Crystal Report Server - SMTP over secured connection (SSL/TLS)

<p>Hello All,</p><p>Been looking around information on Crystal Reports Server but have not managed to find the information I need. So was wondering if anyone new if it is possible to distribute reports via SMTP over secured connections such as SSL/TLS using Crystal Reports Server? </p>

Only if the security is external to BO. our SMPT configuration does not have a built in configuration parameter to encrypt data.
Regards,
Tim

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