Mailpile

Mailpile
Original author(s) Bjarni Rúnar Einarsson, Brennan Novak, Smári McCarthy[1][2]
Developer(s) The Mailpile Team
Initial release 13 September 2014 (2014-09-13)[3]
Preview release 0.5.2 / 10 August 2015 (2015-08-10)
Development status Active
Written in Python
Operating system Linux, Mac OS, Windows
Platform Web platform
Available in More than 14 languages[4]
Type Webmail
License Affero General Public License v3[5]
Website www.mailpile.is

Mailpile is a webmail client with encryption and privacy features built-in. Mailpile is free and open-source software.

Features

Mailpile is an email client with a heavy focus on providing users with encryption and privacy features by default.[6] Mailpile currently supports PGP encryption natively and stores all locally generated files in encrypted form on-disk. Its first publicly tagged release was 0.1.0 in February 2014 and included an HTML5-based interface, an original typeface (also named "Mailpile"), UI feedback of encryption and signatures, a custom search engine, integrated SPAM-filtering support, and translations to around 30 languages.[7] Mailpile released a beta version September 2014.[8]

Crowdfunding

The project ran a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo from August to September 2013, and successfully raised $163,192.[9][10] In the middle of the campaign PayPal froze a large portion of Mailpile's funds but was subsequently released after Mailpile took the issue public on blogs and social media platforms including Twitter.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ Finley, Klint (August 26, 2013). "Open Sourcers Pitch Secure Email in Dark Age of PRISM". Wired. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Mailpile.is". Mailpile Team. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
  3. ↑ Mailpile Team (13 September 2014). "One Year Later: Mailpile Beta". Mailpile Blog. Retrieved 29 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  4. ↑ "Mailpile translation statistics". mailpile.is. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  5. ↑ "Licensing AGPLv3". Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Finley, Klint (3 September 2014). "The Open Source Tool That Lets You Send Encrypted Emails to Anyone". Wired. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  7. ↑ Mailpile Team (1 February 2014). "Alpha Release: Shipping Bits and Atoms". Mailpile Blog. Retrieved 21 February 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  8. ↑ Hutchinson, Lee (15 September 2014). "Mailpile enters beta—It’s like Gmail, but you run it on your own computer". Ars Technica. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  9. ↑ Lomas, Natasha (20 August 2013). "Mailpile Is A Pro-Privacy, Open Source Webmail Project That’s Raised ~$100,000 On Indiegogo". TechCrunch. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Mailpile - taking e-mail back". IndieGoGo. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  11. ↑ Hutchinson, Lee (5 September 2013). "PayPal freezes $45,000 of Mailpile’s crowdfunded dollars". ArsTechnica. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  12. ↑ Masnick, Mike (5 September 2013). "Insanity: PayPal Freezes Mailpile's Account, Demands Excessive Info To Get Access". TechDirt. Retrieved 29 September 2014.

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