Welcome to CloakGuru documentation¶
CloakGuru is an email service focusing on user and data privacy. Our tool help you fight spammers, data breaches and overall unsolicited email marketing campaigns by giving you the ability to send or receive emails anonymously.
No changes needed
CloakGuru acts as a transparent proxy service, so you can start using it without having to update your email address or use a different email application to send/receive emails.
Getting Started¶
We recommend you to check these links first to get familiar with CloakGuru:
- Register your CloakGuru account and Create your first alias
- Learn how you can Send, Receive and Reply to emails processed by your alias
- Dive deep into advanced topics such as How to Block Senders or how to enable GPG encryption
Note
Refer to the menu on the left sidebar to access the entire CloakGuru Knowledge base!
Understand the flow¶
This graph explains how CloakGuru will ensure your personable identifiable information such as your real email address will always be hidden when you send or receive emails through our service:
flowchart TD
style A fill:#faddaa
style C fill:#abfaaa
A[Person/Service emailing you]-->|1 - Send Email|B[Your CloakGuru Alias]
B-->|2 - Forward Email Transparently|C[Your Real Email]
C-->|3 - Reply-To message|D[CloakGuru Reverse Alias]
D-->|4 - Validate Reverse Alias |B
B-->|5 - Pretend response is coming from Alias|A
Thanks for using CloakGuru¶
Contact us if you find any errors in the documentation, need further assistance with anything or simply want to share some feedback/feature requests.