Security News > 2021 > October > How to digitally sign email in Apple Mail

Digitally signing an email might not be a singular means to a secure end, but it can at least help recipients of your email better trust the missives you send them.

Some email clients make digitally signing easier than others.

Although Apple products tend to fall under the category of user-friendliness, signing an email in Apple Mail isn't quite as intuitive as you might think.

Figure B. This only applies if you have multiple email accounts configured in Apple Mail.

On the right side of the composition window, you should see a lock and a blue certificate badge, indicating the email is signed.

When creating the certificate, instead of a company name in the organization, I might add a song title and then share that information with the recipients, so they can be certain the email has most certainly come from me (unless someone broke into my MacBook Pro and sent an email from that specific account.

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