Help for an Old Fart saving PDF forms

I have created a form that can be filled out on line. I have played around with the execute menu items settings and am very happy with them with the exception of the default that comes up to email the pdf. It gives a user confusing choice of which email program to choose.
I began to get concerned about security so I purchased a Premium SSL and wonder if there is a way to:
1) Encrypt the input from the form prior to saving and emailing it.(Similar to how a password only shows dots instead of the password) With the receiver having the encrypt code to open it?
or
2) Can I save this data to my secured server. Then just create an SFTP user to allow the entitled person to view it. Seems it should be easy but I cannot find the script.
I'm up for inexpensive soloutions...:)
Bill

LAC wrote:
Go to HH Gregg if you have one in your area.  They are willing to work with you and give you much better pricing than Best Buy.  I recently had a horrible sales experience with Best Buy in trying to purchase a TV and will never buy another item from their store.  They have no integrity.  HH Gregg was increadible to work with!  They will match Best Buy's price and then some.  Good luck!
That was not my experience the one time I walked into an HH Gregg.  All of their products were significantly overpriced, and I found myself swarmed by salespeople that would not leave me alone the second I walked in the door.  HHG is one of those "high pressure" retailers where the employees are on commission and will put LOTS of pressure on you to buy, buy, buy.
I don't know if BBY's salespeople are on commission or not, but given the low pressure I get when I go into a store, I assume they are not.  NEVER trust salespeople in a store where the staff operate on commission.
To the OP:  37-40" may be too large for you.  My parents had similar issues - an entertainment center with severe width limitations, although I don't remember what our exact width limit was.  I know that it was pretty close to the size of a 27" tube TV.  I tried as hard as I could to get them to ditch it (There's a reason enclosed entertainment centers are unheard of these days), but they insisted on keeping it.  In their case, a 32" Sony was just a little too large to fit "flat" into the center, but in their case they had a rotating base that would slide out - the TV would fit if it were rotated a bit and then slid back in.  For watching, they slide it out.
*disclaimer* I am not now, nor have I ever been, an employee of Best Buy, Geek Squad, nor of any of their affiliate, parent, or subsidiary companies.

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