Secure file transfer

[Braxton]

I believe that emailing sensitive documents is not a good idea. Is that true? Or, as long as someone's email is secure in that no one else knows the password, is it ok to send sensitive documents?

If not, does anyone recommend a service where I can send a file securely? Then the person on the other end needs a password to get the file.

Thank you.

[ralph.m]

You could use something like DropBox.

[Braxton]

You could use something like DropBox.

Thanks.

I actually didn't realize that Adobe Acrobat can password protect files. I think I'm going to try that feature for now.

[ralph.m]

I actually didn't realize that Adobe Acrobat can password protect files.

Yep, although those passwords are extremely easy to bypass, so don't rely on them too much.

[felgall]

If both you and the recipient have email security certificates then you can use them to encrypt an email so that no one except the intended recipient can read it.