RE: [PHP] Encrypting email

From: tedd > At 8:39 AM -0400 4/21/09, Bob McConnell wrote: >>I have been asked by a product manager what our options are for >>encrypting email messages with sensitive information. We are currently >>using PHPMailer to send email. What can be done to encrypt those >>messages? Can it be done without OOP? > > From within a php script, it's not a problem to encrypt a text string > and send it as email. The sending of the email and the encrypting the > contents are two different issues. You may want to look at it that > way. But can it be done so the recipient's email client will automatically open and decrypt the message? How do you make it as seamless as possible for them, preferably so they don't even realize the message was encrypted? Bob McConnell