UPGRADING TO LOTUS NOTES 6 AND LOTUS DOMINO 6

Recertifying flat IDs using Notes mail
Follow these steps to manually recertify a flat ID that has a certificate that is about to expire. The owner of the ID and the certification administrator must be able to communicate through Notes mail; each takes turns processing the request.

To mail the ID, the owner of the ID does the following:

1. In the Notes client, choose File - Tools - User ID.

2. Click Certificates.

3. Click Request Certificate.

4. Enter the name of the certification administrator in the To field.

5. Click Send to mail the request to the certification administrator.

To recertify the ID, the certification administrator does the following:

1. In the Domino Administrator, open the certification request in your mail file.

2. If the certifier is on a disk, insert the disk in the disk drive.

3. Choose Actions - Certify Attached ID File.

4. Select the certifier to use and click OK.

5. Enter the password for the certifier and click OK.

6. If the certifier is on a disk, remove the disk from the disk drive and click OK.

7. (Optional) Accept or change the certificate expiration date.

8. Leave "Trust other certificates signed by this certifier" selected unless the certificate is from another organization's certifier.

9. (Optional) Click Server, select a server, then click OK to change the server in whose Domino Directory Lotus Domino updates the Person document. If the server isn't local, you must have at least Author access to its Domino Directory.

10. Click Certify.

11. Click Sign to prove your identity to the recipient.

12. Choose Send to send the recertified safe copy of the ID to the user.

To merge the new certificate, the owner of the ID does the following:

1. In the Notes client, open the mail document containing the recertified ID.

2. Choose Actions - Accept Certificate.

3. Enter the password for the ID. You see the new certificate.

4. If this is a certificate received from another organization, turn off "Trust other certificates signed by this certifier."

For more information, see the topic Communication with organizations that use flat names.

5. Click Accept.