Email Component S/MIME in ASP.NET

Question:
We are developing an ASP.NET application which sends e-mail to an Outlook-client, and we want the e-mail to be encrypted. By using the mail examples we achieved this. But there are also several references to S/MIME in outlook documentation. And I am wondering when i should use regular e-mail encryption and when to use the S/MIME component?

Answer:
The S/MIME component is used for:

1. Non-email applications that need to implement S/MIME.
2. Applications that use email in an advanced way such that the Chilkat Email features are not sufficient to do everything that is required (this is rare).

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