Riseup provides online communication tools for people and groups working on liberatory social change. We are a project to create democratic alternatives and practice self-determination by controlling our own secure means of communications.
Email¶
We provide secure and private email accounts, accessible via the web, shell, IMAP, or POP. Get help on mail. Login to webmail. Request an account. Reset lost password. Change my settings.
Mailing Lists¶
We provide mailing lists for activist organizations. Get help on lists. Login to lists. Request a list. Subscribe. Unsubscribe.
New Services¶
We are testing VPN, chat, and etherpad services. These services are still under development, and may be unreliable at times. If you want to help test them, please give them a try.
Resources¶
Resources and tutorials for more secure communication.
In order to contact us with a question, use the help desk form to create a help ticket. But first, please search and read the online documentation found on this site.
Our old help documentation is still available at oldhelp.riseup.net.
System Updates
Brief outage this evening at 11pm PST
16 Nov 04:18
The will be a brief outage for all services tonight (Fri Nov 15) at 11pm PST for a scheduled power outage
Riseup is fueled by...
06 Nov 19:01
The dreams of justice, freedom, and secure communications! And also money. Lots and lots of money. We’ve had over 1,000 user donations already, but we need more money to keep Riseup going. Donate today, if you’re able! help.riseup.net/donate
Give to Riseup Today!
03 Nov 00:32
We need money to keep our services going. Please donate if you can — help.riseup.net/donate
Our fundraising drive is afoot!
25 Oct 22:45
One cost you can support: our hard-working servers. They need $4,000 USD a month to stay on. help.riseup.net/en/donate
Services outage Friday night/Saturday morning (US/Pacific) Sept 27/28
23 Sep 22:58
We will have several short service outages on Friday night and Saturday morning (US/Pacific timezone) September 27/28 for power equipment maintenance. All services will be effected. Mail will be delayed, but will not need to be resent.
Thanks to the folks at stopwatching.us for running an indiegogo campaign on our behalf!
31 Aug 17:39
Riseup and the recent email provider closures
13 Aug 20:06
We’ve published a statement about the recent email provider closures and answers to many questions we’ve received at www.riseup.net/riseup-and-government-faq
Mailing lists delayed.
09 Jul 18:28
We apologize for the inconvenience. List mail is catching up, and all mails will come through eventually.
Network outages expected today: please hold on, things will be back shortly
20 Jun 23:23
Due to some network configuration changes, there will be some problems contacting riseup servers during this transition. We expect this interruption to be short!
Mail login problems resolved
20 Jun 00:55
Everything is back to normal now, any emails that were sent to you will still be delivered. We return you now to your regularly scheduled surveillance apocalypse.
Mail login problems being investigated
20 Jun 00:17
We are sorry for the problems logging into your account, we are investigating the cause and should have a solution soon!
New SSL certificate
17 May 22:39
We deployed a new SSL certificate for our sites today. You can learn more by going here —> help.riseup.net/en/certificates#verify-...
Problems logging in
18 Jan 16:09
There are a few issues related to logging in this morning, they will be fixed shortly. Sorry for any problems!
Having trouble logging in? Switch to secure connections...
04 Jan 20:16
If you are having trouble checking your Riseup email, it might be because we have disabled insecure connections. Check your email client configurations and make the right changes to switch to secure connections:https://help.riseup.net/secure-connections
intermittant authentication problems
12 Dec 18:17
There have been some authentication problems with mail today, we are aware of the issues and are working to resolve them. Thunderbird often requires a restart to work again!
list delivery delayed
03 Dec 18:44
Due to our slow machines, and some monthly tasks that caused more load than it could handle, list delivery has been delayed. We’ve resolved the issue that was slowing things down, so things are being sent now. No, you do not need to resend your messages, they will get sent out as soon as the system can, sending them a second time will just send a second one!
list maintenance over
25 Nov 19:06
Everything went smoothly, your list mails will be delivered shortly. Let us know if there are any problems!
planned outage: lists sunday 16:00 UTC
23 Nov 22:15
NOTICE! The lists.riseup.net mailing list service will be taken offline for an upgrade on Sunday, 25 November at 16:00 UTC. We expect service to resume after a few hours.
lists was down, catching up now
14 Nov 06:49
lists.riseup.net had a problem. It is fixed and is catching up now. All mailed will be delivered in time, no need to resend. Sorry for the delay.
