Goodbye MyRealBox

arose · 6 Apr 2011, 12:27 AM

Perhaps it is just as well, but I'm still sad to see MyRealBox.com go away.

Quote:

MyRealbox News
April 3, 2011

NOTICE: We would like to sincerely thank everyone for their support of MyRealBox through the years. On June 1st, 2011, MyRealBox.com will be discontinued as a service to the public. After that date you will no longer be able to use myrealbox.com email addresses. Please ensure that you notify your contacts of a new email address. To continue following the growth of NetMail we look forward to seeing you at http://community.netmail.com.

Thank You,
The MyRealBox Support Team

Nikolaos · 6 Apr 2011, 04:56 AM

Once again I find myself grateful to the EmailDiscussions community. I pop those accounts and hardly ever visit the website itself, so I wouldn't have known about this until it was too late if not for this post. Can't believe they didn't send out notification emails. Hardly any free providers left from the old boom days now. Sad indeed!

Thanks for the heads up, arose

shadowfox781 · 9 Apr 2011, 02:25 AM

I just saw the message posted on the MyRealBox web site about 2 hours ago. I was like

. I was visiting the site because I was looking for help pages about the M+ Guardian, which has been a pain in my neck since MyRealBox installed it. I was not able to find any help pages about the M+ Guardian.

Just like Nikolaos, I POP3 this account every day but hardly ever visit the website. I am also surprised that they have not sent out any notification e-mails. In fact, when I read the message that they were shutting down, I went back to my inbox for my MyRealBox account and double-checked my messages just to make sure that I didn't miss it by accident.

I have been using MyRealBox for 9 years, and other than the M+ Guardian, I can honestly say that the service has been extremely reliable for me. I am sad to see it go.

I certainly hope they do the right thing and send out notification e-mails to all of their customers to let them know what is going on.

**Shelded** · 10 Apr 2011, 01:08 AM

As my first IMAP mail experience (except maybe Pine), MRB holds a special place in my history but if reliability had been what I liked them for I would never have left for Runbox, Mochamail, and Fastmail. That was many years ago so I'm sure the product has been very different.

bramhall · 10 Apr 2011, 04:46 AM

Why is this thread sticky?

**Shelded** · 10 Apr 2011, 07:27 AM

I stickied this
because MRB is apparently not mailiing an announcement to its users,
and due to the closure date being yet some time off and
because some MRB user may see this here first. I do not expect it to have daily commentary and otherwise stay visible

King Of Email · 15 Apr 2011, 03:40 PM

Although I stopped using MRB years ago because of its too frequent down times and limited options, I still enjoyed its ad free interface and calming neutral gray inbox view; a break from the busy, java script, banner ad-ridden traffic jam of most other email services free or paid. Is there still an ad free free email service left in 2011? The only ones left that I know of are legacy accounts closed to new registrations.

pr472 · 16 Apr 2011, 01:46 AM

My zoho mail account is ad-free. Plus, it has several apps "attached" to it: import links, wiki, etc.

I have been using zoho mail for several years now, and I like it very much.

Nikolaos · 16 Apr 2011, 10:22 AM

the smallest account on lavabit is also ad-free

just to stay on topic: it's kind of sad that hardly anyone has commented on MRB's shutdown. i know it died a slow lingering death over the years, but now that The End is finally here, it seems no one is left to care. what a pity

music4praise · 16 Apr 2011, 11:47 AM

MyRealBox was my main email account for 7-8 years (until 2005). I still prefer their web interface to nearly anyone else. I'm glad I was gone before the big meltdown late 2006. I lost some archived stuff that made me sad.

**Shelded** · 16 Apr 2011, 11:59 AM

It was the first time I was aware of CSS. How odd, how the screen blew up into position like a balloon.

arose · 19 Apr 2011, 01:02 AM

I haven't gotten a single piece of spam on MRB since the announcement. Either the spammers got the notice, or they've done something to M+ Guardian to quietly toss junk.

Quite a change from the days where my MRB mailbox was so overwhelmed with Russian language spam that it wasn't usable.

philtec · 22 Apr 2011, 06:46 AM

Received today 4-21-2011

The date on the email received is Sunday, March 20, 2011 7:34 PM

Does this mean it was written a month ago, and just sent today?

Or, did it just sit in cyberspace for a month?

Dear MyRealBox User:

We would like to sincerely thank everyone for their support of MyRealBox through the years. On June 1st, 2011, MyRealBox.com will be discontinued as a service to the public. After that date you will no longer be able to use your myrealbox.com email addresses. Please ensure that you notify your contacts of a new email address. To continue following the growth of NetMail we look forward to seeing you at http://community.netmail.com.

**Shelded** · 22 Apr 2011, 08:25 AM

Hey I suppose you know how to read the headers to answer that question?

If you sign up at the community.netmail.com address I wonder if they have another mail system there you can subscribe to? or is it just discussion?

Mike Blake · 22 Apr 2011, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by philtec

Received today 4-21-2011
The date on the email received is Sunday, March 20, 2011 7:34 PM
Does this mean it was written a month ago, and just sent today?

