Power users already know about the magic of the proxy icon—the tiny icon that appears in the title bar of most windows. But Hints reader arti.66 found a unique benefit to the proxy icon in Apple Mail.

Let's talk about proxy servers. Proxy servers are often confused with virtual private networks (VPNs) because their network architectures are very similar. But proxies and VPNs are very different ...

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