"Mail wants to sign using key 'privateKey' in your keychain".

People have said your password.. password to what? I have two emails set up on mac and have tried both. IO stopped using a signature.. Cannot get it to stop! help

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.2

Posted on Feb 13, 2025 07:38 PM

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Feb 13, 2025 08:10 PM in response to ellenmcarmel

You’ve configured Mail to sign (or sign and encrypt) the current mail message being composed, and that requires access to a private certificate usually stored in keychain.



Though the terminology is somewhat similar, this is unrelated to the mail message signature.

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"Mail wants to sign using key 'privateKey' in your keychain".

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