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JMAP is on the home straight

cyrus

27 December 2018 / Bron Gondwana

In 2014 we announced the JMAP project to build a modern, open protocol that gives a better email experience. Now it's nearly an official standard, and in use by many of our customers.

Advocating for privacy in Australia

Privacy & Security

21 December 2018 / Nicola Nye

Learn about the new Access and Assistance Bill (AABill) in Australia including what it means for services using encryption, our criticisms of the law as written, and why our service is not affected.

The Internet Blacklist

Technical

28 November 2018 / Neil Jenkins

How a mistaken listing on the Google Safe Browsing blacklist blocked FastMail access for many users for a short time.

Getting STARTTLS Everywhere

Technical

27 June 2018 / Helen Horstmann-Allen

Yesterday the Electronic Frontier Foundation released a new website for their STARTTLS Everywhere project. The STARTTLS Everywhere project has actually been going on for a number of years, but yesterday's reboot got a new website, new logos and a renewed marketing push, so it's been getting a lot of press.

Monitoring FastMail with Prometheus

Technical

21 December 2017 / Rob N ★

This is the twenty-first post in the 2017 FastMail Advent Calendar. The previous post was a design spotlight on the Topicbox logo. The next post is about our response to the GDPR. Monitoring is a critical part of any complex system. If you’re not monitoring your system properly, you

Using the modern web platform

Technical

18 December 2017 / Chris Morgan

This is the eighteenth post in the 2017 FastMail Advent Calendar. The previous post was a staff profile on Kourtnee, support agent. Next, we look at how we've made it easier to set up your iPhone, iPad or Mac. The web platform is a steadily-evolving beast, and anyone who works

Even more sieve extensions

Technical

12 December 2017 / Nicola Nye

This is the twelfth post in the 2017 FastMail Advent Calendar. The previous post spoke about our Dropbox integration. In the next post, we talk about how to share the love with our Referral program. What is Sieve? Using rules to organise your mail as it arrives is a reasonably

MySQL and an atomic 'check ... on none insert'

Technical

9 December 2017 / Rob Mueller

This is the ninth post in the 2017 FastMail Advent Calendar. The previous post was an insight into our activities at IETF. The next post is an Interview with David our Marketing Manager. Stay tuned tomorrow for the next update. This post could have been titled: "Why SELECT ... FOR

Security case study: Account Recovery

Technical

6 December 2017 / Rob Mueller

This is the sixth post in the 2017 FastMail Advent Calendar. The previous post was about the FastMail security mindset and this post outlines an example of how our philosophy turns into reality. The next post is about different ways people use Topicbox. Yesterday we talked about how we don’

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