How do I know my Encrypted email was sent?
Situation – You may encounter the below situations and want to confirm if your messages are being properly encrypted.
- My message is stuck as queued after I sent through Encryption
- Why is my mail not being encrypted?
Solution – Follow the instructions below to complete the following 7 steps to check items for encryption:
- Outbound relay check
- Check for inbound mail relay
- Sending server list check
- Check that encryption is enabled
- Check outbound filter criteria is met
- Message stuck in a queued state
- Decision tree for the above items
Outbound Relay Check
Encryption works on outbound email only. The first thing to look at is if the relay for outbound mail is enabled.
- Navigate to ‘Administration‘ click Account Management > Features
- Check the box by Enable Outbound relaying.
If the setting is unchecked, you are not configured to send outbound mail. Check the box and click Save. If it is checked, go to the next section.
Check For Inbound Mail Relay
Outbound mail relay will not work unless the inbound mail relay is enabled.
- Navigate to ‘Administration‘ click Account Management > Domains
- Under Domains, ensure the domains you are sending from have the relay enabled. This is indicated by the sliding radial, and it will be green if enabled.
- If it IS NOT green, go through the relay enable the process.
- If it IS green, proceed to the next section.
Sending Server List Check
When outbound relay is enabled, you must configure the outbound IP list to send email. We require your outbound public IP(s) of your mail servers to help authenticate relay.
- Navigate to ‘Administration‘ click Account Management > Domains
- In the Sending Servers section, ensure that:
- There are IPs entered OR
- Manage Hosted Services is checked.
Managed Hosted Services is for one of 2 hosting providers.
- If no IP(s) or Hosted Services are set, they need to be entered.
- If there are IP(s) or Hosted Services are set check below first, then go to the next section.
- Confirm that the correct IPs are entered.
- Ensure the proper hosted services is checked.
Check That Encryption Is Enabled
Please see this KB for: How to set-up Email Encryption
- Ensure that encryption is enabled.
- Ensure that the filters are created and enabled.
Check Outbound Filter Criteria Is Met
From the previous step, filters were created automatically and can be manually created if necessary.
- Support can easily verify subject term encryption
- Plug-in filter encryption is more.
- Please contact support if you are using the plug-in for encryption
- Other subject filter can verify still.
- DLP term filters are more difficult to troubleshoot.
- You will need to verify the DLP term condition was met.
- Other term filters may not be easily verified
- You will need to review the message and the appropriate term used.
Once all terms configurations are reviewed, go to the next section.
Message Stuck In A Queued State
Encryption takes some time. It can take up to 10 minutes for an email to be encrypted.
- If the message is stuck in a queued state, wait 10 minutes.
- If it has been more than 10 minutes and still queued, contact support.
- If it has been more than 10 minutes, and message shows as delivered, the message delivered fine.
Decision Tree For The Above Items
Please see this diagram for a walkthrough of where you are in the process of sending an encrypted email.
