Dormify has seen a 92 percent increase in email revenue after it began segmenting and optimizing its welcome series and cart abandonment messages. The company, which sells home decor to college students, worked with dotmailer to revamp its email program, adding segmentation, a welcome series and cart abandonment to the mix.

The New York Times has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Defense seeking the full release of emails from Secretary of Defense Ash Carter's personal email account. The news paper has asked the administration to turn over work-related emails that he sent from his personal account. The DOD released more than 1,300 pages of emails after the news was exposed, however the majority of the emails were redacted. The Times is hoping the lawsuit will unearth the emails in their complete form.

Inky is a new startup that wants to make it easy for consumer to encrypt their emails. The service, which is the consumer brand of his Bethesda-based Arcode Corp., is designed to make it very easy for non-technical people to protect their emails. The service is free for Gmail, iCloud and Microsoft Outlook email accounts. Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, and Google Apps users can access the service for $5 a month.

Hillary Clinton has admitted that her use a private email system while leading the State Department has not been helpful t her campaign. In an interview with Charlie Rose, Clinton admitted the scandal made her seem less trustworthy to voters. "I'm sure it didn't help. Yes, I'm sure it didn't help," she said during the interview.

Mailchimp sends more than a billion emails a day on behalf of its clients. The company expects that number to increase significantly by the end of the day. In order to ensure that these messages land in the intended inbox, as opposed to the spam folder, the company is focused on ensuring that its clients have good reputations and follow best practices.

British music producer Powell is running a guerrilla email list growth campaign. The artist has posted billboards around London with his personal email address on it, asking people to email him anything they want. The campaign comes just before Powell plans to release his latest tracks, not a bad time to build up his list.

Lawyers for Hillary Clinton are trying to prevent a judge from requiring Clinton to testify about her use of a private email server in a civil lawsuit. Her personal lawyers appeared this morning in front of U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan and asked the court to deny a request to depose Clinton within four weeks.

Google is rolling out a function that lets business owners verify their local listings within Google My Business through email verification. A small business owner shared this experience on Twitter. The first option allowed the business owner to use email for instant verification. There are also options to do this through the phone or a post card.

A new startup from Mexico wants to help people say goodbye to their loved ones after death via email. Phoenix lets you write emails that are delivered after you die. The platform is connected to Gmail and requires people to check in annually. If you don't check in after a year, your farewell messages will be sent.

Spark email app users have been finding their Apple IDs locked for security reasons over the past day. The issue takes place when users try to log in with their iCloud credentials. Readdle, the app maker, said that there are no signs that a hacker has tried to break into its system and that the issue is probably the result of a recent update.