Set up an email encryption workflow between Front and Microsoft Exchange

Set up a mailflow rule in your Microsoft Exchange server to encrypt outbound messages sent from Front.

When an email is composed and sent from Front, the mailflow rule will be triggered on your Exchange server, and the output will be an encrypted email sent to the recipient.

Important to know:

• Front is replacing Outlook as your email client.

• Front is simply sitting on top of your email infrastructure and will honor and obey how your email server is configured.

• Front as a technology itself encrypts data at rest using AES-256 bit encryption and data in transit using TLS 1.2.

Step 1

In your Exchange admin center, use the left navigation panel to select Mail flow, then click Rules. 

Step 2

Click Add a rule, then select Apply Office 365 Message Encryption and rights protection to messages.

Step 3

For your rule conditions, fill in the following fields:

• Name: Enter a name for your rule

• Apply this rule if: 

  • First dropdown: Select The subject or body 

  • Second dropdown: Select subject or body includes any of these words, then enter the word ‘encrypt’

• Do the following: Leave the dropdowns as-is. Next to Rights protect message with, click Select one, then select Encrypt from the dropdown.

Click Next to continue.

Step 4

For your rule settings, fill in the following fields:

• Rule mode: Enforce

• Severity: High

• Match sender address in message: Header

Click Next to continue.

Step 5

Review your rule conditions and settings, then click Finish. Moving forward, recipients will see the following when you compose emails from Front:

This feature is available on all plans.