Posts by Bron Gondwana

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Ghost of Advent blog posts past

Many years ago, on December 25th, 2015, I wrote a blog post.
Partial outage on 30 June 2023

A partial network outage occurred at Fastmail on June 30th, 2023. Most did not notice, but it was severe for the directly affected 3-5% of our customers.
Fastmail Joins the Call to Ban Surveillance-Based Advertising

Surveillance-based advertising is everywhere on the internet. It's bad for consumers, it erodes trust in businesses, and Fastmail believes it should be banned.
Choose Email for Remote Productivity

As many of us do our work remotely, email keeps us connected, happy, and productive.
Our CEO, Bron Gondwana, on Fastmail Today

In our final blog post for the year, Fastmail’s CEO reflects on our achievements during this 20th year of the company, and looks forward to the future.
Undo Send Saves the Day When You Hit Send Too Fast

Undo send lets you cancel a sent email if you'd like to take it back immediately.
JMAP Open Standard for Email Moves Forward

JMAP, a modern, open protocol that provides a better email experience, is nearly an official standard and in use by many of our customers.
Advocating for Privacy in Australia

Learn about the new Access and Assistance Bill (AABill) in Australia including what it means for services using encryption, our criticisms of the law as written, and why our service is not affected.
Fastmail’s 2018 in Review

Fastmail’s CEO discusses our work to ensure customer privacy, expand capacity, and lead positive shifts in internet protocols.
Submission regarding “The Assistance And Access Bill 2018”
Australian Privacy Laws

The past few years have seen a dramatic increase in public awareness of how their data is being used (or misused) by companies they had trusted. What impact does the draft Australian Assistance and Access legislation mean for Fastmail customers?
FastMail Outage, August 1st

FastMail was not available for the vast majority of our customers for nearly 3 hours on August 1st due to a network equipment failure at our primary datacentre. We are taking actions to reduce the risk and impact of similar failures in future.