Tag: email

Ask Erik: Is this email fake? How can I tell?

December 28, 2017

In a recent “Ask Erik” question, Eve asked: “I received a copy of an email that someone claims they sent to me. They did not forward this apparent email they claim they sent to me. Rather they copied and pasted it into a current email. However, I did not receive this email, and in all […]

Ask Erik: Is misaddressed email a HIPAA breach?

December 8, 2017

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A Comparison of Email Backup Policy of Popular Email Services

November 1, 2017

Do you use email backup in your practice? Make a smart choice by comparing the backup policies of popular email solution providers. Privacy concerns are constantly rising especially following the revelations by Edward Snowden. Now, the big question is “Do the popular email services in the US retain your data forever?” In order to find […]

DMARC: The State of Domain-based Email Authentication – Part 2

September 11, 2017

Building a safer email ecosystem with DMARC In our previous post, we described two techniques for authenticating an email sender: Sender Policy Framework (SPF), IETF RFC 7208, which verifies if the sending MTA is indeed authorized to send mail on behalf of a domain; and DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), IETF RFC 6376, where a domain shows “ownership” of a mail […]

Is email message transport over MAPI or HTTPS secure?

September 5, 2017

Our latest “Ask Erik” question involves understanding what email headers save about secure message transport … especially when they list MAPI or HTTPS instead of TLS.