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Certificate management

Obtaining a certificate

You can obtain an S / MIME certificate from a special certification authority or create a self-signed certificate. You can create a certificate in the internal implementation of The Bat! To do this, go to the menu Mailbox -> Mailbox Properties -> General information and press the button Certificates.

In the dialog box that appears, click the button Create and edit the elements of the certificate. After completing the certificate creation process, enter and confirm a password to secure the certificate.

The recipient of the email you signed will only need to add your self-signed certificate to the certificate store once. You can also certify the certificate you created with a certification authority.

You can not create a certificate in The Bat !, but get it from a special certification center. When you get the certificate from the certification authority, import it. The Bat! will automatically link it to your private key. You can now remove the original auto-signed certificate and use the certificate issued by the CA to decrypt and sign emails.

View certificates

To view your contacts' certificates, open Address book(hotkey F8), select the contact and go to the menu Edit -> Properties... Go to the tab Certificates and view the required certificate.

You can view your own certificates in the menu Mailbox -> Mailbox Properties -> General -> Certificates... Highlight the certificate and press the button View.

In the tab Composition you can see the version and serial number of the certificate, the signature algorithm - the calculation method used when creating a signature using this certificate, information about the certificate's validity period, the issuer of the certificate, and the subject - name and email address associated with the certificate.

In the tab Certification path you can view the certificate trust hierarchy all the way to the certification authority.

Export certificate

In The Bat! when using the internal S / MIME implementation, you can export certificates to a file (for example, to import them into another program or another The Bat! installation).

To export the certificate go to the menu Tools -> Address Book(hotkey F8), select the contact and go to its Properties ( Edit -> Properties). In the tab Certificates select the required certificate and click the button Export... Certificates can be exported in widely used open formats:

Personal Information Exchange - PKCS # 12 (.PFX)... This format allows you to export a group of certificates, as well as their private keys, which are encrypted with the same passwords as in The Bat !; the certificates themselves are not encrypted. Compliant with PKCS 12 v1.0: Personal Information Exchange Syntax (developed by RSA Laboratories)
Cryptographic Message Syntax - PKCS # 7 (.P7B)... The format allows you to export a group of certificates to a file based on the format of a signed letter (which does not contain the text of the letter itself or the signature, but only the attached certificates). It only contains certificates, not private keys. This is the most common format. RFC-2630 (Cryptographic Message Syntax) compliant.
DER encoded binary X.509 (.CER)... This format only allows one certificate to be exported, private keys cannot be exported. The output file contains a single DER encoded X.509 certificate, the certificate is not encrypted. If the certificate contains a private key, then the key can be exported to a separate binary file, unencrypted, in accordance with PKCS # 1 DER-encoded RSA. Note: Not all programs support this format.
Base64 encoded X.509 text file (.CER)... The format is based on a DER encoded X.509 binary, but is additionally Base64 encoded. The file contains only visible characters and can be easily attached to a letter or posted on a website. This format is widespread. Private keys can be exported as separate text files.

During export, you can also activate the following parameters:

Include all certificates in the certificate path if possible

It is necessary to activate this option so that the certificate can be verified later - this will be possible if there is a complete hierarchy of certificates up to the certification authority.

Attention: This option is only compatible with export formats that support multiple certificates in a single file.

Export private keys as well

This option is not supported in the Cryptographic Message Syntax - PKCS # 7 (.P7B) standard. If you export your own certificate in order to send it to correspondents and receive letters encrypted with this certificate, then you do not need to export the private key - it should only be stored by you.

Importing a certificate

Import the certificate into The Bat! in several ways:

Method 1
Open the certificate email and view the certificate by clicking on the icon located on the right side of the header pane. Select a certificate from the list and click View... In the tab General you must press the button Add to address. book to import the corresponding certificate. The next time you receive an email signed with this certificate, an icon appears in the header bar to indicate that the signature is valid.

Method 2

You can also import the certificate directly into the Address Book. Go to the Address Book (hotkey F8), select the contact whose certificate will be imported and open its Properties by double-clicking the left mouse button. You can also go to Contact Properties in the menu Edit -> Properties... In the tab Certificates press the button Import and select the file containing the certificate.

