RE: [PHP] Encrypting email

Bob McConnell wrote: > 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? See S/MIME. /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (20.2°C)