How to use S.E.E. Mail

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When Would I Use S.E.E. Mail?

All messages between Participating Agencies go through the S.E.E. Mail system and are automatically secured.

If you want a message only to be sent, if it can be delivered securely, type the text [SEEMAIL] at the beginning of your message.

The S.E.E. Mail system will then reject and return the message if it can't be delivered securely e.g. if you mistakenly send to a non-S.E.E. Mail recipient.

Using the text [SEEMAIL] also ensures the message cannot be automatically forwarded out of a receiving organization, to an insecure destination e.g. by an "out-of-the-office" rule.

How do I send a S.E.E. Mail message?

Type the text [SEEMAIL] at the beginning of your message. For example:

To: alice@treasury.govt.nz From: bob@parliament.govt.nz Subject: Budget

[SEEMAIL] BUDGET SENSITIVE About the latest budget figures...

Some agencies provide an Outlook or GroupWise button, which can be used to insert the [SEEMAIL] text.

The text [SEEMAIL] will also work in an attachment. Some agencies use this capability, by adding it to the header or footer of a SENSITIVE document template.

You should still add the appropriate security classification and handling instructions, to bring to the reader's attention the fact that the message contents are classified.