The box makes an incremental backup each night. By default the backup is stored on the machine itself, but you can also have it stored on Amazon S3.
The backup location currently contains the backups listed below. The total size of the backups is currently .
| When | Type | Size | Deleted in... |
|---|
This is an advanced configuration page.
Although your box is configured to serve its own DNS, it is possible to host your DNS elsewhere — such as in the DNS control panel provided by your domain name registrar or virtual cloud provider — by copying the DNS zone information shown in the table below into your external DNS server’s control panel.
If you do so, you are responsible for keeping your DNS entries up to date! If you previously enabled DNSSEC on your domain name by setting a DS record at your registrar, you will likely have to turn it off before changing nameservers.
You may encounter zone file errors when attempting to create a TXT record with a long string.
RFC 4408 states a TXT record is allowed to contain multiple strings, and this technique can be used to construct records that would exceed the 255-byte maximum length.
You may need to adopt this technique when adding DomainKeys. Use a tool like named-checkzone to validate your zone file.
| QName | Type | Value |
|---|
Webmail lets you check your email from any web browser. Your webmail site is:
Your username is your whole email address.
iOS and OS X only: Open this configuration link on your iOS device or on your Mac desktop to easily set up mail (IMAP/SMTP), Contacts, and Calendar. Your username is your whole email address.
Use the following settings when you set up your email on your phone, desktop, or other device:
| Option | Value |
|---|---|
| Protocol/Method | IMAP |
| Mail server | akgk.de |
| IMAP Port | 993 |
| IMAP Security | SSL or TLS |
| SMTP Port | 587 |
| SMTP Security | STARTTLS (“always” or “required”, if prompted) |
| Username: | Your whole email address. |
| Password: | Your mail password. |
In addition to setting up your email, you’ll also need to set up contacts and calendar synchronization separately.
On iOS devices, devices on this compatibility list, or using Outlook 2007 or later on Windows 7 and later, you may set up your mail as an Exchange or ActiveSync server. However, we’ve found this to be more buggy than using IMAP as described above. If you encounter any problems, please use the manual settings above.
| Server | akgk.de |
|---|---|
| Options | Secure Connection |
Your device should also provide a contacts list and calendar that syncs to this box when you use this method.
Your box using a technique called greylisting to cut down on spam. Greylisting works by delaying mail from people you haven’t received mail from before for up to about 10 minutes. The vast majority of spam gets tricked by this. If you are waiting for an email from someone new, such as if you are registering on a new website and are waiting for an email confirmation, please give it up to 10-15 minutes to arrive.
Every incoming email address also receives mail for +tag addresses. If your email address is you@yourdomain.com, you’ll also automatically get mail sent to you+anythinghere@yourdomain.com. Use this as a fast way to segment incoming mail for your own filtering rules without having to create aliases in this control panel.
Your box sets strict email sending policies for your domain names to make it harder for spam and other fraudulent mail to claim to be you. Only this machine is authorized to send email on behalf of your domain names. If you use any other service to send email as you, it will likely get spam filtered by recipients.
Add an email address to this system. This will create a new login username/password.
| Email Address | Actions | Mailbox Size |
|---|
Aliases are email forwarders. An alias can forward email to a mail user or to any email address.
To use an alias or any address besides your own login username in outbound mail, the sending user must be included as a permitted sender for the alias.
| Alias |
Forwards To | Permitted Senders |
|---|
hostmaster@, postmaster@, admin@ and abuse@ email addresses are required on some domains.
Add a new DisBox to this system. This will create a new transportmap to p2p communication with an other DisBox
| Boxname | SMPT-Server | Port |
|---|
This box can hold your contacts and calendar, just like it holds your email.
You can edit your contacts and calendar from your web browser.
| For... | Visit this URL |
|---|---|
| Contacts | https://akgk.de/cloud/contacts |
| Calendar | https://akgk.de/cloud/calendar |
Log in settings are the same as with mail: your complete email address and your mail password.
If you set up your mail using Exchange/ActiveSync, your contacts and calendar may already appear on your device.
Otherwise, here are some apps that can synchronize your contacts and calendar to your Android phone.
| For... | Use... |
|---|---|
| Contacts and Calendar | DAVdroid ($3.69; free here) |
| Only Contacts | CardDAV-Sync free beta (free) |
| Only Calendar | CalDAV-Sync ($2.89) |
Use the following settings:
| Account Type | CardDAV or CalDAV |
| Server Name | akgk.de |
| Use SSL | Yes |
| Username | Your complete email address. |
| Password | Your mail password. |
A TLS (formerly called SSL) certificate is a cryptographic file that proves to anyone connecting to a web address that the connection is secure between you and the owner of that address.
You need a TLS certificate for this box’s hostname (akgk.de) and every other domain name and subdomain that this box is hosting a website for (see the list below).
Certificates expire after a period of time. All certificates will be automatically renewed through Let’s Encrypt 30 days prior to expiration.