SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A SECURITY ENCODING INDICATOR ASSOCIATED WITH A MESSAGE ATTACHMENT

An apparatus and method of displaying a message on a display of a computing device. The message comprises at least a first attachment. At least a portion of the message is displayed to a user. The displayed portion comprises an identifier for the first attachment. In one embodiment, a security encoding indicator is associated with the identifier for the first attachment and displayed to the user. If a security encoding has been applied to the first attachment, the security encoding indicator indicates the security encoding applied to the first attachment.