrectly Signs Message with Archived Certificate

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This article was previously published under Q295407

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SYMPTOMS

Outlook 2002 can use an archived certificate to sign a message when it should not. Therefore, the recipient receives a message that indicates that there is an invalid signature.

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CAUSE

Outlook 2002 does not include the correct certificate in the message that it sends.

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RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Office XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307841 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307841/EN-US/ ) OFFXP: How to Obtain the Latest Office XP Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date           Time  Version    Size       File name     
   -------------------------------------------------------
   17-Aug-2001 04:51              2,446,576  OUTLOOK.MSP
   17-Aug-2001 05:53              3,756,032  OUTLOOK_ADMIN.MSP
   06-Jul-2001 11:12                  2,814  README.TXT

After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:

   Date           Time  Version    Size       File name     
   -------------------------------------------------------
   16-Aug-2001 04:00  10.0.3214.0   342,344  EXSEC32.DLL
   09-Jul-2001 01:56                  3,584  OLK2002.MST
   16-Aug-2001 04:00  10.0.3214.0 6,297,928  OUTLLIB.DLL
   27-Jul-2001 16:36  10.0.3124.0   117,064  OUTLPH.DLL
   16-Jun-2001 18:05  10.0.3012.0   133,448  RM.DLL

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem was first corrected in Office XP Service Pack 1.

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