Obtaining a Thawte Personal E-mail Certificate is a multi-step process. First you’ll have to create a username via the following steps.

  1. Visit the Thawte Personal E-mail Certificate website
  2. Click on Join (right hand column)
  3. Read the fine print and, if you agree, then click next
  4. Fill in your name, birthdate, and nationality and click next. (Although, entering this much personal information into a web page is scary, Thawte is an internationally recognized company based around internet security.)
  5. Enter your e-mail address and click next
  6. Enter your language preferences, or just click next and they will be selected for you from your browser settings.
  7. Select a good and memorable password and click next.
  8. Fill out 5 “I forgot my password” security questions, print the page if you desire, then click next.
  9. Confirm enrolment information then click next

An e-mail will be sent to you within 15 minutes that will have a link, and two pieces of information (Probe and Ping) you’ll need to cut and paste into the form that the link sends you to. Once you do that and click next you’ll have sucessfully created a username.

Once you’ve created a username you can either click next to continue, or come back to the Thawte Personal E-mail Certificate page at a later date and login.