Using Email

[cjbeckert]

I've emailed donation statments to members who moved but only after they request it. There really doesn't seem to be a need to send an IOS since members can request one from the clerk at any time.

[KOlive43]

Would it be a violation of church policy to encrypt the confidential information/files with something like AxCrypt, send it by e-mail, and share the password by phone? Seems pretty secure to me. "Secure" is a relative term, though most seem to use it as if it's an absolute term.

Since the church doesn't supply an e-mail system that we could use for confidential communications, what about using something like hushmail.com? I've read that hushmail is independently verified in their approach, to the point that no employee in their organizational structure could access the encrypted e-mail content on their servers, even if they wanted to. I'm sure that there are others out there too.

[sbradshaw]

The best way to send donation statements via the internet, now that online donations are available (assuming they're in the United States), is to direct them to the LDS.org/donations tool to get their statement there.