[Resolved] Disrupted service 16.04.2015

April 16, 2015 1 Comment

We had 2 hours of downtime today that was caused by electrical problems that took out our Top of the Rack switches.

The problem was between 14:00 and 16:00 and was fixed by an electrician at the data center.

We are very sorry about the problems this caused for our users and we will be looking at ways to avoid any similar event in the future.

You can follow us on Twitter for more instant updates: https://twitter.com/runbox

UPDATE: After the power outage one of the spam filter servers did not restart as it should have, causing some spam to not be caught. The server is being restarted now and spam filtering should return to normal shortly.

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Phishing warning

January 26, 2015 Leave a comment

If you receive a message with the subject “Dear Runbox User” or “RUNBOX.COM” (or similar) which asks you for your Runbox username and password, or asks you to click on a suspicious link, then please delete the message. We are deleting all the instances of this message we can find in Runbox accounts, but we might miss some.

These messages are not sent from Runbox staff and is an attempt to trick Runbox customers into entering their login information at a malicious website.

When Runbox contacts you we will always address you by your name, and we will never ask you for your login details.

For more information about phishing, please see the Phishing section of this article.

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Notice to Apple Mail users regarding APOP

January 8, 2015 Leave a comment

Today we disabled SSL 3.0 for POPS (Secure POP) and changed how we terminate POP connections to make it more secure.

Some Apple Mail users are using the server address apop.runbox.com and/or the authentication setting: Authenticated POP (APOP) in Apple Mail.

To change the account settings, please follow these instructions:

  1. Mail => Preferences to open the Accounts dialog.
  2. Select your Runbox account in the left pane.
  3. In “Incoming Mail Server”, enter: secure.runbox.com
  4. Click the Advanced button.
  5. Make sure the port is set to: 995
  6. Under “Authentication”, select: Password (Previously Authenticated POP)
  7. Click the red button in the top left corner to close Accounts.
  8. Click Save.

We added a Apple Mail compatible setup on the 13th of February 2013 after an update to Mail from Apple broke authentication for many users.

The new settings is a more secure way of using POP and will make sure your connection with our servers always use TLS (Transport Layer Security) or it will fail.

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SSLv3 disabled on POP connections

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For security reasons we have turned off SSLv3 on POP connections (port 995) today. That means we now only allow TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 on POP connections.

As a Runbox user you should not have to do anything — your email program should already support TLS and use it automatically. If not, please make sure your email program is up-to-date.

Apple Mail users: Please see our notice regarding APOP.

If you do experience any problems, please contact Runbox Support.

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Special Holiday/New Year offer from Runbox

December 23, 2014 13 Comments

Gift BoxTo celebrate a great year and to further the cause of secure and private communication, we would like to give all our customers:

A free Sub-Account for one year
…if you subscribe or renew your main account by Jan 15th!

A Runbox account is a great gift to someone you know who cares about secure and private communication — and of course a fully featured, professional email service.

Just proceed to payment now to get your free sub-account!

And make sure you lock in our current great prices by taking advantage of our 3 years for the price of 2 offer on the Medium subscription plan!

Please contact us after you have completed your payment to let us know you want to take advantage of this offer so that we can add the sub-account slot to your main account.

You will then be able to set up the sub-account by going to Account > Sub-Accounts.

Note that whenever you renew your main account the additional time will simply be added to the end of your subscription, so you won’t lose any subscription time by renewing early.

Happy Holidays from everyone at Runbox, with our best wishes for the new year!

Terms of this offer:

  • The free sub-account will be of the same type as your main subscription (Micro, Mini, Medium, or Max).
  • The offer is for an additional free account and cannot be used to renew an existing sub-account.
  • The offer can be combined with the 2 years for the price of 1 offer upon subscribing to a new main account within 24 hours of signing up, and the 3 years for the price of 2 years offer which is available to everyone.

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Projects in the pipeline 2015

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We have worked hard on upgrading our email server park to accommodate all our new customers — and things will only get better: Based on our recent success, our shareholders decided to invest fresh capital to start several new projects that will take Runbox to the next level.

To boost IMAP performance and improve the experience especially for iPhone and iPad users we will soon deploy new Dovecot-based IMAP software.

We have started implementing an SSD (Solid-state Drive) based storage strategy to dramatically improve the performance of our email storage units. SSDs are up to 100 times faster than regular, rotating disks, so this will improve the speed of our IMAP services.

We are also expanding our server park with new servers and upgrades to continue improving reliability and overall performance.

Projects planned for 2015

We will continue working hard to ensure the privacy and security of your data, and have the following projects lined up for next year:

  • Implementation of two-factor authentication for improved login security.
  • Integration of PGP email encryption with our Webmail in order to make PGP easier to use with Runbox (note that you can already use PGP in your email client).
  • Improvements and upgrades to our spam servers and software to keep up with the ever-present spam challenge.
  • Implementation of a CalDAV server for calendar synchronization.

We look forward to continue providing great email services in the year to come.

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New Webmail design: Runbox Aero

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2014 has been an exciting year for Runbox and we’ve seen a substantial increase in popularity and growth. This has really boosted our progress — we now have several major upgrades in the pipeline, and we are very happy to be launching a new Webmail design!

Runbox Aero PreviewWe’ve called the new design Runbox Aero because it’s lighter, airier, and simpler — and it makes using email a breeze!

Runbox Aero is inspired by modern, state-of-the-art design, and we have listened carefully to feedback from you in order to make it both aesthetically pleasing and user-friendly.

You can try the new design now by going to
Webmail > Preferences and selecting Runbox Aero from the drop-down menu. Make sure you click Save Settings afterwards!

You will quickly notice some of the improvements, but the following changes are worth mentioning:

Modernized look

  • The font face has been replaced with a larger, lighter, and more modern font. A bolder font face is available in an alternative design.
  • The header has been shrunk to make more room for your email.
  • All the icons have been redesigned and optimized for retina (high resolution) displays.
  • All buttons have been enlarged and are now dark blue to make them easier to see.

Better menu navigation

  • The sub-menus have been enlarged to make them easier to navigate.
  • The Compose button has been moved to the far left and made more prominent.
  • The Folder Management button has been removed — just click Folders at the top of the folder list or the Folder Management link underneath it to access the Folders screen.
  • The Read, Unread, Flag, and Unflag buttons can now be accessed by hovering the cursor over the new Mark button.

Simplified Compose screen

  • The Compose screen has been simplified to only show the most important fields. To see the BCC, Attachments, Tags, and Nicknames fields, just click “Show all fields”.

We hope you like the new design, and please let us know if you have any comments or suggestions!

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Upgrading Runbox 5 Customers

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Today we have upgraded the remaining Runbox 5 users to the latest version of the Runbox webmail interface. We introduced Runbox 6 in January 2013 and gradually most of our customers have moved over to this.

This latest interface has a number of new features, and is built on programming that is more stable and allows us to add new features more easily.

You can read more about the features in the original blog post about Runbox 6.

The change to the latest webmail version also allows those customers previously using Runbox 5 to access the new webmail design called Runbox Aero. This is a modern and more user-friendly design, with graphics that are compatible with the newer high resolution screens featured on laptop and desktop computers.

If you have any questions about this change, please get in touch with us at Runbox Support or email support@nullrunbox.com

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