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16.06.2009

Server upgrades

Today we have performed a major upgrade of the main email database server which should noticeably improve overall performance.

We also have several new servers on the way that will improve the service further, so you can expect a faster and better Runbox in the time to come!

27.03.2009

New Web Hosting Server

The Runbox Web Hosting Service has recently been upgraded with a new, powerful server, which should improve the performance of hosted web sites significantly.

If you have any questions about this upgrade, please contact us at webhosting @ runbox . com

04.02.2009

Bandwidth quota doubled

By popular request we've now doubled the weekly bandwidth quota from 2.5 GB to 5 GB for regular subscription accounts. Hopefully this helps especially the IMAP users that have been having problems, but please let us know if you're still reaching the quota.

28.11.2008

New hosting provider and server relocation

These are exciting times at Runbox: We will be moving our entire email server park to a brand new, state of the art hosting facility provided by Linpro. Linpro is Norway's leading provider of open source and Linux based services, and is the same company that has managed Runbox' servers since we started in 1999.

We believe this move will improve the reliability and uptime of Runbox and facilitate further development of our services, as both hosting services and server maintenance will be provided by the same organization.

Once the relocation is complete we're planning to replace many of our existing servers with new hardware, and we already have several new servers waiting to be installed in the new data center.

The relocation will occur Thursday December 4 between approximately 9 and 13 CET (3 AM and 7 AM EST).

We will complete the operation as quickly and safely as possible but it will unfortunately entail some downtime (estimated 4-5 hours) affecting all our users.

While the service is inaccessible incoming email will normally be queued on the sending servers, but users of mailing list services such as Yahoo Groups might want to pause those.

We hope to provide outgoing email delivery while the main service is inaccessible.

The Runbox Web Hosting services will not be affected as they are hosted in a different location. All web sites hosted with Runbox will continue to work as normal.

We will update our Service Status section with more information when it becomes available:

http://doc.runbox.com/twiki/bin/view/RunboxInfo/ServiceStatus

Update

The relocation went well and we're properly installed in our new data center. You can see pictures from the move here: http://doc.runbox.com/twiki/bin/view/RunboxInfo/NewDataCenter

05.09.2008

Upgraded design and navigation

The Runbox Webmail has been slightly upgraded with a new header design and navigation, which provides easier access to the sub-sections of the service.

We hope this makes Runbox a little more enjoyable.

23.06.2008

New anti-spam server

We have acquired and deployed a new, powerful server dedicated to scanning incoming email for spam. This should in itself make the spam filtering more efficient, and will enable us to run more resource intensive tests and potentially catch more spam.

The new server has also relieved our MX (mail exchanger) servers of this task, thereby improving email delivery performance and allowing incoming messages to be processed more quickly.

17.04.2008

New IMAP server on the way

Our new IMAP server is in its final stages of testing, and can be accessed on imap.runbox.com port 1143 until full deployment. For those who have been testing our alternative, Dbmail-based server on the same port: Your email client might reload folders and messages when accessing the new server for the first time.

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