RuggedInbox.com - Free offshore email

[ruggedinbox.com]

Ok luckily enough the VPS was unpaused in no time and we were able to restore the service and give a first run of the script which deletes accounts with no pop/imap/webmail activity in 1 year.
(Also updated the canary and the OS)

We hoped to get more free storage from the script, upgrade needed asap ..

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[Reginaldo Di Chatillon]

Working again, thanks.
Keep up guys!

[LiberOptions]

Very cool email service! I'm already using it
Keep up the good work!

[MglIcVhy]

So it was down for a week.  Then, when it came back up, things seemed to work fine -- until I tried to reconfigure my Thunderbird POP settings, and suddenly got a warning about the security certificate pointing to a site that wasn't "ruggedinbox".

Not seeing the certificate issue mentioned here in the days since, I've begun to wonder whether it's something flying under the radar, maybe slipping past those who continued "business as usual" under their previous settings.  So, in the interim, I opted to use the webmail interface.

Unfortunately, since yesterday, the website appears to be down again, at least for me.

[ruggedinbox.com]

So it was down for a week.  Then, when it came back up, things seemed to work fine -- until I tried to reconfigure my Thunderbird POP settings, and suddenly got a warning about the security certificate pointing to a site that wasn't "ruggedinbox".

Not seeing the certificate issue mentioned here in the days since, I've begun to wonder whether it's something flying under the radar, maybe slipping past those who continued "business as usual" under their previous settings.  So, in the interim, I opted to use the webmail interface.

Unfortunately, since yesterday, the website appears to be down again, at least for me.

Hi no we didn't touch anything on the configuration except usual OS updates, our mail clients are working ok (no ssl alerts)
and there is no other feedback about this (until now).
But yes the http service was down/slow because once restored the service we also restored the Tor HS onions
and it looks like the DDOS attack resumed.

At least this time we found a number of hits on the access.log file like this:
"GET /?PAY-2BTC-TO-1Efc4djSCfqobjXXXXXXXXXXXXXX-FOR-THE-PATCH HTTP/1.1" 200
but can't say if its directly related to the long going problems on TOR HS :|

So HS services stopped again and this sucks.

About your certs problem, were you using Tor ? Could it be the 'usual' bad exit node (MITM) SSL hijacking problem ?

[Decoded]

Great service! Do you guys have an API that I can utilize to maybe make a newsletter program, or something?

[MglIcVhy]

I'm still getting a warning when using the Thunderbird account setup wizard and selecting the POP3 option.  Yesterday, the certificate details listed some non-ruggedinbox URL, and now it lists "mail.ruggedinbox.com" but still claims it's invalid.

I've manually typed everything I saw, so there may be mistakes...

Thunderbird 38.5.1 over non-Tor connection...

Selected "Add Mail Account...".

Entered name, e-mail address (...@ruggedinbox.com), and password; kept "Remember password" checked; pressed "Continue" button.

Observed messages of "Looking up configuration: Trying common server names", etc.

Switched radio button from "IMAP" to "POP3"; pressed "Done".

Observed "Checking password" message, then window stating the following:
   You are about to override how Thunderbird identifies this site.
   Legitimate banks, stores, and other public sites will not as you to do this.
   Server: Location: pop.ruggedinbox.com:110 [Get Certificate]
   Certificate Status: This site attempts to identify itself with invalid information.  [View]
   Wrong Site: The certificate belongs to a different site, which could mean that someone is trying to impersonate this site.
   [ x ] Permanently store this exception
   [Confirm Security Exception] [Cancel]

Here's where I'm getting really confused.  When I click "View", it brings up a window with "General" and "Details" tabs -- sometimes showing one set of credential, sometimes another.

Result #1:

This certificate has been verified for the following uses:
SSL Client Certificate
SSL Server Certificate

Issued To
Common Name (CN): mail.ruggedinbox.com
Organization (O): (I inadvertently overlooked this entry.)
Organizational Unit (OU): Domain Control Validated
Serial Number: 0B:A6:AB:22:5D:CD:AF:C4:6C:9F:92:19:85:16:57:53

Issued By
Common Name (CN): COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA
Organization (O): COMODO CA Limited
Organizational Unit (OU): <Not Part Of Certificate>

Period of Validity
Begins On: 03/04/2015
Expires On: 03/04/2016

Fingerprints
SHA-256 Fingerprint: A0:59:AF:7B:A5:69:23:C2:93:23:7D:86:CC:30:E6:14:4B:9B:77:41:92:5E:E1:10:9A:0F:C7:B8:49:B9:EE:2D
SHA1 Fingerprint: FD:18:DE:8F:55:A1:01:4E:E8:A9:DF:8E:95:4E:92:BB:2F:75:FC:67

Result #2:

This certificate has been verified for the following uses:
SSL Client Certificate
SSL Server Certificate

Issued To
Common Name (CN): us2.pop.mailhostbox.com
Organization (O): <Not Part Of Certificate>
Organizational Unit (OU): Domain Control Validated
Serial Number: 1C:30:0E:C7:E6:FC:1D:49:D8:86:01:A3:24:1E:A7:75

