mailbox.org

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So that private matters remain private!
Email provider
operator Heinlein Support GmbH
On-line 1989, 2010, 2014 (currently active)
https://mailbox.org/

mailbox.org is a paid e-mail provider from the Berlin company Heinlein Support GmbH. The service tries to differentiate itself from other providers with particular attention to data protection , data security and freedom from advertising.

offer

Mailbox.org divides its offers into offers for private customers and offers for business customers. The offers include e-mail services with spam and virus protection, web groupware including online office and file sharing - as an alternative to Office365 , G Suite or Google Drive hosted in Germany .

The cheapest offer for private customers costs 1 euro per month and offers, among other things, 2 GB of mail storage space, 100 MB of office storage space and the option of creating up to 3 e-mail aliases. Up to 10 private individuals can use a shared calendar, contacts, files and other services from mailbox.org via so-called team accounts.

The users can also be reached via Jabber chat via mailbox.org's own XMPP server.

Since 2016 Mailbox.org has been offering a Tor exit server or node (English exit node) for anonymizing connection data. If the services of Mailbox.org are accessed via the Tor anonymization network and the Tor exit server, Mailbox.org no longer generates any IP addresses that would be suitable for data retention . Mailbox.org also provides general information and configuration instructions for this.

Historically, Mailbox.org goes back to the "political provider JPBerlin", which has been offering independent and advertising-free e-mail boxes based in Germany since 1989.

Data protection and data safety

The service does not send advertising emails and, according to its own information, does not evaluate the content of user emails, as is common practice with the world's most widely used email service Gmail - see also Financing of Gmail . The service removes client IP addresses and revealing information about the mail client and the operating system used from the e-mails sent by its users .

Mailbox.org developed various new approaches to protecting user data: The provider was the first provider to introduce the option of subsequently encrypting all incoming e-mails with the user's public PGP key and thus protecting them against access by third parties, should the password of the mailbox get lost.

When using the Webmail -Angebotes is possible his e-mails without special client software (email client with any necessary plug-ins) using PGP to decrypt locked and even without this necessarily a browser plugin like Mailvelope to use. The key and the encryption process take place on the mailbox.org servers outside of the user's sphere of influence, but this contradicts the principle of end-to-end encryption . According to Peer Heinlein , managing director of mailbox.org, the private keys are stored on the servers at all times with a password only known to the user, so that they cannot be viewed by the administrators. This also avoids having to store private PGP keys on end devices that are perceived to be insecure.

In addition to extended validation certificates, Mailbox.org was one of the first providers to also use security mechanisms such as DANE and DNSSEC . By selecting high quality ciphers and other HTTP security headers such as HSTS , a particularly high level of encryption and very good protection against manipulation by third parties is achieved.

Used software

As the basis of the webmail interface, mailbox.org uses the free software OX App Suite from Open-Xchange .

reception

In February 2015 and October 2016, mailbox.org was next to Posteo test winner of the Stiftung Warentest .

Litigation with the Russian supervisory authority Roskomnadzor

After the Russian supervisory authority Roskomnadzor applied for a ban on mailbox.org in Russia in December 2019 , Mailbox.org announced in January 2020 that it would be represented in a legal dispute because it regards the authority's actions as an effort to censor the Internet . In February 2020, Roskomnadzor withdrew the blocking application filed against mailbox.org after mailbox.org agreed to have its own publicly visible web imprint data entered in the Russian telecommunications directory.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c JPBerlin Politischer Provider - The secure e-mail inbox. JPBerlin, accessed December 20, 2016 .
  2. ^ Mathias Huber: Mailbox.org: Heinlein starts modernized mail offer. In: Linux Magazin. COMPUTEC MEDIA GmbH, February 21, 2014, accessed on December 20, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Mailbox.org with a mobile office package. In: Linux Magazin. COMPUTEC MEDIA GmbH, December 17, 2014, accessed on December 20, 2016 .
  4. ↑ https://mailbox.org/tarife-und-kondbedingungen/ accessed on March 13, 2016
  5. ↑ Team Accounts - Questions & Answers | Family accounts. In: support.mailbox.org. Retrieved April 25, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Jabber / XMPP: Mailbox.org starts instant messaging service - Golem.de. In: www.golem.de. Retrieved April 4, 2016 .
  7. Jump up ↑ Tor Good Exits. In: Privacy manual. Retrieved December 20, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Stefan Bordel: Mailbox.org operates its own Tor Exit Node. com! professional, February 4, 2016, accessed December 20, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Urs Mansmann: Mailbox.org operates Tor-Exit-Node. Heise Medien GmbH & Co. KG, February 4, 2016, accessed on December 20, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Configure the TorBrowserBundle. mailbox.org, accessed December 20, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Configure Tor Messenger (Jabber / XMPP). mailbox.org, accessed April 25, 2019 .
  12. ↑ https://mailbox.org/de/sicherheit#werbefreiheit accessed on April 25, 2019
  13. ↑ Pen film: The encrypted mailbox |. In: mailbox.org - your secure e-mail provider. Retrieved on April 4, 2016 (German).
  14. ↑ https://www.heise.de/ct/ausgabe/2015-16-aktuell-Internet-2740928.html accessed on March 13, 2016
  15. ↑ https://mailbox.org/de/sicherheit#verschluesselung accessed on April 25, 2019
  16. ↑ https://www.heinlein-support.de/mk/2014/vortrag/darum-ist-open-xchange-die-beste-groupware, accessed on March 13, 2016
  17. ↑ Email provider: Mail services see everything. In: Stiftung Warentest . Retrieved April 4, 2016 .
  18. ↑ Stiftung Warentest tests mail providers: Mailbox.org and Posteo win, Google's Gmail comes last. In: netzpolitik.org . Retrieved September 28, 2016 .
  19. ↑ Russian supervisory authority Roskomnadzor applies to the court to block mailbox.org - mailbox.org. Retrieved April 5, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Max Hoppenstedt: Russia threatens German e-mail provider with network blocking. Retrieved April 5, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Max Hoppenstedt: Russia threatens German e-mail provider with network blocking. Retrieved April 5, 2020 .