We’ll pay £5 for coffee without hesitation — but £3/month for email feels unnecessary.

Why?

Because email doesn’t feel like a product. It feels like a given.

New article:
https://paulobrien.com/pay-for-almost-anything-except-email/

#Email #Security #DigitalLife #Privacy

Aerion è un client email open source leggero, moderno e progettato per Linux. Offre un’interfaccia pulita, consumi ridotti e massima privacy grazie alla connessione diretta IMAP/SMTP. #Aerion #Linux #EmailClient #OpenSource

https://www.linuxeasy.org/aerion-il-client-email-open-source-leggero-e-moderno-per-linux/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Every email has more than one “From” address — and they often don’t match.
That mismatch is why messages get flagged, rejected, or quietly distrusted.

I break down the six different From addresses inside every email, what each one is for, and why alignment matters.

👉 https://paulobrien.com/the-6-different-from-addresses-inside-every-email-and-why-they-dont-match/

#Email #EmailSecurity #DMARC #SPF #DKIM #EmailInfrastructure

Every few months another data breach hits the news. Most of us shrug — until we see our own email in a breach database.

Here’s what that actually means for your digital life →
https://paulobrien.com/why-have-i-been-pwned-matters-and-what-it-really-tells-you/
#EmailSecurity #DataBreach

Gmail didn’t become the world’s default inbox because it was perfect — or even because people loved it.

It won by redefining how email worked, then scaling that model relentlessly. Reliability and ecosystem mattered more than privacy for most users.

I wrote about how Gmail grew from an invitation-only experiment into the baseline inbox of the web.

https://paulobrien.com/how-gmail-became-the-default-inbox/

#Email #Gmail #Privacy #OpenWeb #InternetHistory