Fillable PDF that emails submission as uneditable/flattened

I need to be able to create a fillable PDF that once submitted, will email a uneditable/flattened version to a given email address.  I currently have Acrobat 9 Pro. The PDF that is emailed after someone submits can be edited/altered. I need to remove this. Do I need to upgrade software to be able to do this?  If so, please recommend what products I need to be looking at.

You cannot flatten the file after it has been emailed since the user probably has Adobe Reader which cannot flatten files. You can write a script to lock fields. You have have the document signed and set to disallow changes. But that is the extent of your capabilities.

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