Re: Email Encryption Between Servers

[Jose Celestino <japc () co sapo pt>]

Words by Al Cooper [Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 10:44:13AM -0700]:
> We are attempting to set up secure e-mail with our partner companies to
> comply with the upcoming HIPAA requirements.  I would like to find a way to
> encrypt all e-mail going between our mail server and our partners.  We are
> using Exchange.  Some of our partners are also using Exchange and some are
> using other SMTP servers.
>
> Is there a way to automatically force all e-mail between our two e-mail
> servers (either Exchange to Exchange or Exchange to SMTP) to be encrypted
> then decrypted on arrival with no end user intervention?   If there are,
> what affect, if any will these encryption methods have on our overall
> network security.

Yes. Search VPN.

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