Internal S / MIME Implementation

To use the internal S / MIME implementation choose from the menu Properties -> S / MIME and TLS option Internal In chapter S / MIME implementation and certificates TLS.

The difference between the internal implementation and the Microsoft CryptoAPI is that in the first case, The Bat! does not use external program code. This means that the built-in implementation will work the same on different versions of Windows. However, this option will not be flexible enough if you need to use various third-party encryption algorithms or special hardware cryptographic devices.

Different sets of settings are available depending on the option selected.

Always encrypt to sender

Compress data before encryption
Compression reduces the size of the letter and increases resistance to hacking attempts.

Attention: Compression mode may not be supported by other S / MIME implementations in other email programs. In particular, Microsoft CryptoAPI does not support compression.

Cache passwords and certificate keys temporarily
When the option is selected, the certificate password is saved in memory for a certain time - so that you do not need to re-enter it.

You can choose one of the available Encryption algorithms from the dropdown menu.

Hash Signing Algorithm and determines which hashing algorithm is used. The default SHA-1 is widespread and highly secure. If your recipients do not support it, you can select MD-5.

In field Random sample file the path to the file that stores random data for generating keys is specified.

You can enable the option Use a time server for signing to add a time stamp to the signature - in this case the recipient will see the exact time of the signature.

Microsoft CryptoAPI

This API is included with Microsoft Windows. For detailed information on CryptoAPI, refer to the Microsoft documentation.

Always encrypt to sender
When this option is enabled, The Bat! will encrypt all messages with its own key - in this case, you will be able to read the sent messages.

In the dropdown menu Crypto Provider all available encryption providers are displayed.
Note: If you select a provider from the list, The Bat! will only use it; if selected<Системный криптопровайдер по умолчанию>, then the provider that is suitable for the specific algorithm, key or certificate type will be automatically used.

Depending on the chosen encryption provider, you can also choose a specific Encryption algorithm and Hash Signature Algorithm.
Note: When using Microsoft CryptoAPI The Bat! adds only one signature to the letter.

With the option active Remember the connections of e-mail addresses with certificates for signing The Bat! remembers which certificate was used to sign the letter.

Select an option Remember the connections of e-mail addresses with certificates for encryption so that the program remembers which certificate was used to encrypt the message.

Electronic signature and signature verification

The use of S / MIME electronic signatures ensures that any attempt to alter an email on its way from you to the recipient can be easily identified. The Bat! automatically marks such a modified letter.

Signing letters manually
Cryptography and security and enable the option Auto-S / MIME... Next select the option Sign before shipping on the menu Cryptography and security or click the icon in the Security panel.

Automatic signature of letters
You can also turn on automatic signature of emails. To do this, you need in the menu Mailbox -> Mailbox Properties -> Options enable options Auto-S / MIME and Sign before shipping.
Advice : You can set the% SIGNCOMPLETE macro in templates - this will also automatically encrypt messages before sending.

Signature verification
A yellow checkmark appears on the flag of digitally signed letters. To verify the signature, select the letter and in the menu Tools -> Cryptography and Security select an option Check signature(key combination Shift + Ctrl + C).

The Bat! also verifies the S / MIME signature automatically: if the signature is valid, the icon will appear in the title bar.

Encrypting emails

Email confidentiality can be ensured using encryption. Only those people whose public certificates have encrypted the letter will be able to read it. To be able to encrypt emails, you must first import the recipient's certificate.

Attention: There may be legal restrictions on the use of encryption.

Encrypting emails manually
In the letter editor, go to the menu Cryptography and security and enable the option Auto-S / MIME... Next select the option Encrypt before shipping on the menu Cryptography and security or click the icon in the Security panel. After enabling the option, you can continue editing the letter - it will be encrypted immediately before sending.

Automatic encryption of emails
You can also enable automatic encryption of emails. To do this, you need in the menu Mailbox -> Mailbox Properties -> Options enable options Auto- S / MIME and Encrypt before shipping.
Advice : You can also set the% ENCRYPTCOMPLETE macro in templates - this will also automatically encrypt messages before sending.

