If you want to send an anonymous email, it’s probably easiest to create a new email account. Of course, you could simply create a new, fake one using Google or Yahoo, but that won’t solve the problem of these services still being able to follow your online movements. One of the first things you should do is maintain sensible browsing habits, which means browsing anonymously. Suppose you want to surf the web in private. In that case, you need to set up a VPN (virtual private network) and combine that with something like a Tor Browser, which makes your online traces virtually untraceable using multiple servers and routes for your traffic. Secondly, you could set up an email account that supports secure sockets layer (SSL) encryption. SSL is basic encryption that you can use to prevent others from spying on your online behavior. Your email account is encrypted when you see HTTPS in the URL, and large email providers such as Gmail and Yahoo support HTTPS. While SSL is great for web browsing, it can never fully keep your email correspondence hidden. The only thing that works here is getting yourself a secure email service. Of course, these services can still keep a log with your IP address and other information, but several trustworthy ones respect your privacy and don’t collect your data. Another option is Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). This is an encryption system that is mostly used for sending encrypted messages between two people. It offers an extra layer of security for all your email messages. How PGP works: You have a public key to encrypt messages and a private key to decrypt messages. When you send a message, this message is first encrypted into unreadable text using a public key. This message is then sent to the receiver, who has a private key to unlock and decrypt it so it can be read on their device. This way, you can communicate privately online through email.