Product Accreditation Tests
In addition to the site certification tests, the following tests are required to verify that a vendor's product meets the S.E.E. Mail business requirements. Completion of the tests is a pre-requisite for interim product/vendor accreditation.
To apply for interim product/vendor accreditation, please supply a signed copy of the completed tests to the S.E.E. Manager.
Sending to Non SEEMAIL agencies
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SUBJECT |
ORIGINATOR |
RECIPIENT |
MESSAGE |
RESULT |
MESSAGES |
TICK |
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OUT-1-B-2 |
Candidate |
Non SEEMAIL |
Outgoing - Recipient: Non SEEMAIL agency - Message contains [S**MAIL] (UNICODE UTF-7 encoding) |
The message is not delivered. The sender receives the appropriate warning message. |
S: S.E.E. Mail Warning Message 1a - NO SEEMAIL |
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OUT-1-B-3 |
Candidate |
Non SEEMAIL |
Outgoing - Recipient: Non SEEMAIL agency - Message contains [S**MAIL] (RTF format) |
The message is not delivered. The sender receives the appropriate warning message. |
S: S.E.E. Mail Warning Message 1a - NO SEEMAIL |
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OUT-1-B-4 |
Candidate |
Non SEEMAIL |
Outgoing - Recipient: Non SEEMAIL agency - Message contains [S**MAIL] (HTML format) |
The message is not delivered. The sender receives the appropriate warning message. |
S: S.E.E. Mail Warning Message 1a - NO SEEMAIL |
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OUT-1-C-2 |
Candidate |
Non SEEMAIL |
Outgoing - Recipient: Non SEEMAIL agency - Message with attachment contains [S**MAIL] (BINHEX attachment format) |
The message is not delivered. The sender receives the appropriate warning message. |
S: S.E.E. Mail Warning Message 1a - NO SEEMAIL |
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OUT-1-C-3 |
Candidate |
Non SEEMAIL |
Outgoing - Recipient: Non SEEMAIL agency - Message with attachment contains [S**MAIL] (UUEncodeattachment format) |
The message is not delivered. The sender receives the appropriate warning message. |
S: S.E.E. Mail Warning Message 1a - NO SEEMAIL |
Certificate Handling Tests
Outgoing Certificate Handling Tests
Problems with their certificate
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SUBJECT |
ORIGINATOR |
RECIPIENT |
MESSAGE |
RESULT |
MESSAGES |
TICK |
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OUT-C-1 |
Candidate |
SEEMAIL |
Encrypting a message - Other agency's certificate is revoked / suspended |
The message is not delivered. Attempt to auto-discover valid public key certificate (LDAP) [ Note: The auto-discover valid public key certificate (LDAP) is an optional step for these tests.] . Success: Pass message through. Fail: Hold message. The sender and administrator of the sending gateway receive the appropriate warning message. |
S, SA: Message OUT-C-1 (The recipient agency's certificate is revoked/suspended. The message was not sent.) |
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OUT-C-2 |
Candidate |
SEEMAIL |
Encrypting a message - Other agency's certificate is unknown |
The message is not delivered. Attempt to auto-discover valid public key certificate (LDAP). Success: Pass message through. Fail: Hold message. The sender and administrator of the sending gateway receive the appropriate warning message. |
S, SA: Message OUT-C-2 (The recipient agency's certificate is unknown. The message was not sent.) |
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OUT-C-3 |
Candidate |
SEEMAIL |
Encrypting a message - Other agency's certificate is expired |
The message is not delivered. Attempt to auto-discover valid public key certificate (LDAP). Success: Pass message through. Fail: Hold message. The sender and administrator of the sending gateway receive the appropriate warning message. |
S, SA: Message OUT-C-3 (The recipient agency's certificate is expired. The message was not sent.) |
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OUT-C-4 |
Candidate |
SEEMAIL |
Encrypting a message - Other agency's certificate status is unavailable |
The message is delivered. The administrator of the sending gateway receives the appropriate warning message. |
SA: Message OUT-C-4 (The recipient agency's CRL was not available. The message was sent.) |
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OUT-C-5 |
Candidate |
SEEMAIL |
Encrypting a message - Other agency's certificate status is not yet valid |
The message is not delivered. Attempt to auto-discover valid public key certificate (LDAP). Success: Pass message through. Fail: Hold message. The sender and administrator of the sending gateway receive the appropriate warning message. |
SA: Message OUT-C-5 (The recipient agency's certificate is not yet valid. The message was not sent.) |
Problems with our certificate
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SUBJECT |
ORIGINATOR |
RECIPIENT |
MESSAGE |
RESULT |
MESSAGES |
TICK |
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OUT-C-6 |
Candidate |
SEEMAIL |
Signing a message - Our certificate is revoked / suspended |
The message is not delivered. The sender and administrator of the sending gateway receive the appropriate warning message. |
S, SA: Message OUT-C-6 (Our certificate is revoked/suspended. Message is held until administrator fixes the problem.) |
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OUT-C-7 |
Candidate |
SEEMAIL |
Signing a message - Our certificate status is unknown CA |
The message is not delivered. The sender and administrator of the sending gateway receive the appropriate warning message. |
S, SA: Message OUT-C-7 (Our certificate is associated with an untrusted / unknown CA. Message is held until administrator fixes the problem.) |
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OUT-C-8 |
Candidate |
SEEMAIL |
Signing a message - Our certificate status has expired (system date is after certificate expiry date) |
