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 @...
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End-to-End Encryption. What Is It and How Does It Work?
What is end-to-end encryption? End-to-end encryption is a method of securely transmitting data in a way that only the sender and recipient can read the actual message by encrypting it on the...
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...
How to Recognize Social Engineering Attacks?
If you’re like most people, you probably don’t know much about social engineering. Or you believe it only aims to dupe unsuspecting victims to steal some money. But what you...
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?”...
What is Email Spoofing and How to Spot it?
Email spoofing is a cyberattack in which a malicious actor impersonates a legitimate sender. They hide their identity by sending an email from a fake email address. They trick you...