Note: Don't forget to encrypt the email with your own default certificate as well, otherwise you won't be able to read it later.

Decrypting letters

To decrypt a letter, select it and in the menu Tools -> Cryptography and Security select an option Decrypt(key combination Shift + Ctrl + D).

The decrypted letter is not automatically saved in the mail database of The Bat! in order to protect confidentiality. Every time an encrypted message needs to be read, it needs to be decrypted again. If necessary, you can decrypt and save the letter (the key combination Shift + Ctrl + G) by selecting the appropriate option in the menu Tools -> Cryptography and Security.

Note: The Bat! will automatically verify the signature if present.

S / MIME standard

The S / MIME standard provides secure correspondence in accordance with the RFC standards:

RFC2632 S / MIME Version 3 Certificate Handling
RFC2633 S / MIME Version 3 Message Specification
RFC2634 Enhanced Security Services for S / MIME

The certificate can be obtained from representatives of the "CA" (Certifying Authority) - a certification agency. The certificate contains your name, public key, serial number, certificate expiration date, name and digital signature of the agency from which you received it. The most common certificate format is defined by the international standard ITU-T X.509.

To validate a certificate, the public key of the relevant certification agency must be approved. To get your own certificate, you need to create a key pair and send one of them (public) to the certification agency representative. If your candidacy is certified, a corresponding certificate (file with the PFX extension) will be issued in your name.

* There is no fully working way to set a complex html signature in this client! You can try using this instruction, but the result is not guaranteed.

To use html signature in The Bat! it is necessary to pre-configure the editor of letters (if this has not been done before!). In the main menu select "Properties" -> "Settings". In the settings window that opens, in the left menu, select the "Editor and Mail Viewer" category and select "HTML with an alternative text part" for the "Default text editor" item. Save your changes.

After that, in order to set the html signature, right-click on the address of your mailbox and in the menu that opens, select the item "Mailbox properties" or left-click on the mailbox address and press the Alt + Enter key combination.

In the settings window that opens, in the left menu, select "Templates" -> "New mail".

* Make sure your email editor is set to HTML mode. On the current tab, the "Format" menu item must be set to "HTML (with formatting)".

Copy the content and paste into the input field, replacing the current signature block (if present) without deleting the first signature line containing "-".

Customize the main part of the template if necessary. Save changes by clicking "OK".

If you have problems installing the signature, see the section

The Bat! by Ritlabs S.R.L. is one of the most common email clients in use today. It is especially popular among Russian-speaking Internet users. The template settings system of this program allows you to simply change the structure and content of emails created by the user, including editing the default one. signature email messages.

Instructions

Start the mail program and find the one whose settings you want to change in the list of your mail accounts. The templates for each such account use its own signature, so you need to change them separately. The list is located on the left side of the program interface (if you have not changed the default settings) and resembles the corresponding column with the folder tree of the standard Windows Explorer. Right-click the required account and select "Mailbox Properties" from the context menu. Instead of a drop-down menu, you can use the Alt + Enter hotkey combination.

Expand the "Templates" section in the list in the left column of the window that opens - it contains six items in total. In order to change the signature in the newly created letters, select the subsection "New letter".

Edit the caption in the right column - by default, it is placed under two hyphens at the bottom of the template. Pay attention to the macros% FromFName and% FromAddr - when creating a new message, The Bat replaces them with the name and mailing address of the sender. If you want to use macros in your new signature, then copy and paste in the right place, without changing anything in the spelling and not forgetting the percent symbol in front of the macro name.

Copy the new signature, then select the "Reply" item in the left column and replace the corresponding fragment in the reply template for the message sent with your new signature. Do the same for the template placed in the "Forwarding" subsection.

Select the "Confirmation" subsection and edit the signature in the template placed there. Its structure and content is significantly different from other templates, so the copy / paste method is unlikely to be suitable in this case.

In the template of the subsection "Mottos" you can put any or any text at your discretion. If you do this, then the entered inscription will be automatically attached to each of your messages.

Click OK when all the necessary changes to the templates have been made.

Sign the sent letter and subsequent letters with your individual signature.

