With password breaches rampant, Yahoo! has announced an option for doing away with traditional passwords for their Yahoo! Mail service. Users that opt in to On-Demand Passwords will be sent an SMS text message with a one-time password to use …[Continue]
Email Tips
How to Check if Your Gmail Password was Leaked
This week saw the announcement that yet another database has been hacked. This one held a whopping five million Gmail addresses and passwords. Most of the announcements also linked to a third-party site where you could check to see if …[Continue]
Are Unsubscribe Links in Emails Safe?
Are email unsubscribe links safe? The answer is: it depends. If the email is clearly unsolicited spam from a business or person you have never heard of, then the safest way to get rid of it is NOT to use …[Continue]
Google Pushes to Make Email More Private
If you are a Google Gmail user, your email is accessed and transmitted over a secure connection. But not all email providers offer end-to-end email security (which equals privacy), and Google is calling them out with new Safer Email campaign. …[Continue]
How to Use Gmail’s Unsend Button
We’ve all wished we had a magical unsend button at one or another. And for the last few years, Gmail has had one in their Lab. Here’s how you can enable this feature, and use it. Gmail Labs is a …[Continue]
Gmail’s Send and Archive
Although it’s been a feature for nearly a year, Gmail’s Send and Archive is still a frequently misunderstood feature. The first concept you need to understand is Gmail’s Archive. The Archive is a history of all your mail that is …[Continue]
How to Customize Gmail Tabs
By now you probably have decided you either love or hate the new Gmail tabs, as they have been rolling out over the last couple of weeks. Either way, here are a few helpful tips, including how to turn them …[Continue]
Send Money with a Gmail Email Message
Google is rolling out a new Google Wallet feature that allows Gmail users to send money to other Google Wallet users with an email message. Both parties must have Google Wallet accounts, and although the sender must have a Gmail …[Continue]
