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Old 21 Aug 2016, 06:15 AM   #1
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Arrow Runbox Calendar (CalDav)

Hi all,

I am a Fastmail Folk. How's everything at Runbox?

I am looking into Runbox offerings and just found that its calendar doesn't have a front-end. Could anyone please tell me what features does a user get in browser?

By the way, how does Runbox treat its family accounts?

Many thanks.

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Old 21 Aug 2016, 08:02 AM   #2
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I was very surprised and disappointed that RunBox would implement a "calendaring" solution without a front end. It does not make any sense to me but it is what it is. My understanding is that a front end for calendaring is quite a ways off and in RunBox terms that probably means 2-3 years.

Family accounts are handled very well. You can setup sub accounts and manage them through the primary user's account.
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Old 21 Aug 2016, 12:04 PM   #3
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Family Matters!

The way Runbox is handling family accounts is really appreciative but I am not sure why they are missing something critical like a mobile app and/or front-end calendar. So now, when Fastmail stopped selling new family accounts, I am thinking to run to Runbox. I am also considering mailbox.org - a good alternate provider - but less control as admin.

I assume that most of the users at Runbox are above 40 years. I am just assuming.
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Old 21 Aug 2016, 08:37 PM   #4
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I assume that most of the users at Runbox are above 40 years. I am just assuming.
Your assumption is incorrect, Most are actually over eighty.

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Old 21 Aug 2016, 09:06 PM   #5
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Your assumption is incorrect, Most are actually over eighty.

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That does not make his assumption incorrect. 80>40.
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Old 21 Aug 2016, 11:20 PM   #6
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I assume that most of the users at Runbox are above 40 years. I am just assuming.
I don't think RunBox collects demographic data such as age when you open an account. They don't even require address and telephone number.
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Old 22 Aug 2016, 01:33 AM   #7
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I don't think RunBox collects demographic data such as age when you open an account. They don't even require address and telephone number.
I assumed their users' age for fun and expressed here. It's because of their classical interface to keep service faster and unavailability of couple of necessary features like a calendar integrated within web-interface and/or a native mobile app.

Runbox family accounts are really competitive against new Fastmail plans (as well as legacy plans) but I don't know how they'll treat them in near future. I am afraid of a sudden spike without alerting customers.
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Old 22 Aug 2016, 07:30 AM   #8
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By the way, how does Runbox treat its family accounts?
We dont use the term "family accounts", but I guess you mean sub-accounts?

If so, the pricing for those have not changed much over the last years and their are no plans for future changes.

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I don't think RunBox collects demographic data such as age when you open an account. They don't even require address and telephone number.
No, we dont collect such information.
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Old 22 Aug 2016, 06:09 PM   #9
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We dont use the term "family accounts", but I guess you mean sub-accounts?
You are absolutely right. Gradually, I learn new terms and old terms will fade away. I am glad that you are interested to keep your sub-accounts as they are now for a little longer time; say 2-3 years from now. Actually, this post was to discuss different features of Runbox but the secondary thought got more attention because family matters.

According to help documents, "sub-accounts" are not entitled with 100 aliases, and cannot buy additional mail/file-storage quota like "main-account". Did I get it right?

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Old 22 Aug 2016, 06:58 PM   #10
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That does not make his assumption incorrect. 80>40.
Touché, sharp eye.

Wow, I hadn't seen the Runbox Sub-Forum this lively in a while.

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Old 22 Aug 2016, 08:16 PM   #11
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Wow, I hadn't seen the Runbox Sub-Forum this lively in a while.
It is now.

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Old 22 Aug 2016, 09:34 PM   #12
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According to help documents, "sub-accounts" are not entitled with 100 aliases, and cannot buy additional mail/file-storage quota like "main-account". Did I get it right?
Sub-accounts do have 100 aliases, but they cannot purchase or have add-ons purchased for them by default. This means (as you say) they cannot buy more mail/file storage like Main accounts can. I hope that helps.
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Old 20 Sep 2016, 09:19 PM   #13
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Sub-accounts do have 100 aliases, but they cannot purchase or have add-ons purchased for them by default. This means (as you say) they cannot buy more mail/file storage like Main accounts can. I hope that helps.
Yes, it helped very well. Many thanks.

I think, default 100 aliases are great. And, there is a trick hidden there which multiplies the number of aliases dramatically. Just don't turn-off synonyms.

Many thanks.
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Old 20 Sep 2016, 09:32 PM   #14
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I think, default 100 aliases are great. And, there is a trick hidden there which multiplies the number of aliases dramatically. Just don't turn-off synonyms.
Yes, that's correct. If one of the aliases you are using on a synonymous domain starts getting spam, you can always put a filter in place to delete those messages
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