How to Prevent Your Email From Getting Hacked

For the last few days we’ve received several news alerts about high profile politicians getting their personal email accounts hacked. Luckily, high profile politicians tend to have the resources and power to recover their accounts and bring those perpetrators to justice. But what if it happens to you? Do you have the resources to recover access to your email account? This is precisely why a Mail2World email account is so important and the tools we provide you with give you the power to recover quickly. Here are some tips we’d like to share with you on how to prevent your email account from being  compromised:

 

1. Passwords – We can't overstate enough the importance of a strong password for your email account.  Keeping people out of your account will always be the best way to protect yourself.
2. Have a Second Account – Assume you’ve lost all access to your primary account. Have a second account with all your contacts. Also, have your mail forwarded to another account so that you’re able to alert your contacts that your primary account has been compromised. 
3. Set up your email account with correct information (initially) – It is very important that users provide accurate information when registering a new Mail2World email account. If the information is inaccurate it could make retrieving access to an account virtually impossible. And if you are a platinum account holder, our support staff will need to confirm your identity before providing you with access to your account again. 
4. Set up quality security questions – Set up security questions for all email accounts that are open.  The best questions are the ones that only you know the answers too.
5. Keep your password to yourself – your password is for you and you alone. Mail2World will never ask you for your password. Keep your password safe.

What if you’ve followed all of these steps and your account is still compromised? Yes, it can still happen. Contact us right away via support@mail2world.com.

I hope you all found this post helpful. Happy emailing everyone!

Best,
-A.B.