OL2002: Outlook Incorrectly Signs Message with Archived Certificate (295407)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2002
This article was previously published under Q295407

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.

CAUSE

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

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 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

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.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/28/2006
Keywords:kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbOfficeXPsp1Fix kbQFE KB295407
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