Archive for the ‘Email Hosting’ Category
Friday, February 15th, 2008
Many ISPs and ASPs have servers that are years old, with outdated and unmaintained software. This is a big problem for security because out of date software most certainly has security bugs that aren't patched, rendering the server vulnerable to attack. Frequent system audits increase the reliability and security of ...
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
An email header can tell you a lot about an email. It tells you the date it was composed and the sender of course, but it also can tell you the path it took to get to your mailbox. According to the internet standard which describes email body format, RFC-2822:
Header ...
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
An MX record is a public record in the global DNS (Domain Name System) that specifies which servers handle mail for a given domain name. MX records also specify the priority mail servers should be given in delivery attempts. Consider the following MX records:
yourdomain.com. IN MX 10 mx1.sentinare.net.
yourdomain.com. ...
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Saturday, December 15th, 2007
All the smart phones out there today like the Apple Iphone and Nokia N-series have the ability to access email services. For receiving mail, there are two methods (or protocols): IMAP and POP3. It is important to know that IMAP is the newer and more capable protocol and the one ...
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Thursday, December 13th, 2007
Good email security means nothing without a good password security strategy. Too many people have simple passwords and use the same passwords in multiple places. With the rise of identity theft, there is grave danger in using the same easy password for every online login you use. Here is a ...
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