How to check DMARC compliance

How to check DMARC compliance

  • E-Mail security

Whether for important business emails or an email marketing campaign, a DMARC check ensures that emails reach their recipients. DMARC checkers validate sent emails and offer companies more security and transparency. This protects against phishing, spoofing and the blocklisting of mail domains. We’ll explain how to check a DMARC record and what tools are available.

How to check DMARC compliance
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How to change Outlook views

  • Technical matters

With Outlook, you don’t need to settle for the default mailbox views. Instead, you can customize and change your Outlook view settings. You can change the layout for different parts of Outlook, including the email, calendar and contacts sections. Keep reading to find out which Outlook view settings are available and how to change them.

How to change Outlook views
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Microsoft 365 vs. Office 365: What’s the difference?

  • Technical matters

Microsoft 365 vs. Office 365 – what exactly are the differences? Since the rebranding of Office 365 to Microsoft 365, this question comes up regularly. Microsoft 365, like Office 365, combines applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, but also offers several innovations. We explain what has changed as a result of the rebranding.

Microsoft 365 vs. Office 365: What’s the difference?
How to change Outlook to dark mode

How to change Outlook to dark mode

  • Technical matters

Almost all apps and applications now come with their own version of dark mode. Dark mode reverses the familiar color scheme on your screen, producing white text on a dark background. By using Outlook’s dark mode, you can reduce the amount of strain put on your eyes when writing emails. In this article, we’ll explain how to change Outlook to dark mode on the desktop version and in the app.

How to change Outlook to dark mode
How to write a professional apology email

How to write a professional apology email

  • Technical matters

Reacting professionally to complaints and feedback is a central part of customer service and collegiality. Sincerely apologizing and taking responsibility for your mistakes can go a long way towards mending fences with upset customers, business partners and co-workers. We tell you everything you need to know about writing a professional apology email and provide a number of example emails for…

How to write a professional apology email
How to sign in to Microsoft 365

How to sign in to Microsoft 365

  • Technical matters

The Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) sign in process is the same for standard Microsoft accounts as well as school, university or business accounts. Administrators, in turn, sign in via the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. After signing in, various Microsoft services are available depending on what plan you have. In this article, we’ll show you how to sign in to Microsoft 365.

How to sign in to Microsoft 365
What is SMTP authentication? SMTP Auth explained

What is SMTP authentication? SMTP Auth explained

  • Technical matters

Is your mail server configured with SMTP AUTH? If not, you should do so as soon as possible. Professional spammers are happy to see every open relay that they can use for the distribution of their junk mail. Such spam is not only hassle for the receiver, but also unnecessarily increases your server traffic and damages your online reputation. This security gap can be closed with the simple ESMTP…

What is SMTP authentication? SMTP Auth explained
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How to forward emails in Outlook automatically

  • Technical matters

Holidays, illness, or business trips – there are many reasons for absence from work. Checking your e-mail may not be possible in these cases. E-mails are usually still received and should not remain unanswered – forwarding your e-mail with outlook is a great solution. You can set automatic e-mail forwarding in outlook, so a colleague receives all your emails. How to forward e-mails in outlook?…

How to forward emails in Outlook automatically
How to create a DKIM record

How to create a DKIM record

  • E-Mail security

Fake emails pose a major threat to recipients. At the same time, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to verify the authenticity of emails and sender addresses. One effective method of verifying the sending mail server and checking the authenticity of emails is called DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail). What is DKIM and how do you set it up?

How to create a DKIM record
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How to sign up with Gmail

  • Technical matters

The Google service Gmail offers a free inbox, sufficient storage space, and apps such as Google Drive, Docs, Maps, and Google Calendar. Signing up with Gmail is easy and can be done in just a few steps. Our article explains how to create a free Gmail account what to bear in mind when doing so. Continue reading to find out more.

How to sign up with Gmail

E-mail

IONOS E-mail Guide: everything need to know about e-mails

Most people couldn’t imagine a life without e-mails. Whether you use them to communicate for business or personal reasons, e-mails have practically replaced traditional letters. Over 200 billion e-mails are sent around the world each day and despite the rise in social media and instant messaging, they show no sign of slowing down. Our E-mail Guide forms part of the IONOS Digital Guide and is dedicated to the basic framework of the e-mail–from the technical security requirements to marketing strategies you should use when sending business e-mails. The contents of this E-mail Guide cater for both beginners as well as more experienced computer users.

The E-mail Guide’s target audience

The numerous e-mail tips in the guide are aimed at a wide readership, from hobbyists and novices to IT and e-mail marketing professionals. Owners of small and medium-sized companies can also benefit from articles that provide information on how to create business e-mails and build successful e-mail marketing campaigns. The e-mail guide takes into consideration that readers have different levels of IT knowledge; as well as introductory articles on FAQs (e.g. ‘How is an e-mail sent?’ or ‘What should an e-mail header contain?’) there are also more detailed and specific articles such as ‘E-mail encryption with PGP’ or ‘Creating individual newsletter templates’.

The E-mail Guide’s structure and topics

In IONOS’s Digital Guide, the E-mail Guide offers three different subcategories. Under ‘E-mail marketing’ you can read about marketing trends as well as tips on direct marketing via e-mail. The ‘E-mail security’ subcategory mainly deals with e-mail encryption and how to handle spam and phishing e-mails. Lastly, under ‘Technical matters’, you’ll find various articles about structure, operation and storage of e-mails and the corresponding software. In our guide, we provide detailed information on everything to do with e-mails, presented to you in a clear and understandable way.

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