What is a custom email domain and what are the advantages?
What is an email domain? An email address typically has a format like yourname@mailfence.com. In this case, the domain is mailfence. Basically, the domain is what appears after the @...
Category: Tips
Welcome to the Tips archives of the Mailfence Blog.
What distinguishes instant messaging from email?
Obsolete, outdated, and even “dead”: with the rise of instant messaging applications, many media are predicting the demise of email. Email is considered time-consuming, stressful and is no longer part...
Email Security: 10 best practices to rock 2022
Do you need email security? Email has become an indispensable tool to communicate for many people. The shared data might be confidential, or not, but you have a right to...
Spear phishing: What is it and how to prevent it
If you have read our posts related to social ingineering ploys (phishing, smishing, whaling and vishing), you already know that many kinds of scams are derived from phishing. But it’s...
Mailfence Jabber Chat: use a secure group chat
Mailfence strives to make the internet a safer place. We offer a secure ecosystem to help you organize your life and your work through powerful productivity tools such as Mailfence...
How to degoogle your life
Google tracks you every time you use their services and there are tons of Google services. No doubt you are using several of Google products because they are free. However...
Social Engineering: What is a whaling attack?
A whaling attack is a form of phishing attack aimed at high-profile executives. By impersonating a highly-ranked professional, cybercriminals try to trick their victims into doing unfavourable actions. They usually...
Mailfence: A secure & private Gmail alternative
If you are reading this post then you are probably looking for a Gmail alternative. You‘ve come to the right place because in this blog post we are going to...
Social Engineering: What is Phishing?
Phishing (pronounced “fishing”) is a kind of identity theft that is growing in popularity amongst hackers. By using fraudulent websites and false emails, fake phone calls, and whatnot – perpetrators attempt...
Definition of Pretexting and examples
WHAT IS PRETEXTING? Pretexting is another form of social engineering where attackers focus on creating a good pretext, or a fabricated scenario, that they can use to try stealing their...