Hello! Many articles and reviews can be found on this site on various topics related to computer topics. This article will not differ in topic in general, but it will affect, let's say, the prestige of a company or a person who is in correspondence by mail and uses different mail clients.
Why, say, such an innovation, did you write a letter and, most importantly, what is written in it and sent it? Yes, all of it is the same, and the most important thing is the text of the letter, and otherwise the letter was not. Who sends empty letters vryatli. And business papers, you will agree, you pay attention to the beautiful signature next to the seal at the very bottom. It guides you to the essence of the document, not a cross at the end of the document looks silly and not reliable. Vryatli you will believe the document with a cross in the place of signature. Yes, maybe I'm exaggerating and there are no crosses in business papers, but the signature itself as it is executed, you will agree, means a lot and plays a role in the credibility of the document.
Electronic papers today are also papers only in digital format and are of equal importance to ordinary papers on a sheet. Digital documents are a convenience in all directions one can take with papers. Copying, forwarding, the most important thing is convenience in storage and quick finding of the information you need. Let's say to rummage through the stack in search of the desired sheet or to enter the necessary phrase in the search on the computer, the difference is big.
But actually this is not in this article. I hope that I have presented you in the correct form and, most importantly, I have clearly described what a document signature is. It does not matter who you are a company or a business person of a commercial entrepreneur, it is possible that a private person who is in correspondence will also not interfere with formalizing your signature properly in the sent document in the letter.
So that you do not have to repeat the signature of your letters every time you send, I suggest changing the default signature, to a beautiful one, with a small photo or company logo. You have seen when you receive letters with advertisements from large and trusted companies. Everything is designed beautifully and the letter itself looks like a website page and not just a set of words with non-clickable links, which is also very inconvenient. You need to copy the link that was sent to you in the letter and then paste it into your browser to go to the page you need, or simply click on the button in the letter, the active clickable word link, which is much more pleasant and convenient. No, I will not teach you how to make such letters entirely, but if you figure out the signature, then your imagination will help you create such beautiful letters entirely.
More to the point: I personally use a mail client called The Bat, it is very widespread and not free. It is convenient that I can work with all my mailboxes at once and I do not need to go to the browser, say, GMail and then Mail.RU to read the letters. Not convenient, at least I think so. I clicked on the shortcut of the mail client on the desktop and all the mailboxes that are set to collect letters by default when opened, the mail client starts receiving and uploading mail to the computer, it does it very quickly in less than a minute from 10 mailboxes. When closed, these letters are not deleted, but compressed and lie on my computer, I also leave copies on the mail service itself. They won't go anywhere, even if something happens to the hard drive, I can restore them at the service. You don't even need to restore it, but just go in and see.

What might a letter signature look like? :

This can be your name and surname. written in any beautiful text. Maybe a clickable link to a page on your firm's website or a page about you. A picture, photo of your company or yourself. A link to your profile on a social network with an icon of the network itself. Actually, any of your imaginations, I will just give an example with the mail client The Bat, the name of the company and a picture of the logo, next to which there is a clickable link to the site. Do not worry if you are working with another mail client, macros and the signature template itself are the same as, say, the programming code itself on which websites are written, but it is displayed in any case as written in the code. So with a mail client, macros will work in any mail client, and if without them, but only a file with a code that will also work in any mail client. The only thing you need to find in the settings is if you have another mail client where you can change the signature. And even then, if you think they are the same settings everywhere, it was made on purpose so that there would be no difficulties if you want to change or switch to another email client. Yes, and in order not to run into imagination, they made a semblance of each other.

Let's get down to business:

We select the box to which we will make a signature for the letters to be sent, to all of them, by default, we will change to our own. On the top toolbar, click on the box in the context menu that opens, at the very bottom, find and click on Mailbox Properties.

