{"id":25535,"date":"2017-05-24T13:37:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T13:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/user-education-tips-email-security\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T12:55:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T12:55:50","slug":"user-education-tips-email-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/blog\/en\/user-education-tips-email-security\/","title":{"rendered":"User Education: Tips for Email Security"},"content":{"rendered":"\nEmail remains a core means of electronic communication \u2013 that\u2019s why it is subject to a wide and varied range of attacks. With this in mind, we have compiled a list of email security tips for end-users.\n<ul>\n \t<li><strong>Avoid placing your email address on the internet<\/strong> unless truly necessary, while also keeping an eye on your privacy settings in social networks such as XING and LinkedIn<\/li>\n \t<li>Send out as <strong>few private or personal details<\/strong> as possible<\/li>\n \t<li>Safeguard your email account with <strong>a robust password<\/strong>, which you <strong>alter on a regular basis<\/strong> and <strong>never save within your browser or email program<\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li>Make use of <strong>separate email accounts with different log-in details<\/strong> (for business communication, messages to family and friends, registering with web services, subscribing to newsletters etc.)<\/li>\n \t<li>Refrain from using email over <strong>insecure\/public\/unencrypted Wi-Fi connections and public PCs<\/strong>.<\/li>\n \t<li>Take care that your <strong>webmail application is running over an encrypted connection<\/strong> (HTTPS) \u2013 not only when you register, but also the entire time that you are using it<\/li>\n \t<li>Choose <strong>an up-to-date email client that is widely in use, <\/strong>and<strong> which you can configure securely<\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li>Only download <strong>external content such as pictures in HTML emails if really required and from trustworthy contacts<\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Switch off the automatic preview function<\/strong> in your email program<\/li>\n \t<li>Run each incoming message through a quick mental plausibility test:\n<ul>\n \t<li>Is the <strong>sender known to you<\/strong>?<\/li>\n \t<li>Does the <strong>subject line make sense<\/strong>?<\/li>\n \t<li>Are you expecting a <strong>file attachment<\/strong> from this sender?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Don\u2019t enter your passwords or log-in details anywhere<\/strong> if you are requested to do so in an email \u2013 it is highly likely to be an attempt to steal your data (phishing)<\/li>\n \t<li>Don\u2019t download <strong>any attachments from unfamiliar senders<\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li>Avoid klicking on <strong>any links from unknown senders<\/strong><\/li>\n \t<li><strong>Don\u2019t reply to <\/strong>messages that are obviously <strong>spam<\/strong> and <strong>beware not to click on the unsubscribe links<\/strong> in such messages, as you will merely be confirming your email address<\/li>\n \t<li>You can recognize<strong> fake senders<\/strong> by means of the so-called <strong>header<\/strong> contained in an email message (pay attention to the reply-to addresses and potentially <strong>phony links<\/strong> in the HTML <strong>source code<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nCompanies can safeguard their inboxes with a managed cloud service such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/products\/retarus-email-security\/\">Retarus E-Mail Security<\/a>. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/campaigns\/patient-zero-detection\/\">brand new Patient Zero Detection<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> option<\/a> is even able to identify recipients who have previously been delivered emails containing as yet unknown malware (in cases where the malware was too fresh to be detectable). For more details, please get in touch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retarus.com\/contact\/\">with your local Retarus contact person<\/a>.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Email is constantly under attack. 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