📧 Email Privacy Tester

Analyze email headers, detect tracking pixels, and check email authentication

Version 2.0.0 - Updated November 2025
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Paste the full email headers from your email client. Include all fields like Return-Path, Received, From, To, Subject, etc.
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Privacy Score

Privacy Issues & Recommendations

đŸŽ¯ Email Privacy Examples

🛡ī¸ DMARC Policy Example

DMARC record for email protection:

v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:dmarc@example.com; ruf=mailto:forensics@example.com; pct=100; adkim=s; aspf=s;

Policy: Reject unauthenticated emails and send reports

📚 Email Privacy & Security Tutorials

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Understanding Email Tracking

Learn how email tracking works, what information is collected, and how to protect your privacy.

Read Tutorial →
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SPF, DKIM, and DMARC Setup

Complete guide to setting up email authentication to prevent spoofing and phishing.

Read Tutorial →
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Reading Email Headers

Master the art of analyzing email headers to identify spam, phishing, and tracking attempts.

Read Tutorial →
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Email Privacy Best Practices

Practical tips for maintaining email privacy in personal and professional communications.

Read Tutorial →
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Blocking Email Trackers

Tools and techniques to block tracking pixels and protect your email reading habits.

Read Tutorial →
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Email Encryption Guide

Learn about PGP, S/MIME, and other email encryption methods for secure communication.

Read Tutorial →

⚖ī¸ Email Privacy Tools Comparison

Compare our email privacy tester with other popular email security tools:

Feature Our Tool MailTester MXToolbox Email Privacy Tester
Free to Use ✅ ✅ ⚠ī¸ Limited ✅
Header Analysis ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Tracking Detection ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅
SPF/DKIM/DMARC Check ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
Privacy Score ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅
HTML Content Analysis ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅
Detailed Recommendations ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
Report Download ✅ ❌ ⚠ī¸ Premium ❌
Mobile Friendly ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅

Common Email Tracking Methods

đŸ–ŧī¸ Tracking Pixels

Method: 1x1 transparent images

Tracks: Email opens, reading time, device info

Prevention: Block external images by default

🔗 Link Tracking

Method: Redirects through tracking servers

Tracks: Click behavior, timestamps, location

Prevention: Copy links before clicking

📊 Web Beacons

Method: Embedded scripts and objects

Tracks: User behavior, session data

Prevention: Disable HTML emails

đŸŽ¯ Read Receipts

Method: Email client confirmation requests

Tracks: When email was opened

Prevention: Disable read receipt responses

📝 Version History & Changelog

Version 2.0.0 - Latest

November 1, 2025
  • 🎉 Added three analysis modes: Headers, Domain, and Content
  • 🔍 Enhanced tracking pixel detection algorithm
  • 📊 Improved privacy scoring system
  • 🛡ī¸ Added SPF/DKIM/DMARC validation
  • 💾 Implemented comprehensive report export
  • 🎨 Complete UI redesign with better UX

Version 1.5.0

October 10, 2025
  • 📧 Added HTML email content analysis
  • 🔗 Link tracking detection improvements
  • 📚 Expanded educational content
  • ⚖ī¸ Added tool comparison section
  • 🐛 Fixed header parsing edge cases

Version 1.0.0

September 15, 2025
  • 🎉 Initial release of Email Privacy Tester
  • 📧 Basic email header analysis
  • đŸ•ĩī¸ Tracking pixel detection
  • 📊 Privacy scoring system
  • ✨ Modern, intuitive interface

🔮 Upcoming Features

📋 Planned for Next Release:

  • Real-time email monitoring integration
  • Batch email analysis
  • Browser extension for automatic checking
  • Custom privacy policy templates
  • Integration with popular email clients
  • Advanced threat detection (phishing, malware)
  • Historical tracking database

Understanding Email Privacy & Tracking

Email tracking has become ubiquitous in modern digital communication. Understanding how tracking works and how to protect your privacy is essential for maintaining control over your personal information.

đŸŸĸ Email Privacy Best Practices

✅ Protect Your Privacy:

  • Block External Images: Disable automatic image loading in your email client
  • Use Plain Text: Prefer plain text emails when possible to avoid tracking pixels
  • Check Links: Hover over links before clicking to verify destinations
  • Email Client Settings: Configure privacy settings to block trackers
  • VPN Usage: Use VPN to hide your real IP address and location
  • Separate Emails: Use different email addresses for different purposes
  • Regular Audits: Periodically review email headers for suspicious activity

🔴 Common Privacy Mistakes

❌ What to Avoid:

  • Automatically loading images from unknown senders
  • Clicking links without verifying the destination
  • Responding to suspicious emails or read receipts
  • Using the same email for all online services
  • Ignoring email authentication (SPF/DKIM/DMARC)
  • Forwarding sensitive information via unencrypted email
  • Not regularly updating email client software

How Email Tracking Works

Email tracking typically works through several mechanisms:

  1. Tracking Pixels: Invisible 1x1 pixel images loaded from external servers that log when and where emails are opened
  2. Link Redirection: Links that redirect through tracking servers before reaching the intended destination
  3. Read Receipts: Standard email protocol features that confirm when messages are opened
  4. Web Beacons: Embedded scripts or objects that execute when emails are viewed
  5. Unique Identifiers: Personalized tokens in URLs or images that identify individual recipients

Email Authentication Protocols

Our Privacy Testing Approach

Our Email Privacy Tester analyzes emails using multiple methods:

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>đŸ•ĩī¸ Tracking Pixel Example

Common tracking pixel patterns found in marketing emails:

<img src="https://track.example.com/open?id=12345" width="1" height="1" style="display:none"> <img src="https://analytics.example.com/pixel.gif? user=abc123" border="0" width="1" height="1">

Purpose: Track email opens and user behavior

📧 SPF Record Example

Proper SPF configuration for email authentication:

v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:mailgun.org ip4:192.0.2.0/24 -all

Meaning: Authorizes specific mail servers to send from this domain

🔐 DKIM Record Example

DKIM signature in email headers:

DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=example.com; s=selector1; h=from:to:subject:date; bh=47DEQpj8HBSa+/...

Purpose: Cryptographically verify email authenticity