Drop Box Password:

The recipient of a message that is sent using Safe-mail Secure Drop-Box can access the message using a password. By default, the password is taken from the recipient's contact card in the sender's address book. Read further for more details.

A password that is entered in the recipient's contact card in your address book.
Any message sent to this recipient is protected automatically using that password. This option is recommended since it allows you to set a unique and convenient personal password for that recipient and it eliminates the need to provide the password every time a message is sent to that recipient that do not have personal password. (How to add a password in the contact card?)

If the 'Drop-Box Password' field in the recipient's contact card is empty, or if there is no contact card for that recipient in your address book, there are several alternate options for an alternate password: