Recipients cannot open sent encrypted messages when you run the "Publish to GAL" function in Outlook 2010

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Symptoms

When you run the Publish to GAL function in Microsoft Outlook 2010 and then send an encrypted message, recipients cannot open the encrypted message.

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Cause

This problem occurs because the certificate is written to the userSIMIMECertificate attribute instead of to the userCertificates attribute in Active Directory.

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Resolution

To resolve this issue, apply the following update:

2791026 Description of the Outlook 2010 hotfix package (Outlook-x-none.msp): April 9, 2013

Registry key information

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322756 How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

After you install the hotfix package, follow these steps to enable the hotfix:

Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
Locate and then select the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\office\14.0\outlook\security\
In the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD value.
Type DoNotPublishToSMimeCert, and then press ENTER.
In the Details pane, right-click DoNotPublishToSMimeCert, and then click Modify.
In the Value data box, type a nonzero value, and then click OK.
Exit Registry Editor.