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Shutdown of Croodle

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200

On 31.12.2026 we will shut down our Croodle service – systemli.org/poll. Please back up any survey results you still need before this date, as they will no longer be available afterwards.

Chat rooms in Matrix need to be updated

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0200

Chat rooms in Matrix have “room versions”. They determine the rules of a room (moderation, security, features). New versions fix security vulnerabilities and enable features. They only take effect when the room is upgraded to the new version. This also applies to direct messages between two people.

More storage space in the cloud

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:00:00 +0100

All Systemli accounts now have more storage space available in the cloud. We have increased the limit from 250 MB to 1 GB. This limit has not been increased for many years, although usage and demand have grown steadily.

New Login Mechanism for Matrix

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 20:00:00 +0200

Since last week, we have changed the login mechanism for Matrix. As we did a few months ago with the Cloud, we have also integrated Matrix with the unified login (Single Sign-on).

Systemli gets a unified login (single sign-on)

Sat, 15 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0200

TL;DR: On 27.06.2024, all clients will get logged out of the cloud and have to login again. Twofactor authentication needs to be setup again as well.

With a systemli account you get access to different services: mail, cloud and matrix. The fact that you can login to all of them with the same username and password often causes confusion. And for us admins the current integrations imposed some technical problems as well.

New security measure against MITM attacks introduced

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0100

In November 2023, it became public that the largest Russian Jabber server (jabber.ru) was the target of a machine-in-the-middle attack (MITM). This involved redirecting traffic from the servers, which allowed the attackers to issue valid TLS certificates and thereby capture the contents of the Jabber server. What is particularly sensitive is the fact that the servers are hosted in Germany. This gave us the impetus to introduce a new security measure that will make such attacks on systemli.org services and websites much more difficult.