Technology Proton is letting parents reserve a child's email before birth Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Google now lets U.S. users change their Gmail username Ellsworth Toohey

retrocomputing You can still use plain text email—and maybe you should Rob Beschizza

politics The Intercept published Elon Musk's government email address Jason Weisberger

apps Thunderbird celebrates 20th anniversary Rob Beschizza

Funny I hope this email finds you… (a very funny bot) David Pescovitz

AI Hiding email addresses with typographic tricks? It's no match for ChatGPT Rob Beschizza

spam How to guarantee your email will be categorized as spam Rob Beschizza

privacy Email tracking endemic, says study Rob Beschizza

email Nanotech scientists teach spinach how to send emails, detects bombs Thom Dunn

Business In this email scam, Iran-linked hackers pose as journalists Xeni Jardin

politics Joe Biden campaign emails a post-debate 'did I make you proud?'… hours before start time Xeni Jardin

law Techdirt settles lawsuit with the "I invented email" guy Rob Beschizza

AI Gmail's automated spam-filtering is making it much harder to run an independent mail-server Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets The Intercept's top security expert reviews Helm, a standalone home email server that keeps your comms out of Big Tech's data-centers Cory Doctorow

web theory Thunderbird team vows faster, easier-to-use, more stable versions in the year to come Cory Doctorow

scams Dramatic reading of wank shame scam spam sent to Boing Boing's corporate inquiries email helpline Rob Beschizza

privacy WSJ: Yahoo plans to scan users' messages for data to sell to advertisers Séamus Bellamy

happy mutants EFF has released STARTTLS Everywhere: free tools to encrypt email between mail servers Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The Computer History Museum just published the sourcecode for Eudora Cory Doctorow