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==A Question of Security==
 
==A Question of Security==
 
===What to do about your Security Certificate===
 
===What to do about your Security Certificate===
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A workaround to enter the self signed security certifcate onto your client, is to open a browser, in this case as the email client Outlook is a Microsoft product, then open Microsoft Internet Explorer (or equivalent MS browser) & go to https://www.yourmaindomainname.com & accept the certificate for the first time. The certificate is entered into the trusted store & during further use you will not be challenged for an untrusted certificate. There are a lot of changes currently happening with Microsoft operating systems etc, & browsers are changing, so this workaround may no longer apply on newer systems. Obviously when using other mail clients eg Thunderbird, then follow appropriate instructions.
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For Outlook, use the following instructions where necessary.
    
The next time you start Outlook, compose a new email and run 'Send and Receive,' Outlook will ask you whether you are happy to use the server: the dialogue is shown below...
 
The next time you start Outlook, compose a new email and run 'Send and Receive,' Outlook will ask you whether you are happy to use the server: the dialogue is shown below...
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Click ''''View Certificate'''' and a Window like this will appear...
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Click ''''View Certificate'''' and a Window like this will appear... Note that the screen image to be updated, should show www.theformsonline.com
    
[[File:Cert.jpg]]
 
[[File:Cert.jpg]]
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Click ''''Finish'''' to go to this result...
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Click ''''Finish'''' to go to this result... Note that the screen image to be updated, should show www.theformsonline.com
     
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