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.
Symmetric vs Asymmetric Encryption: What’s the difference?
In this blog post, we explain the major differences between symmetric vs asymmetric encryption. This article will also explain which encryption method you should use. Some words about different encryption...
POP3 vs IMAP vs Exchange ActiveSync. What’s the difference?
In this blog post, we compare POP3 vs IMAP vs Exchange ActiveSync. How do these protocols work? What are their pros and cons? We will conclude by giving tips on...
Digitally Signed Emails. What Is It And How Do Digital Signatures Work?
Whether you’re signing legal papers, the back of your bank card, or permission for your kid’s school field trip, you are using your signature pretty regularly. In fact, this might...
Social Engineering: What is Phishing?
Phishing is the most well-known social engineering attack, where a cyberattacker pretends to be a reliable source to make their victims reveal their personal information or download malware. According to...
Social Engineering: What is Shoulder Surfing?
Shoulder surfing is the practice of stealing sensitive information by looking over another person’s shoulder while they are keying that information into the device. What is Shoulder Surfing? You’re on...
9 Reasons to Upgrade your Mailfence Account Today
If you’re a Mailfence free plan user, you might ask yourself, “why should I upgrade to a premium plan when secure and private email Mailfence offers so much for free?”...
Harden Your Mailfence Account
Mailfence offers a secure and private collaborative suite, and all user accounts are protected through standard security and privacy measures (check our high-level security analysis for more information). However, as...
How To Degoogle Your Life
Sure, Google is convenient, with their various services all connected and free! But Google tracks you every time you use their services, and you probably use several of them. Google...
Why are Hackers Targeting Small Businesses and How to Protect Yours
Why do hackers target SMEs? Cybercriminals indeed attack them more often than large companies. Read this article and find out why pirates target small businesses, and, more importantly, how to...