Web-Based Registration
If you have never installed Encryption for Email but you have received a private email message, you can register your email address to read the private message without having to download and install the Encryption for Email client.
After you have registered on the web, you can read your private message.
The Register Encryption Account screen consists of three main sections:
Complete all three sections to complete your registration.
In this section is a helpful password-strength indicator to help you create a strong password.
Trend Micro Encryption for Email passwords have the following requirements:
Must be at least seven (7) characters long
Cannot contain spaces or ampersands (“&” characters)
Note: Your password is case-sensitive. For a stronger password, include special characters, such as numbers and symbols (except the ampersand [&] symbol).
In the Security Questions section, you must select and answer three separate questions, one of which will randomly display when you log in later. Be sure to select questions whose answers you will always remember, as you can log in only if you answer this question correctly.
Type an identification word here. Your identification word helps if you need to reset a lost password. Its purpose is to prove that the Reset Password screen that you are looking at is valid and not a phishing site.
When you see your identification word, you know that it is safe to answer the security questions shown.
Open the received email message in your browser using web mail and follow the instructions for reading a private email in To open a private email message using Private Post Zero Download:. Because you have not yet registered the selected email address, the Email Address Not Registered screen appears.
Click Register Now. The Register Encryption Account screen appears.
Optionally, to change the email address shown, click Change and select or enter a different email address in the screen that displays.
Type and confirm a Password.
Select and answer three required Security Questions.
Type an Identification Word, which you can use if you ever forget your password.
In the Type the Code field, type the graphical code shown, which verifies that you are not an automated script.
Click Continue. Private Post sends an activation email to your recipient web mail account.
Tip: If you do not receive the activation message from Private Post within a minute or so, check your Spam folder. Such messages often end up there.
Access
your recipient web mail account, open the activation message, and click
the “Please click here to validate your identity” link.
Your browser is redirected to a verification screen with password and
security question fields.
Type your password and answer your previously selected security question.
Click Continue. Your email address is now registered to read private email messages using Encryption for Email Zero Download.
You can now return to the downloaded “Encrypted_Message.htm” file and read the private message as explained in Reading a Private Email Message.