New guide on email

This is a proposal to take out the information on email from the guide on private communications and to reorganize it so as to have a new guide on email with the following table of content:

  • What is an email and how email works
    • just a non-encrypted text file copied on several servers
    • beyond the body: what's in a header and what to look for in a header
    • difference between mail service and mail client (issue #186 (closed))
    • difference between POP and IMAP
    • TLS - how to check
  • How to create a mail account
    • how to choose a mail provider, based on different needs
    • how to choose a user name
    • pros and cons of reading mail through a browser, a client or an app
  • Basic email security
    • using an alias and making sure the header isn't revealing your primary address
    • disposable email
    • encrypting email
    • deleting old messages
  • Advanced email security
    • using a VPN to create an email and protect your identity
    • anonymous remailers
Edited by fpagano