Lettio Blog

Notes on private, intelligent email.

Clear, honest writing on encryption, AI assistants, and taking your mail back from Big Tech — no hype, no jargon.

AI & agents

Giving an AI assistant access to your inbox, safely

An assistant that can read and act on your email is genuinely useful — and genuinely powerful. Here's how to think about the risks, and what a safe arrangement actually looks like.

For business

Business email on your own domain, explained

A `@yourcompany.eu` address does more than look professional — it's the one business decision that keeps your identity, your team and your deliverability under your own control. Here's how it works.

How-to

Email aliases and masking, without the jargon

Aliases, masked addresses, catch-all — three simple tools that keep your inbox organised and your real address private. Here's what each one is and when to reach for it.

Privacy, explained

What "secure email" actually means

"Secure" and "encrypted" get stamped on every mail provider's homepage. Here's what the words really mean, the one trade-off nobody mentions, and a sane privacy baseline to hold any provider to.

Explainer

What is MCP, and why it matters for email

MCP — the Model Context Protocol — is quietly becoming the standard way AI assistants connect to real tools and data. Here's what it is in plain terms, and why "email that speaks MCP" is a genuinely new thing.

The story

Why we're building Lettio

For years we watched European businesses forced into the same bad choice: private and European, or modern and intelligent — never both. Lettio is our attempt to end that trade-off. Here's why.

Switching

Looking for a Gmail alternative? Read this first

People leave Gmail for a handful of concrete reasons — and picking a replacement is easier once you know what to actually look for. A fair, jargon-free guide to the trade-offs.

Privacy

How to get an email address without a phone number

More and more providers demand a mobile number before they'll give you a mailbox. Here's why they ask, why it's a privacy problem, and how to get email without handing one over.

Early access

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