Not too long ago, I recommended getting a free personal e-mail certificate from Thawte for e-mail security. It has now come to my attention that Thawte will stop offering Personal Email Certificates on November 16, 2009. This is now posted on the Thawte web-site. According to their web-site, Thawte is offering a free one-year VeriSign Email Certificate for each active Thawte Personal Email Certificate you own as of 24 September 2009. If I remember correctly those normally go for about $20 US.

Tags: e-mail, encryption, security