Insights on email privacy & productivity.
Tips, guides, and deep dives from the Cleanbox team.
AI-Powered Phishing: How Attackers Use Language Models to Craft Perfect Scam Emails
AI has fundamentally changed phishing. Grammar mistakes are gone, personalization is automated, and attacks scale like never before. Here is how attackers weaponize language models, why traditional filters struggle to keep up, and what the defensive side of the AI arms race looks like.
How to Create a Temporary Email Address (and When You Should)
Comparing throwaway email services with permanent aliases - when each makes sense and why aliases are the better long-term strategy.
How to Migrate from Gmail to a Privacy-Focused Email Setup
A step-by-step guide to reducing your dependence on Gmail without losing convenience. Export your data, set up a custom domain, configure aliases, and keep Gmail as a backup.
Building a Custom Email Dashboard with the Cleanbox API
Build a real-time dashboard that visualizes your email flow, spam rates, contact categories, and usage trends. React frontend with Cleanbox API backend.
Cleanbox vs Traditional Email Security: Why Spam Gateways Are Overkill for SMBs
Barracuda, Mimecast, and Proofpoint are built for enterprises with 500+ mailboxes. Here is why that model does not fit small businesses - and what the alternative looks like.
I Gave Every Online Service a Unique Email Alias: Here Is What I Learned After One Year
One year, 120+ aliases, and some genuinely surprising discoveries about who sells your data, who respects your privacy, and whether managing all those addresses is actually practical. A first-person account of going all-in on email aliasing.
Passkeys Explained: What They Mean for Email Security
Passkeys promise a future without passwords - no more phishing, no more credential stuffing, no more password reuse. But even in a passkey world, email remains the critical weak point. Here is why email security matters more than ever.
Email Authentication in Practice: When SPF, DKIM, and DMARC Pass and When They Fail
You know what SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are. But do you know why forwarded email fails SPF? Why mailing lists break DKIM? Why DMARC can reject legitimate email? Real-world scenarios explained.
What Happens to Your Data When an Email Service Shuts Down
Spamgourmet is dead. 33mail is gone. What happens to your aliases when a service disappears - and how to protect yourself.
Running a Business on Email: Management Strategies That Scale
How growing businesses handle email at scale - shared inboxes, delegation, automation, and the tooling that makes it work. From solo founder to 50-person team.
How to Show Your Logo Next to Emails in Gmail (BIMI Explained)
BIMI displays your brand logo next to emails in Gmail, Apple Mail, and Yahoo. Here is what it requires and two ways to set it up.
Custom Domain Email: The Complete Guide for Small Businesses
Why every business should use a custom domain for email, how to set it up, and how to add spam protection without running your own mail server.
