This is the sixth post in a mini-series about security, to mark an upcoming security upgrade to our login and authentication system. All new changes will be launching on Monday, 25th July 2016. In yesterday's post, we looked at how TOTP works to produce secure time-limited authentication codes. Today we're
This is the fifth post in a mini-series about security, to mark an upcoming security upgrade to our login and authentication system. All new changes will be launching on Monday, 25th July 2016. Next week we're rolling out a change to make it easier to secure your account with two-step
This is the fourth post in a mini-series about security, to mark an upcoming security upgrade to our login and authentication system. All new changes will be launching on Monday, 25th July 2016 except for the new automated account recovery tool, which will be released a few weeks later. As
This is a technical post, intended as a useful resource for other implementors of security-conscious web apps. Regular FastMail users may find it of interest, but may safely ignore it; there are no changes to your FastMail account or email software. What is the Referer header The Referer header dates
Today we rolled out a number of enhancements to FastMail which we have been working on for some time. The biggest change is a revamp of the settings to make them easier, faster and more intuitive to manage, while keeping the power which FastMail is known for. There are also
This is the twenty-third post in the FastMail 2015 Advent Calendar. Stay tuned for our final post tomorrow. In our advent blog series last year we announced JMAP, our effort to make a better standard for synchronising mail, calendars and contacts. Exactly one year on, we thought it would be
This is the twentieth post in the FastMail 2015 Advent Calendar. Stay tuned for another post tomorrow. When email first began, back in the mists of computing history, messages were only plain text. As it moved into the mainstream, users wanted to to add more advanced formatting and so email
This is the fifteenth post in the FastMail 2015 Advent Calendar. Stay tuned for another post tomorrow. Following on from our post a few weeks ago on the design of a good credit card form, today we're going to analyse the design of two other common widgets: date and time
This is the tenth post in the FastMail 2015 Advent Calendar. Stay tuned for another post tomorrow. At FastMail, we offer a simple proposition. Our customers pay us directly, and in return we offer them a great service. As such, it's vitally important to make the whole payment process as