In the window that opens, we find the Templates section, by clicking on it, a tree-like list will unfold with which we will work. In the list, you need to choose for which letter you want to make changes and actually why the article began, the signature. Yes, you can edit not only the signature but the whole letter to make your own template. With the arrow, I highlighted if you click on these arrows, then the tools that do not fit on the window panel will open. I made it so that you could edit the letter and make your own template as an HTML document. It's more convenient for me because I know this language because websites are written in it. Of course, a full-fledged site will not be written on it, and it is outdated. But I use it in many of my projects. We will work with it. As you can see, in the picture below I have made a template for new letters. It contains the company logo and a clickable link to the website and mail. Also, the end of the letter where the entire signature is inserted is protected from the main letter by a line. This is what we will do. And then, following the example, make your own to your taste and color.

At first, HTML tools are not activated. In order to activate the tools like I have HTML in this window templates on the panel at the top we click the format with the mouse and see that the very first in the context menu we have a simple text checkbox. Below there is immediately a choice of HTML (with formatting), we select it by ticking it by clicking the mouse. After that, you will have HTML tools in the sequel on this panel.

Actually, the whole lesson and then everything is like in the constructor. By the way, if you narrow the window, then the panels will be displayed and you will not need to click on the arrows to bring up the context menu, as in the picture above. Click to insert a hyperlink. Pre-select by clicking with the mouse in the body of the template where the hyperlink will be located. As in any text document, when you start writing text, you click the mouse where to start.

In the window that appears, there are two fields that must be filled in so that the link is with an anchor, this is when the inscription of the link is not the site address itself, but another word. See below to understand. You can just insert the website address into both fields so that it will appear in the signature. In the text field I wrote the name and in the target field I put a link to the site. Click OK!

Below is a picture of the resulting hyperlink with an anchor. In the place where she was shown to be by clicking with the mouse in the body of the template.

If you have already noticed, you can also insert a picture using this method, choose where the picture should be located and select the image tool on the toolbar in a new window to show the picture where it is located on your computer. I showed you this, let's say a superficial version, but what if it is necessary that the name of the one who sent you the letter and you want to answer him was inserted into the sent letters automatically. Let's say: Hello, Mr. such and such! maybe you need the date and the exact time, which is also not very pleasant to enter every time, and besides, if there are a lot of letters. In this case, macros will help us if you notice they are present on the template toolbar. How to work with them? There is nothing complicated, of course this is no longer a constructor, but let's figure it out. Let's say at the end of the letter we need to put the date and time of sending. According to this template, which I will show you this hour, it will be possible to add Hello to the beginning of the letter and automatically write the name to whom, if this is a response letter of course. For example, when using the% FormFName macro, the name entered in the mailbox properties will be displayed. I will not rewrite all the macros because this is not why and you will insert them into the template by choosing from the prompts in the context menu that opens. As in the previous example with HTML, select in the body of the letter where you need to insert the time by clicking the mouse and on the toolbar, click and go one by one through the context menu to the desired macro. The picture below will explain everything to you and will show you how to set the time automatically when sending a letter.

Thus, you can give a look to your letter and, most importantly, show the brand of the company by which you will be recognized in circles that are interested in your services or production.

The Bat! by Ritlabs S.R.L. Is one of the most common postal customers in use today. He is exceptionally famous among Russian-speaking Internet users. The system of settings of the samples of this program allows you to quite easily change the design and table of contents of the emails created by the user, including editing the default one. signature email messages.

Instructions

1. Start the mail program and find in the list of your mail accounts the one whose settings you want to change. Samples of all such accounts use their own signature, therefore, they must be changed separately. The list is located on the left side of the program interface (if you have not changed the default settings) and resembles the corresponding column with the folder tree of the standard Windows Explorer. Right-click the required account and select "Mailbox Properties" from the context menu. Instead of the drop-down menu, you can use a combination of hot Alt + Enter keys.

2. Expand the "Samples" section in the list located in the left column of the window that opens - each of them contains six items. In order to change the signature in the letters you create again, select the subsection "New letter".

3. Edit the caption in the right column - by default, it is placed under the two hyphens at the bottom of the template. Pay attention to the macros% FromFName and% FromAddr - when creating a new message, The Bat replaces them with the name and mailing address of the sender. If you want to use macros in your new signature, then copy and paste in the right place, without changing anything in the spelling and without forgetting the percent symbol in front of the name of the macro.

4. Copy the new signature, then select the "Result" item in the left column and replace the corresponding fragment in the sample result with the message sent with your new signature. Do the same for the sample placed in the "Forwarding" subsection.

