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Sending Secure Outgoing Email Messages
Tumbleweed is a software system used to protect outgoing confidential email messages leaving the School of Medicine network. The Tumbleweed system secures confidential messages by storing them on a secure server within the School of Medicine. Tumbleweed sends an alert email to the intended recipient that a secure message is waiting for pickup. The recipient can fetch the waiting message by using information in the alert email.
The Tumbleweed System is configured to store confidential messages for 60 days. It handles messages sent to recipients outside of the School of Medicine (med.unc.edu) or UNC Healthcare System (unch.unc.edu and unchealthcare.com). An outgoing message is determined to be secure if the Subject line begins with the phrase "(secure)" (without quotation marks).
For detailed information on the procedure for using Tumbleweed to send secure email messages please link to http://help.med.unc.edu/faq/email/