Using secure email

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Receiving secure email

Receiving Secure Email

Receiving secure email

How do I read a secure email?

To read your secure email, click the 'message_zdm.html' attachment. On the page that opens in your web browser, click the Read Message button.

Enter or verify your email address. If you already have an account, enter your password. If you do not have an account, you can create one. After you have are logged in, the secure message displays in your browser.

How do I open attachments sent to me?

To open an attachment, click View or Download next to the attachment name. If the program is known, the attachment will open automatically in the right programme, if not, it will open in a new browser window.

What does it mean if the signature is marked with a ?

Every secure email is signed by the sender of the message. The means that the signature associated with this email is valid and the message can be trusted.

What does it mean if the signature is marked with a?

Every secure email message is signed by the sender of the message. The means that the signature associated with this email is not valid and it may have been forged. You should contact the sender of the message or email: serverteam@eastsussex.gov.uk.

Sending Secure Email

Initiating Secure Email

Sending secure email

How do I send a secure email?

You can create a secure email through a web page link provided by ESCC.

To send a secure email:

  1. Open the secure mail web page that you were given.
  2. Enter your email address and click Sign In.
  3. Enter your password to authenticate yourself with ESCC. After you are authenticated, a compose page displays.
  4. Add email addresses in the To:, Cc:, or Bcc: fields (click Show Bcc).
    Email addresses can be separated with commas, semi-colons or blank spaces.
  5. Type your email.
  6. Click Send Secure to send your message.

How do I add an attachment to a secure email?

You can send all types of files as attachments, including word processed documents or spreadsheets, audio files, image files, web pages saved as HTML files, and more.

To add attachments to your secure email:

  1. Click Choose File... in the Attach field and select a file.
    The selected file is uploaded immediately.
  2. To remove attachments, click Remove.

How do I get a copy of the secure email that I have written?

To get a copy of the secure email that you have written, click Copy Me, to the right of the To: field. When you send the message, an exact copy of the composed secure email is sent to your email account. If you do not want to have a copy of the secure email, click Remove Me, to the right of the To: field.

Using Message Receipts

How do I know that the recipients were able to decrypt the secure message?

You can request that a receipt message is sent to your email address when each recipient decrypts a secure message you send. To receive message receipts, click or tap Request Receipt. If you do not wish to receive a receipt email when the message is decrypted, click to clear the Remove Receipt check box. The Request Receipt check box is only available if the administrator of the company with which you are communicating securely has enabled it. If you do not see this check box, you cannot request a receipt.