Protect Your Email Accounts from Brute-Force Attacks

We’ve seen an increase in targeted brute-force attacks against email accounts (POP, IMAP, SMTP) on our servers. When an account is compromised, attackers can modify stored messages, alter settings, and send large volumes of spam, disrupting delivery for everyone.

 

 

How You Can Help

  1. Use Strong, Unique Passwords Create passwords with a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters or spaces. Avoid common words or simple patterns.

  2. Avoid Generic POP Accounts Don’t use addresses like admin@ or test@. Instead, set up a forwarder (for example, forward test@domain.com to yourname@domain.com) so only your personal account requires a password.

  3. Enable SSL/TLS for Mail Access Always connect using SSL or TLS for POP/IMAP authentication. We can configure a secure mail.example.com in addition to the server hostname for corporate branding—just ask us.


We are also implementing server-level protections to block these attacks, but your cooperation is vital to keeping your account and the entire server safe. If you need assistance with SSL/TLS setup on your domain, please open a support ticket. Thank you for helping us maintain a secure email environment.

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