WikiLeaks has published a searchable database of more than one million emails leaked from Hacking Team, an Italian malware company that was hacked this week. The emails reveal that the company worked for the FBI, the UK and Australian governments, as well as government agencies in Sudan and Ethiopia. The company's Twitter account was hacked on July 5th, which led to the hack.

Google has updated its spam filters and launched a new set of Gmail Postmaster Tools for senders, to help avoid legitimate emails from landing in the spam folder. Qualified high-volume email senders can use these tools to analyze their email including data on delivery errors, spam reports, and reputation.

Email snooze tools are a good way to help manage emails based on priorities. Certain emails pop up at a time when they are not necessarily best addressed, but by hitting snooze and scheduling the message for a time when you are more likely to respond, you help gain control over your inbox. Apps such as Mailbox, Outlook, Boomerang and ReminderBaba all have this feature.

More than 8 million email users in Japan experienced an outage after a fire at a communications center. KDDI Corp. reported damage to its email servers when the air conditioning failed after the fire reached high temperatures. The company is working to address the issue and many users have regained access to their accounts.

Hudson's Bay Co., the company that owns Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor as well as department stores in Canada, is using personalized webpages and email, as well as through in-store mobile offers to help drive engagement. The company revealed that customers that interact with a store both digitally and physically during a single transaction spend 2-4x as much revenue.

Email Hunter is a new web app that helps you find all email addresses associated with a particular domain. The free version of the service will allow users to do 200 free searches per month. The app has a feature that lets you obtain only personal email addresses associated with the site, as well as the option to download a CSV data list.

Edinburgh City Council has exposed more than 13,000 email addresses belonging to city residents after the agency's provider was hacked. The attack took place on July 3. The council sent an email to those affected. "The attacker copied some email addresses, including yours, but we would like to reassure you that no other personal data was taken," the email explained.

Fifty-five percent of Americans think that checking email after hours is a "necessary part of the job," according to new research from Vanity Fair and "60 Minutes." Thirty-eight percent think after work email is "beyond the call of duty." Sixty-eight percent of employees under 30, however, think that after work emails are fine.

Online social sharing site StumbleUpon recently rolled out bi-weekly emails selected curated content based on a reader's interest. The emails have earned a 60 percent open rate and a 10 percent click through rate on average. The site first sent email for re-engagement but quickly learned that some users prefer never to come to the site and prefer these digests.

Republican Trey Gowdy has accused former secretary of state Hillary Clinton of making an "inaccurate claim" around being subpoenaed for her emails. In an interview this week, Clinton told CNN that she had never had a subpoena for her email server. Gowdy claims the committee has issued several.