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I keep getting a pop up when trying to send an email from one of my email accounts.

Yesterday I think I hit something in Adobe to enable signature - and now I can't figure out for the life of me how to get rid of it. Every time I try to send an email from this account - a message pops up.

"Mail wants to sign using key "privateKey" in your keychain. to allow this, enter the "login" keychain password."

I have tried every password to my computer, emails etc. with NO luck.

I've watched multiple YouTube videos and tried deleting keychains and restarting my computer with no luck. Please help!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 9, 2024 4:18 PM

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Grant Bennet-Alder

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Jan 9, 2024 5:24 PM in response to ShannonMAC55

'signed' in this context has nothing to do with adding a script signature picture. nothing to do with passwords either.

This is referring to digital signing -- sending crypto-protected emails. They are not encrypted/scrambled, but If the receiver has the public key, they can assure that the message is from you, and has NOT been modified since you sent it.

But you need to have pre-arranged the certificate and its Public key to be used by the receiver for it to be worth doing. The required certificate and private KEY (for crypto-locking) would be stored in your keychain once you have this all set up properly.

You probably just want to turn that off.

Sign or encrypt emails in Mail on Mac - Apple Support

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