Editorial desk
Secure Mail Guide Editorial
The editorial desk that publishes Secure Mail Guide. It is a byline for the site's editorial process, not a person, and this page carries no author biography because there is no individual author to describe.
How this desk works
- Articles are researched from primary sources: vendor and project documentation, published standards and specifications, release notes, advisories, and measurements published by the people who took them.
- Drafts are produced with AI assistance and then edited against those same sources before publication.
- Nothing published here claims hands-on lab testing, benchmarking, or first-hand measurement. Where a figure comes from a datasheet or someone else's test, the article names the source.
- Corrections go to hello@securemailguide.com and are made on the affected page. Funding is set out on the disclosure page.
Posts (10)
- privacy
End to End Encrypted Email Explained: What Stays Private
Understand what end-to-end encrypted email protects, how Proton Mail and Tuta handle outside recipients, and how to check a message's protection.
- comparisons
Secure Email Providers Without Phone Number: Best Picks
Tuta is the clearest choice for email signup without a phone number. Compare Proton's verification caveat, free plans, pricing and recovery options.
- privacy
Secure Mail: What It Protects and How to Set It Up
Secure mail needs more than encryption. Learn which threats it addresses, what metadata remains visible, and how to harden an inbox in 10 minutes.
- guides
Thunderbird PGP Setup: Encrypt Email Without Add-Ons
Set up OpenPGP in Thunderbird without add-ons: generate a key, publish it to keys.openpgp.org, exchange keys, and verify mail really sent encrypted.
- comparisons
Proton Mail vs Gmail Privacy: Encryption and Data Access
This Proton Mail vs Gmail privacy comparison explains encryption, data collection, jurisdiction, legal disclosure, and practical tradeoffs.
- guides
How to Encrypt Email in Outlook: S/MIME, Purview, and IRM
All three Outlook encryption methods compared: S/MIME, Purview Message Encryption, and IRM, with setup steps for both classic and new Outlook.
- guides
SPF, DKIM, and DMARC Setup for a Custom Domain
A step-by-step guide to publishing SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records for your own domain so your mail lands in inboxes and nobody can spoof your address.
- guides
How to Set Up Proton Mail: 2FA, Bridge & Custom Domain
Set up Proton Mail step by step: create an account, secure recovery and 2FA, configure Bridge or a custom domain, and migrate safely from Gmail.
- guides
Tuta Setup Guide: Getting Started with Encrypted Email
A step-by-step guide to setting up Tuta, formerly Tutanota: account creation, the privacy settings worth changing, and migrating your existing mail.
- guides
Email Security Threat Model: Who Reads Your Email?
A clear-eyed look at who can access your email, under what circumstances, and which of those threats actually warrant changing your setup at all.