Any cheap S/MIME certificate?

xxsl · February 2024

Hi,

Recently just want to try S/MIME certificate on my own mails,
I wonder anyone know any trustable and cheap (or free ) S/MIME certificate issuer except actalis.it
that works?

FrankRuan · February 2024

Depending on how cheap you want. Email protection for individual is nowhere near expensive in most trusted authority.

https://comodosslstore.com/email-identity/email-certificate is an example.

xxsl · February 2024

@FrankRuan said:
Depending on how cheap you want. Email protection for individual is nowhere near expensive in most trusted authority.

https://comodosslstore.com/email-identity/email-certificate is an example.

Thanks for this,

Have you ever tried it? It seems leak of information that whether or not the certificate still be $16.95/year (57% discount) or normal price $34.98/year when I renew next year.

FrankRuan · February 2024

@xxsl said:

@FrankRuan said:
Depending on how cheap you want. Email protection for individual is nowhere near expensive in most trusted authority.

https://comodosslstore.com/email-identity/email-certificate is an example.

Thanks for this,

Have you ever tried it? It seems leak of information that whether or not the certificate still be $16.95/year (57% discount) or normal price $34.98/year when I renew next year.

I did not. I just googled it and this is the first one it popped up. Alternatively you could try Sectigo or DigiCert. The latter one is more expensive.

hyperblast · February 2024

@xxsl said:
Hi,

Recently just want to try S/MIME certificate on my own mails,
I wonder anyone know any trustable and cheap (or free ) S/MIME certificate issuer except actalis.it
that works?

https://shop.certum.eu/data-safety/certum-s-mime.html

xxsl · February 2024

Thanks cool guys, finally I go with a reseller of Sectigo.

hyperblast · February 2024

@xxsl said:
Thanks cool guys, finally I go with a reseller of Sectigo.

this?

Personal Email Security (S/MIME)

Used for personal email
$15
Up to 20% off with multi-year

https://www.sectigo.com/ssl-certificates-tls/email-smime-certificate

so 15$/year for one domain?

xxsl · February 2024

yep, it works well. I got that cute blue tick sign on multiple mailer and devices

And the best thing is that you can generate your own key locally.
actalis.it is free but they generate key on their side which is somehow insane .

xxsl · February 2024

@hyperblast said: so 15$/year for one domain?

Sorry I didn't see what you said attentively.
The certificate is not for a domain but just for one mail address.

I don't know if there are wildcard s/mime certs exist just like ssl ones.

So it's for one mail address.

JosephF · February 2024

@xxsl said:

@hyperblast said: so 15$/year for one domain?

Sorry I didn't see what you said attentively.
The certificate is not for a domain but just for one mail address.

I don't know if there are wildcard s/mime certs exist just like ssl ones.

So it's for one mail address.

What benefit does using an S/MIME cert provide?