Guides
Educational content on inbound email processing, EU compliance, and privacy-first infrastructure.
Inbound email processing for GDPR compliance
How to process inbound email while maintaining full GDPR compliance. EU data residency, legal bases, and avoiding US data transfers.
12 min readWhat is inbound email processing?
A complete guide to inbound email processing: how it works, common use cases, and how to choose a provider.
10 min readWhy businesses automate email first
Understanding why email automation delivers the highest ROI and fastest implementation for business process automation.
5 min readHow email automation works
Email comes in, gets parsed to JSON, optional attachment processing, then a JSON webhook triggers your automation. No complex integrations, no vendor lock-in.
8 min readSelective email access vs full mailbox
Technical comparison of selective email processing vs OAuth mailbox access — security, compliance, and privacy implications.
7 min readHidden risks of email automation
When you connect Gmail to Zapier, you give them access to every email you have ever received. Understanding the real risks of full mailbox OAuth access.
6 min readBuilt for European privacy
EmailConnect was designed from the ground up for European privacy standards. EU hosting, GDPR compliance, audit logs, and data retention policies.
8 min readTesting virus scanning with EICAR
How to test EmailConnect virus scanning using the EICAR standard test file. Payload examples for clean and infected attachments, with webhook handler code.
6 min readEmail security architecture
How EmailConnect protects your email pipeline: spam filtering, DKIM/SPF/DMARC authentication, and ClamAV virus scanning. A complete security overview for compliance and security teams.
8 min read