How to Tell If Someone Read Your Email: Read Receipts and Web Bugs
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
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?
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 […]
Is the Email Encrypted? How to Tell if an Email is Transmitted Using TLS
SMTP TLS encryption is popular because it provides adequate data protection without creating a complicated user experience for email recipients. Sometimes, though, the experience is too seamless, and recipients may wonder if the message was protected at all. Luckily, there is a way to tell if an email was encrypted using TLS. To see if […]
Are Replies to Encrypted Emails also Secure?
Sending HIPAA-compliant emails is easy when you use an encryption solution like LuxSci. But what happens when someone replies to an encrypted message? Are the replies also secure? This is primarily a concern when using SMTP TLS as a secure means of email delivery. This article will explain how messages are sent securely, how replies […]
