What is S/MIME?
S/MIME (Secure / MIME) is a standard for sending and recieving secured email messages. S/MIME was created in 1995 by a group of software vendors to prevent interception and forgery of email, and since it builds on the existing MIME protocol standard, it can be easily integrated into existing email and messaging products. Since S/MIME was based on existing widely supported standards, it is likely to continue to be widely implemented across a variety of operating systems and email clients. For this reason, it is possible for a Windows operating system user with Microsoft Outlook email client to send a secure, digitally signed email to a Unix operating system user with Thunderbird email client (for example) without installing any additional software.
What is SMIME.org?
SMIME.org was created to promote email encryption usage, by providing help and references to email encryption products and standards. Although S/MIME standard is supported by most of the email clients, it is not widely used. The supplied information in SMIME.org will help all kind of users, from end-users to developers, to easily use and integrate S/MIME.
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