5. Select the subsection "Proof" and edit the signature in the sample posted there. Its design and table of contents are much different from other samples, so the copy / paste method is unlikely to work in this case.

6. In the sample subsection "Slogans" you can place any aphorism or any text at your discretion. If you do this, then the entered inscription will be mechanically attached to your entire message.

7. Press the OK button when all the necessary metamorphoses in the samples are done.

Need to email your main business letter and have a reckless nickname replaced your name in your account settings? Or, on the contrary, do you want to hide your real data from the addressee? Or do you have a new surname now? In any case, you can, when desired, change name sender in your mailbox settings. See how this is done in the web interfaces of the famous sweat services Yandex, Gmail, Mail.ru and Rambler.

Instructions

1. Yandex Mail Log in to your mailbox. If you do not have a vigorous option "Remember me", for authorization in your account you will need to specify your username and password. It happens that the system also requires you to enter a verification code - CAPTCHA. Find the link "Settings" in the upper right corner of the window and click on it.

2. Select the "Sender Information" section in the menu that appears. To edit your data, easily enter a new signature in the “My name". Click on the "Save Metamorphosis" button and you can start creating a new letter.

3. Gmail Log in to your mailbox - to do this, enter your username and password. To go to the settings menu, click on the button with the gear drawn on it, located in the upper right corner. In the window that appears, select the "Settings" link.

4. Go to the "Accounts and Import" tab. Find the line "Send letters as" and to edit the name, click on the link "edit". In the window that appears in the "Name" section, put a marker in the line with an empty field and enter the data you need in this field. Click on the button "Save metamorphosis" and you can start creating a letter.

5. Log in to your mailbox. If you need to activate your account, enter your username and password in the fields provided for this. Find the "More" button on the blue bar in the header of the site and click on it. Select the "Settings" line in the window that appears.

6. Select the "Mail wizard" section in the list on the left. In Mail.ru, you can set three different variants of the name at once sender- the one on the contrary of which you set the marker will be displayed in the e-mail. Make the necessary adjustments, enter the current password for your mailbox in the field at the bottom of the page and click on the "Save" button.

7. Rambler Mail Log in to your mailbox. If necessary, enter your username and password for this. Click on the "Settings" link located in the upper right corner of the window.

8. Select the "Type of mail" section. In the right column - "Writing letters" - enter the required data in the field "Your name for indication in outgoing letters "and click on the button" Save metamorphosis ".

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The bat is a well-known mail customer for Windows operating systems. It allows you to make virtually all operations with an electronic mailbox. In the event that you find a utility that is more comfortable for you, or you primitively want to reinstall the program in order to correct the tasks in its functioning, you will need to completely remove The bat first.

Instructions

1. Before deleting The bat, go to the program window and save all your letters in order to prevent data loss. To do this, use the "Tools" menu of the utility. Then select the "Backup" section. In the window that appears, specify the name of the file, in the one that you want to save your letters. Check the box opposite those mailboxes whose data you want to save. If necessary, you can protect the file with a password using the corresponding items in the window.

2. Run the registry editing utility regedit. To do this, open "Start" and enter regedit in the search bar. Later on starting the program, go to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER - Software - RIT branch. Right-click on this item and click "Export". Specify the directory for saving the backup in the "Value" line.

3. Open the "Start" menu - "Control Panel". In the window that appears, click Add or Remove Programs. In the list you will see your installed utilities. Select The bat and click Uninstall. Confirm the selected operation by clicking the "Next" button. Wait until the end of the procedure.

4. Return to the regedit editor and select the The bat branch that you saved in the previous paragraphs. Right-click on it and click "Delete". Verify the operation. The deletion procedure is complete.

5. You can clean up all obscene files that remained after uninstalling the program using additional utilities. Among them is CCleaner. Install and run the application, and then go to the "Registry" section. Click "Find snags" in the window that appears, and then correct them by clicking on the "Fix all" button.

6. Go to the "Startup" section and delete The bat entries in the program window if they remain after deletion. The procedure for cleaning the system from the utility is completed.

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