Lock Up Email Release For Free

Outlook 365 on the web Open a new email: Click Options. Select the lock icon. Select the required level of permissions.

You'll need to use Gmail's ''Confidential Mode'' to send an email with a passcode. The Confidential mode in Gmail is a feature that helps you keep your messages safe by preventing the recipient from forwarding, copying, printing, or downloading your email.

Microsoft Office offers an encryption feature to password protect a Word or Excel attachment. To do so, open the Word or Excel file and click on File > Info > Protect Document or Protect Workbook. Then, select Encrypt with Password from the drop-down menu, enter a password of your choice, and click OK.

In message that you are composing, click File > Properties. Click Security Settings, and then select the Encrypt message contents and attachments check box. Compose your message, and then click Send.

Email encryption is an authentication process that prevents messages from being read by an unintended or unauthorized individual. It scrambles the original sent message and converts it into an unreadable or undecipherable format. Email encryption is necessary when sharing sensitive information via email.

Here's a step-by-step guide to turning on this particular feature: Open Gmail. Click on the Compose option in the top left corner to write a new email. Click on the lock icon on the bottom bar to turn on Confidential Mode. Pick an expiration date for the message presented on the screen.

It's just up to you to take a few precautions to keep your email safe: Use two-factor authentication. ... Limit forwarding. ... Set expiration dates on your messages. ... Understand your service provider's TOS. ... Encrypt your email.