Category: LuxSci Library: The Technical Side of Email

Did You Know? S/MIME is like SSL for Email Encryption

November 24, 2024

S/MIME is a popular technology for end-to-end email encryption and is analogous to PGP in the way that it works.  It is commonly available in most modern email programs and in many server-side email encryption services, including LuxSci. Peole are used to thinking about Internet security and encryption in terms of web site security. For […]

How to Tell If Someone Read Your Email: Read Receipts and Web Bugs

January 30, 2024

We’ve all been in this scenario: you send an important email to your boss or a client, and then you wait, stressed out and anxious to know if they received it and their response. Typically, you can request a read receipt when sending the message to confirm the email was received. Another method, HTML web […]

Opportunistic TLS vs Forced TLS for SMTP

January 23, 2024

Email sometimes seems like magic because of how quickly messages are transmitted across the internet. While the rapid delivery speeds justify this presumption, a lot must happen for an email to reach you. Email sending relies on a protocol called the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to make its way across the internet to your recipient’s […]

How Can I Prove an Email was Sent to Me?

January 16, 2024

Almost everyone has been in this situation: someone claims to have sent you an email message, but you look in your inbox and don’t see it. As far as you know, you never got it. How can you prove an email was sent? How to Prove That an Email was Sent So, where do you […]

Preventing Email Forgery Part Three: DMARC

December 19, 2023

In our previous two posts in this series, we examined how SPF and DKIM can help limit forged email messages by looking at the IP address and validating if the message was sent from an approved source based on digitally signed messages. We found that while SPF and DKIM can effectively prevent email fraud and […]