itsecurity.com — Even though 6 billion emails are sent every day, almost no one agrees about simple things like email etiquette, how to organize a note, or whether emails are considered private or not. The 99 tips in this article make up the best in email practices.
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linuxrebelNov 21, 2006
Or IMHO how about ... don't send HTML e-mail at all. Rarely do I ever get HTML e-mail that benefits from HTML for quality of presentation, that isn't spam. Not to mention that companies would find that a 60% or better drop in the cost of e-mail related bandwidth usage would be possible by going with text only e-mail. Many organizations I've worked with drop HTML e-mail at the door to prevent virus, and key-logger attacks via activeX. . Text + attachment is more secure in that it requires user action, no drive by infestation, and more likely to get properly scanned by anti-virus tools. HTML isn't even part of the standard. It's kind of like banging your hand with a hammer. Just because it can be done is no reason to do it.
nitenNov 21, 2006
No discussion of "email security" is marginally complete without mention of PGP / GPG.
blizNov 21, 2006
When you need to mass mail to friends who do not know each other, one nice trick is to add your own email as , then send "to:" yourself and "BCC:" to others.However, when you mailing a group of friends all of whom know each other there's no need to BCC and might even make sense to let them know who this mail was sent to.
nightfoxNov 21, 2006
wait, i thought 'afk' originated from the chat lingo and not text/cellphone lingo? well, in professional terms, of course it's advisable not to use it.
annaaucklandNov 22, 2006
Yeah chain letters drive me mad. And reply all, unless its neccessary!
vcbondApr 10, 2008
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