TABLE 2: Microsoft S/MIME Client Feature Comparison
  Outlook 2000 Corporate/Workgroup Mode (1) Outlook 2000 Internet Mail Only Mode (1) Outlook 2000 Express 5.0 (2)
 
Encryption key recovery Yes No No
CDP support Yes (3) Yes (3) Yes
Private key storage Protected Store, optional Syskey protection Protected Store, optional Syskey protection Protected Store, optional Syskey protection
Support for clear and opaque signing Yes Yes Yes
S/MIME enrollment KMS, internal CA, commercial CA Internal CA, commercial CA Internal CA, commercial CA
S/MIME enrollment initiator Administrator (KMS), user (other) User User
Certificate renewal Automated (revocation, expiration) Warning (revocation, expiration) Warning (revocation, expiration)
LDAP support Yes (4) Yes Yes
PKCS #12 support Yes Yes Yes
 
(1) Outlook 2000 Version 9.0.0.2711
(2) Outlook Express Version 5.00.2919.6700
(3) To enable CDP support in Outlook 2000, you must create the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\Cryptography\{7801ebd0-cf4b-11d0-851f-0060979387ea} registry key, add the PolicyFlags Registry value, and set it to 0x00010000.
(4) To enable LDAP support in Outlook 2000 Corporate/Workgroup mode, you must add the LDAP Directory Service to the Outlook Profile.