Super Simple Security Principles

Super Simple Security Principles


92. Understanding Email Providers and Clients

December 05, 2025
Episode summary

When you join the email workshop, you will be making some decisions. The first two are simple but important: which email provider you’ll use, and which email client.

Your email provider is the company that gives you an inbox and stores your messages on their servers. The big ones are Google (Gmail), Microsoft (Outlook, Hotmail, Live), Yahoo, and Apple (iCloud).

An email client is the app you use to read and send email. There are a lot of options. On your phone, that might be Apple Mail or the Gmail app. On your laptop, it's most often your web browser.

Personally, I’ve used Fastmail as my provider since 2013. On my phone, I use their custom app (which I love), and on my laptop, I use a browser.

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