Obtaining Secure Digital ID for encrypted email

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Many people email sensitive information by email when they should not. When using the internet it pays to be paranoid and it is quite easy and inexpensive to install a digital ID for encryption.

Although not listed on the Microsoft website as a provider of digital ID certificates for Office 2007 on this page:
https://digitalid.verisign.com/enrollment/MS_pcmp.htm

Verisign is indeed a provider. Special instructions have to be followed when requesting a certificate with Vista/IE7 which are listed on the top of the certificate enrollment page.
https://digitalid.verisign.com/client/class1MS.htm

Also special instructions for installing a certificate in various version of Outlook including Outlook 2007 are here:
http://www.verisign.com/support/digital ... 29379.html

Certificate costs are $20/year but you can get a 60 day free trial to try it out.

The certificate allows for both:
1. Digital signing.
2. Encrypted email (the receipient of the email must have a certificate as well).
The encrypted email is very important for sending secure information including credit care numbers, social security numbers, and patient medical information. Some people send secure information such as this without encryption but they should not.