Just got it today with the same date and time and scurried over here for the inside scoop.
I'm afraid I'm too cynical and think this is their way of giving us a month's notice: by backdating the email.

Liked it when it was run by Novell, actually.

9 Apr 2011, 02:25 AM	#3
shadowfox781 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1	Going . . . Going . . . Gone. I just saw the message posted on the MyRealBox web site about 2 hours ago. I was like . I was visiting the site because I was looking for help pages about the M+ Guardian, which has been a pain in my neck since MyRealBox installed it. I was not able to find any help pages about the M+ Guardian. Just like Nikolaos, I POP3 this account every day but hardly ever visit the website. I am also surprised that they have not sent out any notification e-mails. In fact, when I read the message that they were shutting down, I went back to my inbox for my MyRealBox account and double-checked my messages just to make sure that I didn't miss it by accident. I have been using MyRealBox for 9 years, and other than the M+ Guardian, I can honestly say that the service has been extremely reliable for me. I am sad to see it go. I certainly hope they do the right thing and send out notification e-mails to all of their customers to let them know what is going on.

10 Apr 2011, 01:08 AM	#4
Shelded Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: USA Northwest Posts: 3,849	Yes, a sad thing. As my first IMAP mail experience (except maybe Pine), MRB holds a special place in my history but if reliability had been what I liked them for I would never have left for Runbox, Mochamail, and Fastmail. That was many years ago so I'm sure the product has been very different.

15 Apr 2011, 03:40 PM	#7
King Of Email Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 622	Mrb Although I stopped using MRB years ago because of its too frequent down times and limited options, I still enjoyed its ad free interface and calming neutral gray inbox view; a break from the busy, java script, banner ad-ridden traffic jam of most other email services free or paid. Is there still an ad free free email service left in 2011? The only ones left that I know of are legacy accounts closed to new registrations.

16 Apr 2011, 01:46 AM	#8
pr472 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 101	Ad-free zoho mail My zoho mail account is ad-free. Plus, it has several apps "attached" to it: import links, wiki, etc. I have been using zoho mail for several years now, and I like it very much.

19 Apr 2011, 01:02 AM	#12
arose Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 5	spam free I haven't gotten a single piece of spam on MRB since the announcement. Either the spammers got the notice, or they've done something to M+ Guardian to quietly toss junk. Quite a change from the days where my MRB mailbox was so overwhelmed with Russian language spam that it wasn't usable.

6 Apr 2011, 04:56 AM	#2
Nikolaos Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 345	Once again I find myself grateful to the EmailDiscussions community. I pop those accounts and hardly ever visit the website itself, so I wouldn't have known about this until it was too late if not for this post. Can't believe they didn't send out notification emails. Hardly any free providers left from the old boom days now. Sad indeed! Thanks for the heads up, arose

10 Apr 2011, 04:46 AM	#5
bramhall Essential Contributor Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 369	Why is this thread sticky?

10 Apr 2011, 07:27 AM	#6
Shelded Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: USA Northwest Posts: 3,849	I stickied this because MRB is apparently not mailiing an announcement to its users, and due to the closure date being yet some time off and because some MRB user may see this here first. I do not expect it to have daily commentary and otherwise stay visible

16 Apr 2011, 10:22 AM	#9
Nikolaos Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 345	the smallest account on lavabit is also ad-free just to stay on topic: it's kind of sad that hardly anyone has commented on MRB's shutdown. i know it died a slow lingering death over the years, but now that The End is finally here, it seems no one is left to care. what a pity

16 Apr 2011, 11:47 AM	#10
music4praise Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 31	MyRealBox was my main email account for 7-8 years (until 2005). I still prefer their web interface to nearly anyone else. I'm glad I was gone before the big meltdown late 2006. I lost some archived stuff that made me sad.

16 Apr 2011, 11:59 AM	#11
Shelded Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: USA Northwest Posts: 3,849	It was the first time I was aware of CSS. How odd, how the screen blew up into position like a balloon.

22 Apr 2011, 06:46 AM	#13
philtec Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: YouEssAey Posts: 145	The notice has been sent. Received today 4-21-2011 The date on the email received is Sunday, March 20, 2011 7:34 PM Does this mean it was written a month ago, and just sent today? Or, did it just sit in cyberspace for a month? Dear MyRealBox User: We would like to sincerely thank everyone for their support of MyRealBox through the years. On June 1st, 2011, MyRealBox.com will be discontinued as a service to the public. After that date you will no longer be able to use your myrealbox.com email addresses. Please ensure that you notify your contacts of a new email address. To continue following the growth of NetMail we look forward to seeing you at http://community.netmail.com. Last edited by philtec : 22 Apr 2011 at 06:52 AM.

22 Apr 2011, 08:25 AM	#14
Shelded Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: USA Northwest Posts: 3,849	Hey I suppose you know how to read the headers to answer that question? If you sign up at the community.netmail.com address I wonder if they have another mail system there you can subscribe to? or is it just discussion?