Runbox

Runbox Solutions AS is a company that provides e-mail and web hosting services worldwide. Runbox Solutions was founded in March 2011 and is headquartered in Oslo, where the Runbox services were launched in 2000. Mainly employee-owned, Runbox Solutions AS works closely with the Norwegian systems management company Copyleft Solutions AS.

Runbox
Privately held company (AS)
IndustryEmail Service Provider
Founded2011
HeadquartersOslo, Norway
Key people
Dag Asheim, Chairman of the Board;
Geir Thomas Andersen, Managing Director
ServicesRunbox Mail Manager
Websiterunbox.com

History
  • 10 October 1999: Runbox AS founded
  • 16 August 2000: the free e-mail service Runbox Mail Manager launched, pioneering online storage of e-mail with offering of 100 MB storage space and e-mail consolidation tools
  • March 2001 Runbox Mail Manager reached 130,000 registered accounts, increasing by 1300 per day
  • 7 October 2001: Runbox Mail Manager was converted from a free e-mail service to a subscription-based service, three percent of free users converted to paid service
  • 1 July 2004: e-mail storage space increased to 1 GB[1]
  • 21 January 2005: e-mail hosting services launched[2]
  • 28 September 2005: e-mail storage space increased to 10 GB[3]
  • 25 March 2011: Runbox Solutions AS founded by former employees and key people in Runbox AS[4]
  • 1 June 2011: Runbox e-mail services acquired by Runbox Solutions AS from Runbox AS, now renamed to Internet Upside AS[5]
  • 14 June 2011: e-mail servers moved to a facility provided by Digiplex and Copyleft Solutions, the company now managing the Runbox servers
  • 2012 - 2016: Increased attention and growth following the surveillance and data privacy debate in the global media.[6]
  • 2017 - 2018: Additional security and privacy measures and implementation of the EU's GDPR. [7]
  • 21 November, 2018: Runbox 7, a webmail app with synchronized email indexing built with Angular 2+ and Xapian, launched in open beta.[8]
  • 12 December, 2018: Runbox 7 Webmail App launched as open source software.[9]

Services

The core Runbox e-mail service consists of open source components and a web application developed by Runbox with funding from The Research Council of Norway.[10]

In addition to its webmail service, Runbox offers IMAP, POP, and SMTP support as well as FTP and CalDAV with a focus on security and privacy. Runbox emphasizes the environmental sustainability of its operations, which is anchored in its ethical foundation.[11]

Being located in Norway, Runbox attracted renewed attention in light of the surveillance debate of 2013[12] and subsequently experienced substantial growth.[13]

References
  1. Vil du ha epost med en gigabyte lagringsplass?(Norwegian), retrieved 2 February 2010
  2. Web Host Industry Review: Runbox Launches Email Hosting, retrieved 12 September 2009
  3. Runbox: News archive, retrieved 2 February 2010
  4. Nøkkelopplysninger fra Enhetsregisteret Brønnøysundregistrene
  5. Nøkkelopplysninger fra Enhetsregisteret Brønnøysundregistrene
  6. E.U. Leaders Seek Way to Protect Individuals’ Data
  7. GDPR and Updates to our Terms and Policies
  8. Runbox 7 Webmail entering open beta phase
  9. Runbox 7 is going open source
  10. Runbox 7 Project, retrieved 22 February 2019
  11. Runbox Company Values
  12. NSA-Überwachung: Nachfrage nach Mail-Verschlüsselung sprunghaft gewachsen SPIEGEL ONLINE, 2013
  13. E.U. Leaders Seek Way to Protect Individuals’ Data
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