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What are spam messages and how can you avoid them?

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How do you create a pro­fes­sion­al email signature?

A pro­fes­sion­al email signature is essential in business com­mu­nic­a­tion, but also be­ne­fi­cial for personal users. What details should be included in a good signature? And what in­form­a­tion is required for companies and freel­an­cers when emailing clients or business partners? We…

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How to choose the right Microsoft 365 for Business package

Microsoft 365 is Microsoft’s cloud-based sub­scrip­tion model for Office ap­plic­a­tions. For small to medium-sized busi­nesses, Microsoft offers a variety of different flexible packages. Each Microsoft Business package includes a different set of features and tools. This com­pre­hens­ive…

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The best free email providers: a com­par­is­on of free email accounts in UK

More than 350 billion emails are sent around the world every day and most for free. The range of free email providers is getting better all the time, offering more memory, better security concepts and modern UIs. Want to create an email address for free, too? Our article gives an…

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What are the best Microsoft Office al­tern­at­ives? 7 solutions compared

Microsoft Office is the most widely used office suite, par­tic­u­larly in pro­fes­sion­al settings. When ex­chan­ging documents with others, the Microsoft suite is prac­tic­ally in­dis­pens­able. However, its biggest drawback is its high cost. If you mainly use the office suite for personal…

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How to encrypt and sign your emails with S/MIME

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Which col­lab­or­a­tion tool fits your needs?

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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.