Hi everyone, this is an important for users of /e/OS-dev (*not* pre-install /e/ smartphones): yesterday's OTA update has been reported to cause some issues. It's been removed until we understand the situation better.
In the meantime, if you have updated to this update and see an error message at boot time asking for Factory reset, *don't do it*. Please wait for further information how to fix this.

Hi everyone, this is a service announcement: our mail server is currently listed on several SPAM services due to one user who abused our system. Consequently, sending emails from @e.email to several email domains, including Yahoo mail and Microsoft mail services, currently doesn't work. Our infrastructure team is working on fully understanding what exactly happened, and restoring our email server reputation. Sorry for the inconvenience.
[Updated: 2020/10/14] We're back to a normal situation but for 1 spam-list. Still working on it.
[Updated: 2020/10/15] Situation is fully normal again.

Hi everyone, this is a service announcement: we're experiencing an issue with our mail server not being able to deliver mail since this morning. Receiving is not affected. We're investigating and will update this message. You can also check: https://status.ecloud.global/
[Updated: 2020/10/22] Situation is fully normal again.

Hi everyone, this is a service announcement: tonight at 22:00 CET ecloud.global service will be inaccessible for a few minutes due to a maintenance operation to enable IPv6 support. Mail service will not be affected.
[Updated 2020/10/22 23:15 UTC] ecloud.global restored and IPv6 support deployed.

Hi everyone, this is a service announcement: tomorrow Tuesday at 06:00 UTC @e.email service will be inaccessible for a few minutes due to a maintenance operation to enable IPv6 support. ecloud.global will not be affected except webmail.
[Updated 2020/11/03 09:00 UTC] Mail service restored and IPv6 support deployed. All issues should be solved.

Want to learn about microG latest updates, and how we're going to integrate the "contact tracing" framework into /e/OS? Read our interview with Marvin Wißfeld, microG's creator and maintainer! https://community.e.foundation/t/microg-what-you-need-to-know-a-conversation-with-its-developer-marvin-wissfeld/22700

"Backup and Restore Data on Android Devices"
On our Community website, we have drafted a Howto to help users save and recover their data on /e/OS. It's a WiKi document and everyone is welcome to improve it.
Discover the document and join the effort at:
https://community.e.foundation/t/howto-backup-and-restore-data-on-android-devices/23292

Hi everyone, this is a service announcement:
- Tomorrow Tuesday between 02:00 and 03:00 UTC @e.email service will be inaccessible for a few minutes due to a maintenance operation.
- Additionally, ecloud.global will be unavailable for a few minutes between 07:45 and 08:30 UTC for a minor upgrade.

[Update 2020/11/24 08:20 UTC] ecloud.global and mail are fully operational and upgrades applied.

Hi everyone, this is a service announcement:
- Tonight between 01:30 and 02:00 UTC both mail and ecloud.global will be unavailable due to a maintenance operation.

Hi everyone, this is a service announcement of two different interruptions caused by the expansion of our storage system:
- On Wednesday night, mail, ecloud.global, images.ecloud.global and OTA updates will be again unavailable from 22:00 to 04:00 06:00 UTC on Thursday morning.

[Updated 2020/12/17 04:45 UTC]

In this week's newsletter:

- discover the /e/OS v0.13 update, with support for COVID-19-related exposure notification support (not enabled by default), bug fixes and more

- learn about /e/OS for the Gigaset GS-290. The /e/-GS290 is available for purchase!

- get 20€ cash-back on your Fairphone FP3/FP3+ and help the planet!

Read in 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇪🇸:
https://e.foundation/leaving-apple-google-update-your-devices-to-e-os-v0-13-e-os-for-the-gs290-20-for-you-20-for-the-planet-campaign/

Hi everyone, this is a service announcement:
- Tomorrow Thursday between 05:45 and 06:45 UTC ecloud.global will be unavailable due to a maintenance operation.

[Update 07:30 UTC service is back online, updated to include the latest security patches]

Hi everyone, this is a new service announcement:
- on Monday the 25th between 21:00 and 22:00 UTC ecloud.global will be unavailable due to a maintenance operation.

[Update: ecloud.global is back online, updated with a newer Nextcloud version]

📣 Hi everyone, we have published /e/OS v0.14 update on Oreo, Pie and Q (Nougat tomorrow). 🔧
This update includes a major user interface revamping (read our blog post about it at https://edevelopers-blog.medium.com/e-os-user-interface-is-evolving-with-a-new-streamlined-visual-identity-f195ca87d54d), as well as several improvements, bugfixes and security patches:
- release notes Q at: https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/releases/-/releases/v0.14-q
- release notes Pie at: https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/releases/-/releases/v0.14-pie
⚠ Warning! If you are using the Exposure Notification framework please update microG manually in Apps! ⚠
All the details at: https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/releases/-/releases#warning-microg-en-update
Update your /e/OS now in Settings! 📲 🔆

Hi everyone, this is a service announcement:
- Today between 13:30 and 14:00 UTC ecloud.global will be unavailable due to a maintenance operation to include additional functionality.

[Update 16:40 UTC - ecloud.global and mail service are back online. Apologies for the unexpected downtime]

Due to recent incidents with our cloud provider – last one just minutes ago – mail server is being migrated to a different instance – downtime expected until 22:00 UTC approximately

[Update 21:20 UTC - e-mail service is restored and is running on a different CPU type now]

📣 /e/OS 0.15 is now available for download and OTA updates (dev only, stable next week) 📱, with some user interface improvement, new features, bug fixes and security fixes. More details in the changelogs below. Update now! (Settings->System Updates)
- v0.15-q https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/releases/-/releases/v0.15-q
- v0.15-pie https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/releases/-/releases/v0.15-pie
- v0.15-oreo https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/releases/-/releases/v0.15-oreo
- v0.15-nougat https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/releases/-/releases/v0.15-nougat

Hi everyone, this is a service announcement:
- Tonight at 01:00 UTC e-mail and ecloud.global services will be unavailable during 15 to 30 minutes due to a maintenance operation to improve performance.

Hi, another service announcement:
- Tomorrow Tuesday at 5am UTC ecloud.global will be unavailable for about 45 minutes due to a minor platform upgrade.