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Business email, explained without the jargon.

Short guides on the parts of business email nobody explains: DNS records, spam placement, and what your options actually cost. No fluff, no whitepapers, just what you'd learn the hard way.

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Email hosting for multiple domains: how it works and what it costs

The three ways to run email on several domains, what each provider allows per domain and per address, the DNS every domain needs, and a sourced cost table.

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Google Workspace with multiple domains: cost, aliases and limits

Workspace prices per user, not per domain: up to 600 domains per account and 30 aliases per user. Secondary vs alias domains, and what a team really pays.

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Gmail aliases vs a multi-domain email host

Gmail's aliases are all @gmail.com, and Send mail as for your own domains ends in January 2027. What Gmail, Google Workspace and a multi-domain host each do, and what they cost.

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Explainer→

Email alias vs mailbox vs forwarding: what's the difference?

A mailbox is a person, an alias is another address into it, forwarding sends a copy elsewhere. What each is for, what providers include, and why there's no catch-all.

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Email hosting vs web hosting: what's the difference?

Same domain, different servers: web hosting follows the A record, email follows MX. Why you never need web hosting for email, and how to move mail off a web host.

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How-to→

How to move email to a new domain without losing mail

Changing from acmecorp.com to acme.com: build the new domain first, copy old mail over IMAP, switch MX, and keep the old domain receiving for weeks.

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How-to→

Gmail is ending Send as and POP for other addresses: what to do

In January 2027 Gmail stops sending as, and fetching from, accounts that aren't Google's. What keeps working, four ways to keep a custom-domain address, and their costs.

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Authentication→

SPF, DKIM, and DMARC, explained in plain English

What each record actually does, how the three chain together into real spoofing protection, and how to set all of them up on your domain in under an hour.

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Deliverability→

Why your emails are landing in spam (and how to fix it)

The ten causes behind spam placement, from DNS to reputation to engagement, each with a concrete fix, ordered by how often they're the culprit.

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Choosing a provider→

Google Workspace alternatives for small business (honest take)

What Workspace is great at, where it quietly costs you, and how the real alternatives (Microsoft 365, Zoho, Proton, fastmail, self-hosting) compare on price and hassle.

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Authentication→

DMARC explained: what the policy actually does

p=none, quarantine, reject — what each policy does to failing mail, how rua reports reveal who sends as you, and a safe rollout to enforcement.

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Original data→

Email authentication census, October 2026: who hosts the top 5,000

The same 5,000 domains, six weeks on: what changed, which providers receive their mail, how many DMARC records use the new tags, and how many BIMI logos Gmail can show. CSV included.

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Email authentication census 2026: 5,000 domains, measured live

We ran dig across the Tranco top 5,000 — SPF 75.1%, DMARC 68.5% (51.8% at p=reject), MTA-STS 2.8%. Full methodology, tables, and findings.

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Reference→

The complete guide to email DNS records

SPF, DKIM, MX, DMARC, MTA-STS, TLS-RPT, BIMI — what each record does, what receivers check, and how the whole chain fits together.

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Deliverability→

Cold email deliverability: what actually matters

The fundamentals that decide whether cold email lands — authentication, warm domains, volume discipline, list quality — and the myths to ignore.

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Deliverability→

Email warmup explained: rebuilding sender reputation safely

Why new and dormant senders start in spam, what warmup actually consists of, and a safe week-by-week ramp with real engagement.

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Infrastructure→

Dedicated vs shared sending IPs: an honest guide

When a dedicated IP is worth operating and when a well-managed shared pool is the better engineering choice — no FUD, just trade-offs.

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Email security→

What is MTA-STS? SMTP TLS enforcement explained

How the DNS record and HTTPS policy file force TLS for inbound mail, why it stops downgrade attacks, and how to deploy it with TLS-RPT.

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Deliverability→

How to get off an email blacklist (DNSBL) step by step

Identify which list matters, fix the actual cause behind the listing, request delisting the right way, and monitor so it never recurs.

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AI agents→

How to give an AI agent its own email address

The options, from a seat at your email provider to an agent inbox next to your team, and the seven decisions that keep an agent contained.

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AI agents→

What an email inbox for an AI agent costs in 2026

List prices for a seat, a shared mailbox, an email API for agents and a do-it-yourself build, and the costs that aren't on any price list.

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AI agents→

Prompt injection by email: keeping an AI agent's inbox safe

How hidden instructions in an email hijack agents, the incidents so far, and the layered defenses that limit what a tricked agent can do.

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Human-in-the-loop email: approving what an AI agent sends

Which emails a person should approve, what the approval should show, and how to keep an agent from going around it.

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AI agents→

Do AI-written emails need to say so? The EU AI Act's disclosure rule

What Article 50 of the EU AI Act asks of agents that email people, in force since 2 August 2026, and what a good disclosure line says.

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Should an AI agent send from your own domain?

Your main domain, a subdomain, a separate domain or a shared one: what each does for trust, authentication and your team's reputation.

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