Not managing email accounts properly
1. Using just one email account
2. Holding onto spammed-out accounts too long
3. Not closing the browser after logging out of web apps
4. Forgetting to delete the browser cache, history, and passwords
5. Using insecure email accounts to send and receive sensitive corporate information
6. Forgetting the telephone option
Not emailing the right people
7. Not using the Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) option
8. Being trigger happy with the Reply button
9. Spamming as a result of forwarding email
Not making backups or keeping records
10. Failing to back up emails
11. Mobile access: presuming a backup exists
12. Thinking that a deleted email is gone forever
Not avoiding fraudulent email
13. Believing you won the lottery and other scam titles
14. Not recognizing phishing attacks in email content
15. Sending personal and financial information via email
16. Unsubscribing to newsletters you never subscribed to
Not avoiding malware
17. Trusting your friends email
18. Deleting spam instead of blacklisting it
19. Disabling the email spam filter
20. Failing to scan all email attachments
Not keeping hackers at bay
21. Sharing your account information with others
22. Using simple and easy-to-guess passwords
23. Failing to encrypt your important emails
24. Not encrypting your wireless connection
25. Failing to use digital signatures
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