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Hacker collects 272m email addresses and passwords, some from GmailA security firm announced that it had persuaded a fraudster to give the database of email addresses along with passwords consumers use to log in to websites
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Malcolm Turnbull’s emails: using private server could be ‘major security risk’, says LaborPrime minister’s office, in letter to Labor’s Mark Dreyfus refusing freedom of information request, says too many emails would need to be examined
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Email Debt Forgiveness Day: whittle down your inbox without the apologiesIf you’re one of those people who have been putting off responding to messages and are feeling the burden of guilt, here’s your quick chance to make amends
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How to deal with email overloadWhen I heard a wealthy eccentric had developed an amazing solution to email overload, I wasn’t hopeful. I was wrong
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Microsoft sues for right to tell customers when US government requests emailsTraditional searches or wiretaps often require government to eventually notify the people they’ve searched; Microsoft wants the same to apply to emails
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MP calls for limit on UK surveillance powers as EU test case opensDavid Davis says data retention laws turn ‘entire nation into suspects’, but UK lawyers say they are vital to terrorism cases
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Beyond email: could startup Slack change the way you work?Two million people are using Slack to chat, send emojis and encourage creativity at work. Nasa and Harvard are on board – will your company be next?
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What’s the best free email service for someone moving from BT?Patrick doesn’t want to pay BT £5 a month to continue his email service, and would like a free alternative
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I am funnier and franker on Google chat, but what’s the truth about instant-message me?
Morwenna FerrierChat apps force us to respond quickly and honestly, and allow us to reveal our best version of ourselvesI am funnier and franker on Google chat, but what’s the truth about instant-message me? -
Redaction error reveals FBI did target Lavabit to spy on Edward SnowdenCourt-ordered release of Lavabit case files finally reveals Snowden was target of action that shuttered secure and private email service
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Seven of the best email apps for smartphonesAs Mailbox prepares to shut down, here are seven other contenders for managing your inbox on the move on Android and iPhone
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How can I stop spam emails?Mike and his wife are getting too much spam in their BT Internet mailboxes. What can they do to stop it?
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Tory councillor accidentally sent details of 'smear plot' to intended targetsConservative member of Portsmouth council Scott Harris was allegedly planning a dirty tricks campaign against women’s rights and domestic violence services
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I'm not LMAO at ridiculous emails from my students
Academics Anonymous I'm not LMAO at ridiculous emails from my students
Anonymous academicConvoluted excuses and drunken declarations of love can be amusing, but I’m genuinely concerned about young people’s communication skills
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Snail mail’s place on the Guardian letters page
Open door Snail mail’s place on the Guardian letters page
Toby ChasseaudOpen door: Posted letters face two disadvantages: they take longer to arrive on our desk than an email and they either have to be typed up or scanned in by us to be published -
You've got donations: AOL email users give more money to political campaignsData shows average contribution from an AOL address is $159, compared to $31 from a Gmail address, as campaigns depend heavily on email fundraising
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UK press accused of 'misinformed media storm' over email spying storyEurope’s top human rights body issues statement explaining how body works after what it deemed a series of inaccurate scare stories were published
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The Guardian view on snooping at work: bosses are one thing, but don’t forget Big BrotherEditorial: A ruling that employers can sometimes read our emails and messages has met with outrage. That’s healthy. But the surveillance potential of the tech giants and the state remain the greater danger
Notebook Poor John McCain: from prisoner of war to prisoner of Trump