How to check if a mail server is using Enforced-STARTTLS rather than Opportunistic-STARTTLS?

This article tells us that there are two types of STARTTLS: Opportunistic (i.e. optional STARTTLS) STARTTLS and Enforced STARTTLS, which works by the doctrine of "Encrypted connection or drop connection".
We can use checktls.com/… Continue reading How to check if a mail server is using Enforced-STARTTLS rather than Opportunistic-STARTTLS?

How to send emails with Thunderbird without revealing my internal and external IP address?

I have noticed this issue while using Google’s Gmail with Thunderbird. When I send an email from Gmail’s web front end at https://mail.google.com/ my internal and external IP address are not included in the email header.
However, I would l… Continue reading How to send emails with Thunderbird without revealing my internal and external IP address?