FAQ · Elektrine

General

What is Elektrine?

One account for mail, chat, a social feed, DNS, and VPN.

Do I need separate accounts per feature?

No. One account covers all of them.

Can registration be invite-only?

Sometimes. To control abuse, signup can require an invite code or a confirmed Monero signup payment. /register shows what applies now.

Privacy

What do I need to register?

A username and a password. Recovery email is optional. See the Terms of Service.

What do you log?

We keep short security and delivery logs to stop abuse. We do not sell logs. We do not keep content-level browsing profiles. See the Privacy Policy.

Does the VPN keep session logs?

By default no. Connect and disconnect history is off. Client source IPs are never stored on session rows. Free-tier limits use aggregate bandwidth counters only. See the VPN Policy.

Does mail keep sender IPs or full raw copies?

By default no connecting MTA IP on message metadata, and no second RFC822 raw copy. Mailboxes still store the message bodies you receive. See the Privacy Policy.

Do you publish a warrant canary?

Yes. See /canary for the current signed statement.

Do you publish a transparency report?

Yes. See /transparency for counts of demands Elektrine can mention. A delayed-notice or non-disclosure order can postpone a warrant or other demand. See /canary during that wait.

Is Tor supported?

Yes. The onion address is in the site footer.

Is I2P supported?

Yes. The I2P address is in the site footer. I2P visitors start on the no-JavaScript lite pages, because browsers block passkeys and in-browser encryption on .i2p addresses.

Payments

Do you accept Monero?

Pay with Monero at /pay/monero. Invoices use a unique address and confirm automatically.

Does payment require identity documents?

Elektrine does not run an identity check for payment. Card processors may apply their own rules when cards are offered.

Vision and federation

What is the product goal?

One account for mail, identity, and social tools you want to keep under your control.

What does federation mean here?

Elektrine exchanges posts and messages with other servers, so you can follow and talk to people outside Elektrine.

Which federated protocols are supported?

ActivityPub for social federation. Chat federation uses Arblarg between domains. Optional Bluesky bridges public posts to ATProto.

Modes

What is Chat?

Direct and group messaging.

What is Timeline?

The social feed for posts and updates, including Communities as a tab.

What is Gallery?

Photos and videos in one media view.

What are Friends?

Person-to-person connections on the platform.

What are Lists?

Saved collections of people and posts.

What is Drive?

File storage and sharing for your account.

What is Nerve?

A password and secret store, encrypted in your browser before anything reaches the server.

Email and clients

Which client protocols are supported?

When modules are on: IMAP, POP3, SMTP, JMAP, CardDAV, CalDAV, and API tokens.

What email addresses exist?

If mail is enabled, local mailboxes use: username@elektrine.com, username@elektrine.net, username@elektrine.org, username@maidcorps.net.

Support

How do I get help?

Support: support@elektrine.com. Security: security@elektrine.com. Privacy: privacy@elektrine.com.