Irish communications company Eir has warned its clients to beware a new phishing email that claims to come from the company. The email includes the company's logo and instructs the recipients that they are up for a refund. The email includes a link where users must share their login details.

A Delaware school district has apologized for an email sent out to parents that criticized students who whine. The email came with a "Hurt Feelings Report" attached, something like a bullying report, only sarcastic. The document claims to help "whiners in documenting hurt feelings."

Eighty percent of political donations come from people aged 50 and over, so it should come as no surprise that those people with an AOL email address contribute more than other email address owners. In fact, according to Fluent, AOL email users accounted for 22 percent of total donations during November and December. This number is fairly striking since only 4 percent of those people who subscribe to political email lists actually have an AOL email address.

Google introduced a new feature that allow consumers that use other email services to make their accounts look like Gmail. The feature, which is called Gmailify, can turn a Yahoo! Mail, Outlook, or Hotmail inbox into what seems like a Gmail inbox.

A phishing email sent to University of Connecticut students and faculty members was sent out earlier this week. The email claims to come from the university and calls on recipients to validate their email addresses. The university has warned its staff and students to ignore the emails, which are trying to steal personal data.

Microsoft is test driving a new version of its Outlook.com email. The new service is called Outlook.com Premium. For $19.95 per year, clients can use Outlook.com free of ads. The inbox service comes with free technical support and doesn't require an active login to keep the account active.

Eighty-three percent of IT pros consider email one of the most common sources of cyber attacks, according to new data from Mimecast. The research revealed that while Microsoft has been discouraging clients from adding additional security from outside companies to its Office 365 suite, many enterprises do. In fact, 69 percent of clients use additional email-related security tactics such as data leak prevention and 48 percent apply security incidents to their system.

Twitter has revealed that a vulnerability in its password recovery systems exposed the email addresses and phone numbers of almost 10,000 users last week. The bug lasted for about 24 hours last. The company said that user passwords were not compromised and that no accounts were breached. The social network has informed affected users.

The mass email unsubscribe tool Unroll.Me has released some metrics on just how much email brands sent in 2015. According to the data, Groupon sent out the most emails in 2015, with 388 emails sent on average per user. LivingSocial was second on the list with an average of 363 emails per user sent. Facebook was No. 3 on the list with 363 emails send per average user.

Preppy apparel online retailer Country Club Prep increased its Cyber Monday revenues by 52 percent in 2015, as compared to 2014, by changing the timing of its email campaigns. This past season, the company began sending emails earlier than they had in year's past (on Nov. 10th vs Nov. 19th). "What we learned [in 2015] was that you want to tip your hand as early as possible to the consumer so they know what's coming," Country Club Prep co-founder Matt Watson told Internet Retailer.