Issued By
Common Name (CN): COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA
Organization (O): COMODO CA Limited
Organizational Unit (OU): <Not Part Of Certificate>

Period of Validity
Begins On: 09/15/2015
Expires On: 05/15/2016

Fingerprints
SHA-256 Fingerprint: CD:DA:B0:66:00:1F:4E:E7:67:EC:39:AE:FB:FF:9C:FB:FC:D3:7B:F3:DC:5C:BE:82:10:01:87:12:9F:82:C1:7B
SHA1 Fingerprint: 17:C3:65:17:2F:F7:D9:1E:C2:BA:F2:7D:C1:6E:C7:C6:92:5C:38:E0

[www.BitcoinFreeCasino.com]

Ruggedinbox is back up and running 

[MglIcVhy]

Ruggedinbox is back up and running 

Yet, even though the webmail works, I'm still getting the "us2.pop.mailhostbox.com" certificate confusion/scam/MitM/whatever issue when using Thunderbird's account wizard.  Has no one else encountered this problem?

[ruggedinbox.com]

Ruggedinbox is back up and running 

Yet, even though the webmail works, I'm still getting the "us2.pop.mailhostbox.com" certificate confusion/scam/MitM/whatever issue when using Thunderbird's account wizard.  Has no one else encountered this problem?

Confirmed, HTTP SSL cert is valid but POP/IMAP/SMTP SSL cert is expired, fixing asap, thank you

[StationEleven]

I like this email service.  But it is down again.
I cannot connect to RI website.
On the 3/4/2016 I received a cert issue popup.  It said it had expired on 3/3/2016.  I cannot send using pop.

Any idea how long before this is resolved.  This is my only email service.
It is not the end of the world for me.  So, I am not jumping up and down in a frantic.  (...yet)    But, I sure would like to send and receive email. 

About 6 or 7 years ago, I worked as an IT Tech in a university.  The exchange server was low on disk space, and we had seen this coming in advance.  So, we were just about to migrate all of the mailboxes to the new virtual drive.  But, something happened and all the diskspace was used up before we could do it and the exchange server crashed.  All of the instructors and department heads who loved us, all of a sudden turned on us.  And we were threatened with being fired.  I worked 20 hour days for almost a week.  It was in the midst of the summer heat, and the A/C went out in the tech office.  I was sweating my *** off.  And when it went back up, everyone apologized and everything was good again.  But I never forgot how my friends turned into enemies so fast. 

I hope everyone keeps that in mind as this issue gets resolved.  Peace.

Thanks.

[Daylight]

Using it a long time
Great Work! Keep it up guys!

 

[anubizz]

Side is working very slow again. Seems to be a returning problem. 

[DARKCHANGE]

Great project.

[MglIcVhy]

It currently takes roughly a minute to bring up any page on the site, so perhaps what I assumed was a downed service may not have been.  That a Tor-friendly "mom and pop" e-mail service is probably under attack really shouldn't surprise me -- government has the motive and the resources, and doesn't play fair -- but I still find it disheartening.  I wish that I were in a position to contribute to Rugged Inbox; but for the time being, all I can do is offer my moral support.  Just know that we're rootin' for ya! 

[ruggedinbox.com]

Hi guys, sorry to inform you that we are unable to continue to run the service, mainly because of too much work on our daily jobs.
Please backup your emails asap, the VPS will be wiped within 2 days.
The web service is currently under DDOS, but imap works ok (you can use icedove/thunderbird + torbirdy).
For refunds of donations refer to ruggedinbox@safe-mail.net

Thanks for all your feedback and support,
RuggedInbox team

[Reginaldo Di Chatillon]

Hi guys, sorry to inform you that we are unable to continue to run the service, mainly because of too much work on our daily jobs.
Please backup your emails asap, the VPS will be wiped within 2 days.
The web service is currently under DDOS, but imap works ok (you can use icedove/thunderbird + torbirdy).
For refunds of donations refer to ruggedinbox@safe-mail.net

Thanks for all your feedback and support,
RuggedInbox team

Oh, I'm sorry about that, i liked your service.

I'll try to backup using thunderbird.

So long.

[MglIcVhy]

Is anyone else thinking, "They got to him..."? 

[Aerospace1244]

Hi guys, sorry to inform you that we are unable to continue to run the service, mainly because of too much work on our daily jobs.
Please backup your emails asap, the VPS will be wiped within 2 days.
The web service is currently under DDOS, but imap works ok (you can use icedove/thunderbird + torbirdy).
For refunds of donations refer to ruggedinbox@safe-mail.net

Thanks for all your feedback and support,
RuggedInbox team

I just notice today that you are not available anymore. 2 days is a very short time to backup everything eventhough to get to know that you are permanently down. Is that a chance to get my emails or you already wiped everything down?..
Is that a chance that you will change your mind and ruggedbox.org gonna be recovered soon?..
So many services there I jused accounts from you guys and for now it is very big pain in the a** to change everything for new addresses. Crossing my fingers for you guys hope that you will be back soon. You did amazing job and actually I am ready if you make your service payable...

[anubizz]

Theyr last message doesn't sound like they would come back.
But thanks for the nice service you offered!