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a) Pick a strong password
b) Set your Firefox master password to your strong password
c) Complete the enrollment
d) Export key/certificate to a PKCS#12 file (see http://www.hoylen.com/articles/it/email/security/firefox.html)
- Use the strong password as your export password
e) Start Evolution and import your PKCS#12 file (see http://www.singularity.be/2008/03/using-smime-in-evolution.html - start at step 2 and skip the CA import part)
f) Delete your certificate/private key from Firefox
g) Disable the Firefox master password
h) Back up your PKCS#12 file somewhere as safe or safer than your computer hard drive
i) Optional: shred -u the PKCS#12 file
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