Email is a fast way of communication and now almost everyone uses email. However, unfortunately a lot of users out there who do not use them correctly, disturbing security, consuming excessive bandwidth and less ethical action. There are a lot of information on the internet about how to secure your e-mail. Many of them are advanced, and no longer valid for the end user. Configuring spam filters such as spam assassin, makes authentication with encryption on the Mail Server, and E-mail Gateway Virus Scanner is not a job for end users. When we find E-mail security tips for end users, they are usually specific to the Mail or Mail User Agent Client, such as Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, or Mutt. Such information is very important to the user application, but there are several sources of security information that is more common for e-mail users are not limited to one e-mail client only.
Here are some important security tips in air-mail that applies to all e-mail user and not only the user's particular application. Okay, let ngocehnya not most .. hehe. Immediately, you see the following tips:
1. Never Allow E-mail Client to Create E-mail HTML or XHTML Without Consideration of True.
If you have e-mail client like Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird can create HTML e-mail, remember you do not set it as a rich HTML, but HTML is simple (simplified) or on some e-mail client Original HTML. Even better would be to configure E-mail Client in order to make e-mails in plain text only. At the time of making your HTML e-mail can be a victim of Spam or infiltrated by the security cracker or identity thief. If possible use a Mail User Agent that can not have the ability to e-mail showing all the HTML but only in plain text only.
2. If Data Privacy is Very Important For You Use a POP3 or IMAP Client Local To Receive E-mail.
Avoid using Web services Bassed E-mail, like Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo Mail for e-mail you a very personal nature. Although the policy of the Webmail Service Provider looks like protecting your privacy, does not mean that employees will never break the rules. Some providers accused of selling e-mail address to spamming partners. Even the webmail service-oriented security, such as Hushmail is often lacking in protecting the privacy of their e-mail user.
3. Make sure the Authentication Process in E-mail Encryption, E-mail Despite Itself No.
The reason is simple, you do not want a cracker security authentication peering session with your mail server. People who do so can send e-mail as you, receive e-mail address and typically bring a wide range of problems for you. See your ISP's policy to see if the authentication in encryption and how it is in the encryption. So you can find out how the level of difficulty to break the encryption scheme used.
4. E-mail Mark The Digital
As long as you pay attention to security in air-mail, it is difficult for others to take your identity but that does not mean it is not possible. But if you use encryption tool (like PGP or GnuPGP) to mark the e-mail digitally, the recipient has your public key will be sure that no one can send e-mails in question without having your private key and private key you have to ensure you are well protected.
5. Avoid Networks Not Secure
If for some reason you need to access e-mail account that authentication is not encrypted, do not access that account from public places or other insecure networks and do not ever do it, whatever the situation. Beware of the surrounding environment both virtual and real when you communicate via e-mail. Be careful. Do not trust anyone who does not need your trust and recognize the dangers and consequences of trust. Security Email us not only affect our own, but also affects other people if you e-mail account has been compromised people. Even if the email account itself is not compromised, your computer could have if you are not careful in handling e-mail and eventually also affect you and others as well.
6. Turn off Automatic Addressing Features
As more and more features that make things more automatic, more often we see people who inadvertently choose the wrong e-mail recipients. One example is the Auto Fill feature in Microsoft Outlook at the time we enter the e-mail address of the recipient. Microsoft Outlook will display a list of e-mail addresses which roughly matches the name of our input. If we are not careful then we may instead choose someone who is above or below it, not the recipient is actually what we mean. Very dangerous, especially when you're discussing something that is private like a secret business online.
7. Use BCC in Time Sending E-mail to Some People
From the security point of view to share e-mail addresses to people who do not need is not a good idea. In addition it is also not polite to share your e-mail addresses of others to foreigners without permission from that person. Each time you send an e-mail to several people with the names of all recipients in the To or CC fields, all of you to share your e-mail to all those who receive. E-mail address that is not meant to be shared to others need to be put into the BCC field. The recipient will still see his name as recipient, but will not see the e-mail addresses of others in the BCC field.
8. Save E-mail did a Safe Place
Whatever the level of encryption that you use when sending e-mails it will not protect your privacy Effectively, if after receiving and decrypting e-mail you store them on a computer that can be accessed by many people. Webmail providers will not maintain the privacy of e-mail us as to maintain the privacy of our own e-mail. Banyan regular user who does not pay attention to security issues.
9. Personal Use Only Account For E-mail Personal
Every e-mail that you share to the outside world will also likely become a target spammers to send e-mail to the address on the purpose and to retrieve e-mail addresses from the field. More and more spammers and phishers are taking e-mail address you, the more likely your e-mail address you entered in the blacklist of spam blocker that is used by ISPs and mail servers as well as the more likely your e-mail address will not be up to the receiver in intent.
10. Recipient Name Check Twice, Especially In Mailing List
If you accidentally reply to a direct e-mail to someone who sends an e-mail to the mailing list, when in fact you are referring to is reply to the mailing list, not a big security issue. However, it is not convenient, especially if you never knew e-mail that you are not really up to the mailing list. However, if the opposite happens, it's just the problem. If you accidentally send something to the mailing list when in fact in the go to a specific individual, you will deploy to the public about something that might be embarrassing or worse to tell a secret to hundreds of people you will ever know.
Similarly, some air-mail Tips to Secure and right of me. Hopefully these tips can bemanfaat and useful for all of us not to be too careless in using e-mail. If there is a lack beg added. Thank You.
Tips for Using Email with the Safe and Correct
