politics Joe Biden campaign emails a post-debate 'did I make you proud?'… hours before start time Xeni Jardin
google Gmail's automated spam-filtering is making it much harder to run an independent mail-server Cory Doctorow
Gadgets The Intercept's top security expert reviews Helm, a standalone home email server that keeps your comms out of Big Tech's data-centers Cory Doctorow
web theory Thunderbird team vows faster, easier-to-use, more stable versions in the year to come Cory Doctorow
scams Dramatic reading of wank shame scam spam sent to Boing Boing's corporate inquiries email helpline Rob Beschizza
happy mutants EFF has released STARTTLS Everywhere: free tools to encrypt email between mail servers Cory Doctorow
trumpism EPA employees who spoke out about Trump are having their emails ransacked, and the EPA's new "monitoring" firm is linked to a GOP oppo research firm Cory Doctorow
web theory Your inbox is full of spyware-riddled emails that are both potentially very harmful to you and also very easy to disable Cory Doctorow
security Ransomware crook's email provider shuts down account, so now no one can pay their ransom Cory Doctorow
security London cops use an insecure mail-server that lets third parties intercept mail in transit Cory Doctorow
drugs Here’s what happens when you email your teacher right after wisdom teeth surgery Caroline Siede
politics Leading DNS experts say they've found a secret dedicated link between Trump and a giant Russian bank Cory Doctorow
election FBI says it is investigating more email "pertinent" to Clinton server (Update: Weiner alert) Rob Beschizza