Timeline for Sending Mail Using TLS
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| Aug 24, 2016 at 19:45 | vote | accept | MrRobot909 | ||
| Aug 24, 2016 at 19:14 | comment | added | GnP | Depending on the type of information, its source, the way it might be used, etc. there might be better ways to send it securely to the user. Maybe not even using e-mail at all. Of course, you're the one in the position to determine if this is the case, but I'd argue that at least the reasons used to rule out other options are relevant to the question. | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 18:36 | comment | added | Yorick de Wid | @MrRobot909 You are correct. It minimizes the change, but the same can be accomplished if you setup an SMTP server well. That obviously requires more work. | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 18:03 | comment | added | MrRobot909 | @YorickdeWid Would it be fair to say that if I use something like Mailguns SSL API, and the receiving email user has good OPSec and uses a Mail provider that supports incoming TLS, that this sending of email would likely be secure? I guess the only potentially insecure point would be the sending of mail from Mailgun to the Mail server of the recipient. | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 17:49 | comment | added | Yorick de Wid | @MrRobot909 nope I ment a mailing service, Mailgun etc.. They allow you to call an (REST) API, and they handle all the SMTP(S)/SSL stuff for you. | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 17:38 | comment | added | MrRobot909 | @GnP +1 really appreciate Steffan's response. I'd disagree with your XY comment. It's pretty simple, I need to send "important information" to a number of email addresses securely. This email address could be random and no user information/PGP keys are known. | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 17:32 | comment | added | MrRobot909 | @YorickdeWid Can you elaborate on an API call over SSL? You mean something like using Gmail/Yahoo SMTP over port 587 or 465? | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 17:21 | comment | added | GnP | Steffen gave you a good answer. I'd like to add that you seem to be having an XY Problem, perhaps you would benefit from telling us what you're really trying to accomplish. | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 17:17 | comment | added | Yorick de Wid | If you only want to send them secure, use a mailing service that accepts a API call over SSL. If you want to make sure they receive their email securely, that's not always up to you. | |
| Aug 24, 2016 at 17:14 | answer | added | Steffen Ullrich | timeline score: 2 | |
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| Aug 24, 2016 at 17:01 | history | asked | MrRobot909 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |