TMA-IOS-4.6
Review "Mail Privacy Protection" settings
LowLevel 1Manual reviewios
Description
Mail Privacy Protection helps protect user privacy by preventing email senders from learning information about the activity they engage with using the Mail application. When turned on, this feature hides user IP addresses. Profile: Level 1 - End-User Owned Devices, Level 1 - Institutionally-Owned Devices.
How it is checked
Audit method: Manual review
This recommendation cannot be checked automatically. A scan lists it with these instructions when you pass --include-manual.
From the device: Settings > Mail > Privacy Protection > Verify that Protect Mail Activity is enabled.
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
From the device: Settings > Mail > Privacy Protection > Enable Protect Mail Activity.
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- iosdevice-settings
- Reference
- CIS Apple iOS 26 Benchmark v1.0.0 - 4.6 Review "Mail Privacy Protection" settings