The message is not delivered. Attempt to auto-discover valid public key certificate (LDAP). Success: Pass message through. Fail: Hold message. The sender and administrator of the sending gateway receive the appropriate warning message. |
S, SA: Message OUT-C-8 (Our certificate has expired. Message is held until administrator fixes the problem.) |
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OUT-C-9 |
Candidate |
SEEMAIL |
Signing a message - Our certificate status is unavailable |
The message is sent. The administrator of the sending gateway receives the appropriate warning message. |
S, SA: Message OUT-C-9 (Our certificate status was unavailable. The message was sent.) |
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OUT-C-10 |
Candidate |
SEEMAIL |
Signing a message - Our certificate status is not yet valid (system date is before certificate issue date) |
The message is not delivered. Attempt to auto-discover valid public key certificate (LDAP). Success: Pass message through. Fail: Hold message. The sender and administrator of the sending gateway receive the appropriate warning message. |
S, SA: Message OUT-C-10 (Our certificate is not yet valid. Message is held until administrator fixes the problem.) |
Incoming Certificate Handling Tests
Problems with their certificate
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SUBJECT |
ORIGINATOR |
RECIPIENT |
MESSAGE |
RESULT |
MESSAGES |
TICK |
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IN-C-1 |
SEEMAIL |
Candidate |
Verifying a message - Other agency's certificate is revoked |
The message is not delivered. The receiver and administrator of the receiving gateway receive the appropriate warning message. |
R, RA: Message IN-C-1 (The sender agency's certificate is revoked/suspended. The message integrity is not certain.) |
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IN-C-2 |
SEEMAIL |
Candidate |
Verifying a message - Other agency's certificate is unknown |
The message is delivered. The receiver and administrator of the receiving gateway receive the appropriate warning message. |
R, RA: Message IN-C-2 (The sender agency's certificate is unknown. The message integrity is not certain.) |
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IN-C-3 |
SEEMAIL |
Candidate |
Verifying a message - Other agency's certificate has expired |
The message is delivered. The receiver and administrator of the receiving gateway receive the appropriate warning message. |
R, RA: Message IN-C-3 (The sender agency's certificate has expired. The message integrity is not certain.) |
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IN-C-4 |
SEEMAIL |
Candidate |
Verifying a message - Other agency's certificate status is unavailable |
The message is delivered. The administrator of the receiving gateway receives the appropriate warning message. |
R, RA: Message IN-C-4 (The sender agency's certificate status is unavailable. The message integrity is not certain.) |
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IN-C-5 |
SEEMAIL |
Candidate |
Verifying a message - Other agency's certificate not yet valid |
The message is delivered. The administrator of the receiving gateway receives the appropriate warning message. |
R, RA: Message IN-C-5 (The sender agency's certificate is not yet valid. The message integrity is not certain.) |
Problems with our certificate
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SUBJECT |
ORIGINATOR |
RECIPIENT |
MESSAGE |
RESULT |
MESSAGES |
TICK |
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IN-C-6 |
SEEMAIL |
Candidate |
Decrypting a message - Our certificate is revoked / suspended |
The message is not delivered. The sender, receiver and administrator of the receiving gateway receive the appropriate warning message. Send signed error message to the sender, asking to resend (the sender's gateway will load our new certificate from error message). |
S, R, RA: Message IN-C-6 (Our certificate is revoked / suspended. Message is held until administrator fixes the problem.) |
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IN-C-7 |
SEEMAIL |
Candidate |
Decrypting a message - Our certificate is unknown CA |
The message is not delivered. The sender and administrator of the receiving gateway receive the appropriate warning message. |
R, RA: Message IN-C-7 (Our certificate is associated with an untrusted/unknown CA. Message is held until administrator fixes the problem.) |
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IN-C-8 |
SEEMAIL |
Candidate |
Decrypting a message - Our certificate has expired |
The message is not delivered. The sender and administrator of the receiving gateway receive the appropriate warning message. Send signed error message to the sender, asking to resend (the sender's gateway will load our new certificate from error message). |
S, R, RA: Message IN-C-8 (Our certificate has expired. Message is held until administrator fixes the problem.) |
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IN-C-9 |
SEEMAIL |
Candidate |
Decrypting a message - Our certificate status is unavailable |
The message is delivered. The administrator of the receiving gateway receives the appropriate warning message. |
RA: Message IN-C-9 (Our certificate status is unavailable. Message was delivered.) |
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IN-C-10 |
SEEMAIL |
Candidate |
Decrypting a message - Our certificate is not yet valid. |
The message is not delivered. The sender and administrator of the receiving gateway receive the appropriate warning message. Send signed error message to the sender, asking to resend (the sender's gateway will load our new certificate from error message). |
RA: Message IN-C-10 (Our certificate status is not yet valid. Message is held until administrator fixes the problem.) |
(End of tests)
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