Policy

Promote Level 2 errors as errors, not warnings

Microsoft Office

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Promote Level 2 errors as errors, not warnings
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Microsoft Outlook 2016 > Security > Cryptography > Signature Status dialog box
Supported on
Windows7

This policy setting allows you to treat Level 2 errors as warnings instead of errors. Level 2 errors occur when the message signature appears to be valid, but there are other issues with the signature. If you enable this policy setting, Level 2 errors will be treated as warnings. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Level 2 errors will be treated as errors When you specify a value for PromoteErrorsAsWarnings, note that potential Level 2 error conditions include the following: - Unknown Signature Algorithm - No Signing Certification Found - Bad Attribute Sets - No Issuer Certificate found - No CRL Found - Out-of-date CRL - Root Trust Problem - Out-of-date CTL

Internal name
L_Promotingerrorsaswarnings
Policy ID
54725a729f82
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
User
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\security
Value name
promoteerrorsaswarnings
REG_DWORD
HKCU
1
HKCU
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · User
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\security
Value name
promoteerrorsaswarnings
Hive
HKCU
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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