That is why you keep the certificate even after it expires. It will allow you to decrypt old e-mail, but won't interfere with your "shiny-new" certificate.
Quoting Alejandro Criado-Pérez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks a lot for your answer and recommendation. They look pretty neat. > I'll try them out when my actual Verisign IDs expire. > > But the main problem is still there. If you receive encrypted email you > can't save it unencrypted so when your digital ID expires and you throw > it away, you will never be able to open your old encrypted email > anymore. > > > Alejandro Criado-Pérez > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Siwinski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: jueves, 13 de febrero de 2003 18:42 > To: Alejandro Criado-Pérez > Subject: Re: Best for of signature > > Alejandro Criado-Pérez wrote: > > >I bought the Verisign digital ID, especially because it's perfect > >compatibility with Outlook. > > > Alejandro, > > I used to use Verisign digital IDs too, but since then, I have switched > to Thawte digital > IDs. The Thawte IDs are free, and they work the same as the Verisign > IDs. You may want > to try them out . .. . > > www.thawte.com > > Mike > >
