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Account Security

In this section you can manage your account’s security settings. We encourage you to enable Two-Factor Authentication and review the other settings in order to keep your account secure. For additional notes about Two-Factor Authentication and Application Passwords we recommend you read the page More About Two-Factor Authentication and App Passwords once you have read […] Read more

Filed Under: Access, Account, Email Clients, IMAP, POP, SMTP     Tags: 2FA, OTP, security, settings, TOTP

Connection Encryption – SSL, TLS and STARTTLS

On our Email Client Settings page we specify that you should use encryption for your incoming and outgoing mail connections with Runbox. This ensures that the data that is transferred between our servers and your devices is encrypted over the Internet so that others cannot read it if it is intercepted. Unfortunately, the terminology surrounding […] Read more

Filed Under: Email Clients, Encryption, IMAP, POP, SMTP     

Email Program Settings

If you are using an email program such as Outlook, Apple Mail or Thunderbird you might find our Recommended Email Programs page useful as it contains guides to setting up some popular email programs. If your email program does not automatically detect the correct settings for your Runbox account, or if you need to manually […] Read more

Filed Under: Access, Email Clients, IMAP, POP, SMTP     Tags: encryption, IMAP, POP, security, settings, SMTP, SSL, tls

Enabling TLS/SSL Encryption on the POP Service

From 20 December 2017 all customers using our POP service to access their email will be required to use a secure encrypted connection. This is a standard feature in email programs/apps and requires only a minor change to your settings. Connecting with encryption ensures that your username, password and email are all transmitted between your […] Read more

Filed Under: POP     
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