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Where can I get an S/MIME email certificate and import it into the keychain?

My S/MIME email certificate just expired, and I'd like to get another one. I got this expired certificate from Sectigo and it was a nightmare to get it into the keychain. I had to download some files from Sectigo then use openssl to massage the files into something that Monterey could understand.


Is there an easier way to do this? Where can I get an S/MIME certificate that is easier to install?

Posted on Sep 15, 2022 4:21 PM

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Posted on Sep 15, 2022 4:35 PM

This description looks pretty good: https://www.macwhiz.com/blog/2014/11/18/apple-s-mime/


You’ll need to find a different certificate provider though, as StartSSL is gone. Actalis has free certs, etc.


Here’s a list of issuers: https://cabforum.org/working-groups/smime-certificate-wg/


Here’s a long dicussion about some of the issues: https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/reconsider-s-mime/175504/19

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Sep 15, 2022 4:35 PM in response to jtjbt20x

This description looks pretty good: https://www.macwhiz.com/blog/2014/11/18/apple-s-mime/


You’ll need to find a different certificate provider though, as StartSSL is gone. Actalis has free certs, etc.


Here’s a list of issuers: https://cabforum.org/working-groups/smime-certificate-wg/


Here’s a long dicussion about some of the issues: https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/reconsider-s-mime/175504/19

Sep 15, 2022 6:19 PM in response to MrHoffman

Thanks, that helped. I got a free certificate from Actalis, but then I was having some issues with trust. I ended up deleting the Actalis certificate from Keychain Access.


Now when I send an email from Mail, it is still signed by the Actalis certificate I deleted--even though I deleted it from the Keychain.


Now it seems like it is working, but I don't know how, as I deleted the Actalis certificate from the Keychain.


Where can I get an S/MIME email certificate and import it into the keychain?

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