Gmail has a feature that lets you use Gmail to send emails from your other email addresses. For example, you own another email address like [email protected] and you want to send an email from that address right from your personal Gmail account. It typically works like this: Email gets automatically forwarded from [email protected] to your Gmail account. When you reply […]
Back to the old days when everything goes through the classic SMTP, nothing gets protected. Those were the good days for any man in the middle, picking up confidential information like free gift. Not anymore with the use of TLS, StartTLS, or even better S/MIME which is suitable for your most sensitive information. Every email sent through TLS is encrypted […]
April 1 is a horrible day for product launch and yet big companies like Google has the guts to make the bald moves. 15 years ago today on April 1, 2004, Google launched Gmail, a web-based email service that had the power of Google Search built right in. It started as a beta release on an invitation-only basis and officially […]
Dots don’t matter is a feature Google has put on Gmail, meaning If someone accidentally adds dots to your address when emailing you, you’ll still get that email. For example, if your email is [email protected], you own all dotted versions of your address: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] The intention of this is good but it also opens a door for a phishing […]