The email provider mail.com is now using the international security standard DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance). This improves the protection of its users against fraud emails with forged sender addresses. more

SSL, TLS, https – it may seem like alphabet soup, but it actually has to do with the security of your data as you surf the web. Whether it’s your online banking credentials or the credit card information you enter on an online shopping site, SSL protocols keep sensitive data from falling into the wrong hands.

So how do you know if the website you are using has a security certificate? more

Suppose your mail.com email account is your primary email address, but you still have one from your college days that you rarely log in to. Or you mostly communicate by text message, so you have an email address for when you need to register for various online services, but you don’t really check it otherwise. Many of us have such dormant accounts and don’t give them much thought.

But an inactive email address could put you at risk – either of losing data and messages in the account, or of becoming an easy target for hackers. more

From professional greetings in email to a choosing the right closing, proper email etiquette for business can be tricky. And given the many messages we write, read and reply to every day, it can be easy to make an embarrassing mistake. But it pays to make an effort: Professional email etiquette can help you succeed in your career by showing respect and appreciation in your communications.

mail.com shares 10 of the best practices for email professionalism. more

Everybody likes to be remembered on their birthdays – in many cultures, it is an important celebration that makes the birthday boy or girl feel special and appreciated. So it can also be very embarrassing to forget a birthday. But with so many friends, relatives and coworkers to keep track of, it’s easy to drop the ball on someone’s big day.

Our advice: Learn the birthdays of your immediate family by heart, and use these tools to remember the rest! more

Fraudulent websites are a common example of a cybersecurity risk. Cybercriminals mimic the sites of trusted businesses to phish for visitors’ personal data or spread malware. One tool in their arsenal is typosquatting, where they buy domain names that are intentional misspellings of popular websites.

But how can a simple typo leave you vulnerable to online scams? more

Are you sending an important email and want to make sure that the recipient actually opened – and read – it? One way to make sure is by requesting a read receipt. Unfortunately, some people do not like receiving them and will not respond.

Learn how and when to request a read receipt, and your alternatives for getting an email confirmation. more

QR codes seem to be everywhere you look nowadays. You see these “square barcodes” on ads and museum exhibits, packages and Wi-Fi access points. Even if you had never noticed them before the coronavirus pandemic, they seem to be everywhere now, playing a key role in exposure tracing in many locations. They also let us access information like restaurant menus without having to touch the surface of any object but our own mobile device.

However, QR codes have been around for more than 25 years. Find out more, including how to create a QR code. more

This year marks the 50^th anniversary of email, a technology that has transformed the way the world communicates. From the first-ever message “QWERTYUIOP” to forming the backbone of today’s digital services, email has come a long way. more

It seems like 5G is everywhere now – from ads for cellular carriers and new smartphones to reports of potential dangers of this new technology. But what is 5G and how will it affect you?

mail.com offers some quick facts about 5G technology.
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