Email security is extremely important to your online safety. Many people use email every single day. Whether it’s for work or socially it’s nice to know that your email address and the content of the mail you send is secure. Spam emails fill up inboxes all round the world every day. Studies have suggested up to 90% of all emails are spam, which is around 183 billion spam emails! Some is just there to sell you a product or encourage you to use a service. Others are malicious emails embedded with software designed to steal personal data or passwords. Just as when browsing, you must be careful when using your email, where a bit of common sense goes a long way!

Probably the simplest thing you can do to avoid spam is look at the subject. If you have not asked for any information regarding medical insurance or an ebook on getting ‘ripped’ or whatever the topic might be, Then don’t open the email! Most modern email clients, including our own Webmail, have a dedicated folder where you can send spam to keep it from cluttering up your inbox. Using Webmail, or any popular desktop client, you can also block individual addresses or domains which are causing a particular problem. This is also possible on most popular email clients. We provide setup guides for Microsoft Outlook, Mail for Mac, Thunderbird and other popular clients. Out of sight, out of mind is a good mantra to apply here.

Here at Domainmonster.com we take your security extremely seriously as you will see from our numerous security accreditations. We also provide built in security for all Mailboxes. This means that both incoming and outgoing mail will have spam and virus protection. This protection is active 24 hours a day 7 days a week. We stop more than 98% of unwanted or harmful mail before it even reaches you. Even attachments are scanned! Mail is filtered in 5 ways by Domainmonster.com before it reaches your inbox, which is a substantial first line of defence against malicious and spam emails.

You can also control your own spam filter by using lists accessible from your Domainmonster.com account. Firstly by what is called blacklisting. This is where lists of email addresses and domain names which are known to be distributing spam are compared with your incoming mail and any probable spam emails are blocked. Whitelisting is when a list of trusted and verified emails are compared to your emails to make sure that genuine email reaches you. All of this filtering applies to all your mailboxes, which can be accessed through your favorite email client or the excellent Webmail system at Domainmonster.com. Meaning your mail can be accessed from any web browser on any computer.

Protecting against viruses hidden in emails is another issue that can be solved in simple steps. As you should have anyway, a good anti-virus program will stop you opening attachments that could pose a threat. Always check you know the senders address and domain name before opening any attachments. Always check for spelling mistakes in domain names and differences in the senders address.

Keeping your email secure should not be too much of a problem given these simple steps. We provide an excellent mailbox security that gives you outstanding protection. Using up to date, good anti-virus software will help you keep malicious software off your computer. But most importantly a bit of common sense and a think before you click approach will help you protect your email.