FJS MJS · email explained
How email works - and how to send it well
From the first messages on early networks to newsletters, clients and the rules for commercial mail.
Background
Email was never invented - it grew
It developed step by step alongside the Internet itself. The history of email messaging tells how.
Guides
Choosing the right tools
Online marketing, explained
What online marketing is, why it works - and where email fits in.
Start here
New to email? Begin with the basics.
How a message is composed, sent through servers and delivered - in plain words.
All articles
How to Trace an Email: Read Headers and Find the Sender
Learn how to trace an email through full headers, authentication results, and Received lines—and understand what an IP address cannot prove.
Email Warmup: Build Sender Reputation for a New Domain
Learn email warmup steps that build sender reputation, protect deliverability, and help a new domain earn inbox trust.
How to Unsend an Email in Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail and Yahoo
Learn when you can unsend an email, how Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, and Yahoo handle it, and what to do when it is too late.
How to Schedule Emails in Gmail, Outlook and Apple Mail
Step-by-step guide to scheduling emails in Gmail, Outlook and Apple Mail, plus where scheduled emails wait, time zone pitfalls and fixes when one doesn’t send.
How to Write a Formal Email: Structure and Examples
Learn how to write a formal email with a clear structure, professional phrases, practical examples, and a pre-send checklist.
How knitters share patterns online: from personal homepages to newsletters and Ravelry
Twenty-five years ago a knitting pattern travelled by e-mail from one hobbyist’s homepage. Today it lives on Ravelry, in newsletters and on video. A short history of a very online craft.