Yes you can!


Anyone who has a Town of Sahuarita email account can send a secure email message to another user at the Town or anyone outside of the Town. When you need to protect the privacy of an email message, encrypt it. Encrypting an email message in Outlook means it's converted from readable plain text into scrambled 'cipher' text. Only the recipient who has the private key that matches the public key used to encrypt the message can decipher the message for reading. Any recipient without the corresponding private key sees indecipherable text. You can also request an encrypted receipt for confirmation that an email message was received unaltered. It also includes information about who opened the message and when it was opened. This verification information is returned as a message in your Inbox. Because S/MIME receipt requests must include a digital signature, you must Set up Outlook to use encryption and digital signatures to request an S/MIME receipt.


NEW Outlook and Outlook on the Web

  • In an email message, from the ribbon, select Options > More Options
  • In Message options, you can choose the sensitivity level as well as the read or delivery receipt and S/MIME protection options. Choose from the following options. Note that if you request a receipt, you must also check the Digitally sign this message checkbox.
    • Request a read receipt
    • Request a delivery receipt
    • Encrypt this message (S/MIME)
    • Digitally sign this message (S/MIME)
  • Message options allow you to choose sensitivity levels, read or delivery receipts and S/MIME options.
  • Select OK. 
  • If you encrypt an outgoing message and new Outlook can’t verify that all recipients can decrypt the message, you’ll see a warning highlighting those recipients who might not be able to read the encrypted message. You can send the message anyway, remove those recipients, or retry to check again.
  • Finish composing your email, and then select Send.


Classic Outlook

  • In an email message, select Options > Encrypt.
  • Choose the encryption option that has the restrictions you'd like to enforce, such as Do Not Forward.
  • Finish composing your email and then select Send.


That's it. You can now send a secure email message to anyone.


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