
The Context Menu Options (right-click menu options)
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Attach as Self-Extractor to E-mail…
When selecting this option, the Self-Extractor is automatically packaged into a format
suited for e-mails (*.cab) and attached to a new e-mail. Any e-mail program can be
used for this.
Even if the *.cab files often gets through in e-mails, it may happen that e-mails sent
with a *.cab Self-Extractor attachment are blocked by the recipients anti-virus
program.
Before you can create the Self-Extractor as an attachment, you are asked to provide a
password to be used to encrypt the Self-Extractor.
Figure9:EnteringencryptionpasswordforSelf‐Extractortoe‐mailattachment
By clicking OK, the attachment is created in a new e-mail ready to be sent.
Attach encrypted to E-mail… (files only)
This option allows you to send a particular document (plaintext or encrypted) in a
protected way to a colleague that also has Endpoint Encryption installed. The option
creates a special encrypted format of the document and attaches it automatically to an
e-mail that you can send. The recipient must have Endpoint Encryption for Files and
Folders installed and also have access to the encryption key used when creating the
encrypted attachment.
NOTE:Ifyouattachanencrypteddocumenttoane‐mailwithoutusingtheAttachencryptedtoE‐mail...
function,thedocumentwillbeattachedinplaintextevenifthedocumentisencryptedondisk.The
sourcedocumentwillstillbeencryptedthough,butthecopycreatedasattachmentwillbeinplaintextand
therecipientwil
lreceiveitinplaintext.
The following is a step-by-step instruction to the user how to send a document as an
encrypted e-mail attachment.
Creating and sending the attachment
Select document
Select the document that shall be sent as an encrypted attachment by right-clicking it
and select Encrypt and E-Mail.... It also possible to right-click the file and select
Send To> Mail recipient (Encrypted).
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