Secure document sharing in the cloud with “Drop Folders”
Mailfence is much more than a private and secure email solution. With Mailfence you have access to an entire suite of tools such as File Management, Calendars, Contacts,… We view it as our mission to help you reclaim your online privacy. Online privacy is not only an individual concept. One might want to share data […]
Secure email: Why end-to-end encryption is at the heart of it
Everybody wants your data one way or the other. It’s not just the NSA, Google, Facebook or your phone provider. Even your torch app or online store tries to get access to your data. Yet, we have to exchange messages all the time with family, friends, colleagues or government. This is precisely where end-to-end email encryption comes into play (have […]
Shared mailbox: reasons for using, features and how to activate it.
Shared mailboxes allow users to share their mailboxes with other users in order to view and send emails from a common mailbox. These accounts work in the same way as a normal email account but can be managed by several people. There is only one owner of the account. Why use a shared mailbox? What […]
Security advisory regarding Yahoo hack
Yahoo recently confirmed a massive breach of over 500 million email accounts, including both credentials and security questions. At Mailfence – a secure and private email service, the security team was closely monitoring developments since the initial suspicions – and was analyzing the impact it might have on our users. As a result, we have decided to […]
Why mailfence is a unique secure and private email service
What is Mailfence about? Mailfence is not just a secure and private email service that values email privacy. It is also an extremely rich platform in terms of features. In this post, we’ll compare Mailfence with some other mainstream privacy-conscious email service providers. We will also highlight some of the features that make Mailfence unique. Contrary to any […]
Mailfence is not vulnerable to GNU/Linux TCP Vulnerability
Recently a GNU/Linux TCP vulnerability was disclosed (CVE-2016-5696) by security researchers in the US. Upon analysis, this bug did not pose a threat to our users. Nevertheless, we have already taken supplementary measures in the last week to further harden Mailfence’s servers. GNU/Linux TCP Vulnerability The vulnerability which was discovered has been present in the GNU/Linux […]
Mailfence high-level security analysis
Mailfence is a secure and private email service that provides end-to-end encryption email and digital signing features. All crypto operations relating to private key, and the bodies of emails are performed after user unlocks the private key with the respective passphrase that only user knows. Following table will provide a high-level security analysis overview with respect to […]
End-to-end encryption and digital signatures: how they work together with Mailfence?
With threats looming constantly in the digital world, using end-to-end encryption and digital signatures has become a necessity to protect your data online. Read this article to learn how these two work together in Mailfence. What are end-to-end encryption and digital signatures? Let’s first explain what are end-to-end encryption and digital signatures. End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) […]
Thoughts on online privacy
Patrick de Schutter is a typical serial entrepreneur that gives us a good overview on online privacy. He founded Allmansland, one of the first web agencies in Belgium back in 1994; A couple of years later he co-launched IP Netvertising, the first ad-sales house in Belgium, which later sold to RTL; In addition, he also […]
Mailfence Release Notes July 2016
Mailfence Release Notes After increasing the Mail storage and our last release notes, we’re now happy to announce our next Mailfence Release Notes. New Features Users can now authenticate (Web, SMTP relay, IMAP, POP, ActiveSync) using email address instead of their login name Improvements Some PGP signed messages were wrongly signaled as incorrectly signed. This has […]