Support your friendly autonomous tech collective today!
08 Nov 21:14
We just hit the $40,000 mark in our fundraising drive. If you can, join over one thousand other Riseup users and donate today. help.riseup.net/donate
Brief outage this evening at 11pm PST
16 Nov 04:18
The will be a brief outage for all services tonight (Fri Nov 15) at 11pm PST for a scheduled power outage
Riseup is fueled by...
06 Nov 19:01
The dreams of justice, freedom, and secure communications! And also money. Lots and lots of money. We’ve had over 1,000 user donations already, but we need more money to keep Riseup going. Donate today, if you’re able! help.riseup.net/donate
Give to Riseup Today!
03 Nov 00:32
We need money to keep our services going. Please donate if you can — help.riseup.net/donate
Our fundraising drive is afoot!
25 Oct 22:45
One cost you can support: our hard-working servers. They need $4,000 USD a month to stay on. help.riseup.net/en/donate
Services outage Friday night/Saturday morning (US/Pacific) Sept 27/28
23 Sep 22:58
We will have several short service outages on Friday night and Saturday morning (US/Pacific timezone) September 27/28 for power equipment maintenance. All services will be effected. Mail will be delayed, but will not need to be resent.
Thanks to the folks at stopwatching.us for running an indiegogo campaign on our behalf!
31 Aug 17:39
Riseup and the recent email provider closures
13 Aug 20:06
We’ve published a statement about the recent email provider closures and answers to many questions we’ve received at www.riseup.net/riseup-and-government-faq
Mailing lists delayed.
09 Jul 18:28
We apologize for the inconvenience. List mail is catching up, and all mails will come through eventually.
Network outages expected today: please hold on, things will be back shortly
20 Jun 23:23
Due to some network configuration changes, there will be some problems contacting riseup servers during this transition. We expect this interruption to be short!
Mail login problems resolved
20 Jun 00:55
Everything is back to normal now, any emails that were sent to you will still be delivered. We return you now to your regularly scheduled surveillance apocalypse.
Mail login problems being investigated
20 Jun 00:17
We are sorry for the problems logging into your account, we are investigating the cause and should have a solution soon!
New SSL certificate
17 May 22:39
We deployed a new SSL certificate for our sites today. You can learn more by going here —> help.riseup.net/en/certificates#verify-...
Problems logging in
18 Jan 16:09
There are a few issues related to logging in this morning, they will be fixed shortly. Sorry for any problems!
Having trouble logging in? Switch to secure connections...
04 Jan 20:16
If you are having trouble checking your Riseup email, it might be because we have disabled insecure connections. Check your email client configurations and make the right changes to switch to secure connections:https://help.riseup.net/secure-connections
intermittant authentication problems
12 Dec 18:17
There have been some authentication problems with mail today, we are aware of the issues and are working to resolve them. Thunderbird often requires a restart to work again!
list delivery delayed
03 Dec 18:44
Due to our slow machines, and some monthly tasks that caused more load than it could handle, list delivery has been delayed. We’ve resolved the issue that was slowing things down, so things are being sent now. No, you do not need to resend your messages, they will get sent out as soon as the system can, sending them a second time will just send a second one!
list maintenance over
25 Nov 19:06
Everything went smoothly, your list mails will be delivered shortly. Let us know if there are any problems!
planned outage: lists sunday 16:00 UTC
23 Nov 22:15
NOTICE! The lists.riseup.net mailing list service will be taken offline for an upgrade on Sunday, 25 November at 16:00 UTC. We expect service to resume after a few hours.
lists was down, catching up now
14 Nov 06:49
lists.riseup.net had a problem. It is fixed and is catching up now. All mailed will be delivered in time, no need to resend. Sorry for the delay.
Support your friendly autonomous tech collective today!
08 Nov 21:14
We just hit the $40,000 mark in our fundraising drive. If you can, join over one thousand other Riseup users and donate today. help.riseup.net/donate