Category: email
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Prevent Email Spam : Six Ways to Protect Your Email
Let us explore six ways to protect your email and prevent email spam to the possible extent. The issue of how to stop email spam remains frustrating even in 2021 2024. With the rise of automated content creation tools and bots, the problem has exacerbated rather than getting alleviated. In that case, how can we tackle this challenge of protecting our mail account(s) from Spam? Read this post to learn some tips and tricks. (more…) -
Review of Inbox.eu email hosting service
In this post, you will find my review of inbox.eu, email hosting service for startups, businesses, and professionals. Read on to learn my experience with this European email service provider.
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Dilemma: Which Email Provider Should I Use?
One of the most popular question in web hosting forums, Facebook groups, or Quora is, “Which Email Provider Should I Use?” In this post, you will get introduced to hosted email service providers. I have used or tested some of them, while others have mostly positive reviews. You will also find a list of references or resources at the end of this post. (more…) -
How to share passwords via email
In this post, let us take a look at services that allow you to send sensitive information over email. One time passwords, address or any other information that can be read easily by others. If you want to share passwords via email, here are some examples of services can be useful. Note that this method is recommended for one itme use passwords only.
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How Many Email Services Do You Need? A Dozen ?
This blog post explores the question ” how many email services do you really need?” as I recount my journey through the diverse world of email services.
Many of us have traversed the journey of creating, managing, and discarding a multiple email accounts. Whether it’s due to changing needs, improved services, or simply experimenting with new platforms, the journey has led many of us through a labyrinth of providers.
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How to use email relay service to protect your email for privacy
Among the different ways to prevent spam, one can use email relay service. I had written a post last year on using different ways to prevent these spam messages, and using email relay services is one of them. This service has been covered earlier, in this post find an expanded list with some updates that may be relevant to you. This post on how to use email relay service was published as a part of my Blogging Challenge for 2022.
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How to use email relay service to protect your privacy
Among the different ways to prevent spam, one can use email relay service. I had written a post last year on using different ways to prevent these spam messages, and using email relay services is one of them. This service has been covered earlier, in this post find an expanded list with some updates that may be relevant to you. This post on how to use email relay service was published as a part of my Blogging Challenge for 2022. (more…)
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Review of Inbox.eu email hosting service
Introduction
In this post, you will find my review of inbox.eu, which provides email hosting for startups, businesses, and professionals. Read on to learn about my experience with this service provider. As the name may suggest, inbox.eu is a European service provider.
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How To Prevent Getting Spammed: Six Ways to Protect Your Email
When this post was originally written in 2021, email spam was already frustrating. Fast forward to February 2026, and the challenge has intensified dramatically—AI-generated spam and sophisticated phishing now account for nearly half of all emails, with attacks up over 1,200% as bots create increasingly believable messages. As someone managing gaathastory.com, personal inboxes, and nonprofit accounts from Bengaluru, I’ve had to become strategic about where and how I share my email address.
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How to share passwords via email
In this post, let us take a look at services that allow you to send sensitive information over email. One time passwords, address or any other information that can be read easily by others, are some examples where such a service can be useful.
Generating a message using Reveal IT Background: Password via email
A few weeks ago, I signed up with a service provider. They sent me an automated email asking me to confirm my email account. Upon confirmation, they sent me account details. To my surprise, the password to my login was mentioned in plain text!
As we enter the third decade of the current millennium, this practice should be stopped immediately. But what if your provider does not want to upgrade systems? You can either bid them goodbye, or encourage them to use a service that sends one time passwords. Or a service where the information is encrypted before it is sent.
Sending other sensitive information via email
Let us say you want to communicate information across to a user, a friend, or a near and dear one. Would you do so in plain text? Your spouse’s birthdate, etc. are some of the more innocuous examples. Others include medical records, or insurance details. You can let your imagination run wild on this one.
Would you send this information via email, or use a third party service? Most of you would prefer the latter!
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I looked up some indormation on the latter, and came up with the below list.