Encrypt Forum Email

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  Hello

  I'll just start off with a question to see which direction this goes first.

    Can the email sent out by the forum be encrypted either by password or by the public/private key process?? If so, is this something SMF could handle by the way of a mod creation or does this fall under the web host??

  I was thinking 2 fields could be added to registration and the account settings to input either a password or their public key.
 

[Illori]

i am not sure i am following you, you want a password or lock on your forum to send emails? this is not currently a feature and i am not sure why this would be wanted. can you explain in more detail what you are trying to do?

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i am not sure i am following you, you want a password or lock on your forum to send emails? this is not currently a feature and i am not sure why this would be wanted. can you explain in more detail what you are trying to do?

   More people are choosing to secure their email communication these days - both send and receive. So i wanted to know if the forum emails that get sent out to members could be encrypted if they provided a password they wish to use for receiving email or with the use of their public key.

[Illori]

smf only supports php and smtp for email, unless one of those supports what you want then it would be possible to add it but I dont see it being a default feature, maybe a mod request may work if one of those protocols support what you want.

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smf only supports php and smtp for email, unless one of those supports what you want then it would be possible to add it but I dont see it being a default feature, maybe a mod request may work if one of those protocols support what you want.

   Yes - GNUpg can work on servers but wanted to see if this was in any way possible with sending out emails with the SMF forum software before questing a possible mod. If you think it is possible then by all means move this thread to that section.

   Thanks!

[Tyrsson]

I dont see why it why it couldnt be done, most likely the best option would be with using a public key option.

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  Ok - Mods, if you don't mind, i'm going to mark this solved and open up a mod request in the proper section linking back here.


     Thanks for the responses!