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Notes from the email trenches.

Deliverability, DNS, protocols, pricing. Written by the team building JustEmails.

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Comparisons·13 min read

JustEmails vs Forward Email: Open-Source Forwarding Against Managed Mailboxes

Open-source forwarding vs managed mailboxes. Which fits your 2026 workflow?

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Comparisons·10 min read

JustEmails vs GMX and mail.com: Free Webmail or Real Email Hosting?

GMX vs JustEmails for custom domains — when free webmail breaks down.

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Stuck in a Mail Loop? Diagnosing and Breaking Email Forwarding Loops

Your inbox flooded with 847 copies of the same message. Here's how to read Received headers, find the loop, and fix it.

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Tutorials·10 min read

SPF Breaking From Too Many Includes? Flattening and Macro Fixes That Work

SPF PermError from 10+ DNS lookups? Flattening and subdomain delegation fix it.

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Tutorials·11 min read

Fix Emails Going to Junk in Apple Mail and iPhone (2026)

Apple junk filtering decoded. Fix it now.

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Comparisons·12 min read

JustEmails vs HEY: Opinionated Personal Email or Flat-Fee Domain Hosting?

HEY vs JustEmails: $99/yr inbox redesign or $49/yr unlimited hosting?

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Tutorials·13 min read

Mailbox Full and Bouncing Inbound Mail? Managing Email Storage the Right Way

Your mailbox hit quota and senders got a 552 bounce. Here's how to diagnose, archive vs delete, set retention, and plan storage so it doesn't happen again.

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Tutorials·11 min read

Drowning in Email Aliases? Audit and Clean Up Address Sprawl

Audit your email aliases before orphan addresses become security holes.

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Comparisons·13 min read

JustEmails vs Bluehost and HostGator Email: Why Bundled Host Mail Falls Short

Bundled host email hides costs until migration day.

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Tutorials·13 min read

DKIM Shows 'none' or Unsigned? Fixing Authentication for Third-Party Senders

When your CRM, helpdesk, or invoicing tool sends email as your domain but shows DKIM 'none' or unsigned — DMARC fails. Here's how to fix it: publish the vendor's DKIM selector, verify via show-original, and use the subdomain delegation pattern when necessary.

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Tutorials·13 min read

Fix Email Reputation on a Purchased Domain (2026)

Inherited bad email karma? Fix it before your invoices hit spam.

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Comparisons·14 min read

JustEmails vs ImprovMX: Forwarding or Real Mailboxes?

ImprovMX does cheap forwarding. When is that enough — and when do you need real mailboxes?