Email Security

How to get set up to send and receive email that is encrypted

Step

Explanation

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Go to www.VeriSign.com

Click the BUY NOW button

Select the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser
because you want it to work with Microsoft Outlook.

If you are using FireFox, go back to this page with IE.

Step 1 of 4

Contents of Your Digital ID

First Name: Nickname or middle initial allowed (example -- Jack B.)
Last Name: (example -- Doe)
Your E-mail Address: (example -- jbdoe@verisign.com)

You can sign up for the 60 Day iTrial for now,
and do not have to enter a credit card at this time.

Select the default Cryptographic Service Provider

You do not have to Check this Box to Protect Your Private Key at this time.

Read the Client ID Subscriber Agreement and Click

Look in your email for one from VeriSign

Copy the Digital Id code from the email

Step 3 of 4

Paste the code that you get in the email in to the box

Click Submit

Click

This web site is adding one or more certificates to this computer.

Click

In Microsoft Outlook

Select Tools, Accounts, and your email address

You will see the General tab first

Select the Security tab

Select the Digital Id

Optional Default settings

In Microsoft Outlook

Select Tools, Option, then the Security Tab

You can make it a default for each message to:

Encrypt contents and attachments for all outgoing messages

Digitally sign all outgoing messages

Select

You will see the certificates available on this computer

Select

to View the Certificate