Insights on email privacy & productivity.
Tips, guides, and deep dives from the Cleanbox team.
Google Shielded Email: What It Is and How It Compares to Email Aliasing
Google Shielded Email brings auto-generated forwarding addresses to Gmail and Android. Here is what we know about the feature, what it means for email privacy, and how it compares to independent alias services.
Choosing the Right Spam Threshold: A Data-Driven Guide
What spam score should you set? We break down the sweet spots by use case, risk tolerance, and email type, with a decision framework you can apply to every alias.
How Phishers Bypass SPF and DKIM: Attack Techniques Explained
SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are the backbone of email authentication, but attackers have developed sophisticated techniques to slip past them. From cousin domains and subdomain delegation abuse to DKIM replay attacks and unicode homoglyphs, here is how phishers actually bypass your defenses.
Proton Mail vs Email Aliases: Two Different Approaches to Email Privacy
Proton Mail encrypts your emails. Aliases hide who you are. Compare both approaches side by side - and learn when combining them gives you full privacy.
What Happens to Your Data When You Create an Online Account
Every time you enter your email and click Sign Up, your data begins a journey from a single database to analytics platforms, marketing partners, ad networks, and data brokers. Here is exactly what happens at each step and how to protect yourself.
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.
