There are many ways to contact us, depending on what you want to talk about.

All mailing lists are in English unless specified otherwise.

  1. Public mailing lists
    1. amnesia-news
    2. tails-project
    3. tails-dev
    4. tails-testers
    5. tails-ux
    6. tails-l10n
  2. Private email addresses
    1. tails-support-private
    2. tails-press
    3. tails-accounting
    4. tails-mirrors
    5. tails-sysadmins
    6. tails
  3. Chat rooms

Public mailing lists

These mailing lists are public: subscription is open to anyone. Don't send compromising information. Please respect the code of conduct.

amnesia-news

amnesia-news@boum.org is the mailing list where we send our news by email. It has a low traffic and it is the right place to stay up-to-date with the releases and security announcements.

Public archive of amnesia-news: https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/amnesia-news/.

tails-project

tails-project@boum.org is the mailing list where we discuss upcoming events, monthly reports, and other non-technical matters.

Public archive of tails-project: https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-project/.

tails-dev

tails-dev@boum.org is the mailing list where the development work is coordinated and technical design questions are discussed. Subscribe if you want to contribute code.

Public archive of tails-dev: https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/.

tails-testers

tails-testers@boum.org is the mailing list for people who want to help test new releases or features.

Public archive of tails-testers: https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-testers/.

tails-ux

tails-ux@boum.org is the list for matters related to user experience and user interface.

Public archive of tails-ux: https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-ux/.

tails-l10n

Translators coordinate on the tails-l10n mailing list (l10n stands for localization).

This is where important changes to translatable strings are announced. So, please subscribe to the list if you want to become a regular translator:

Public archive of tails-l10n: https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-l10n/.

Private email addresses

tails-support-private

You can write encrypted emails to tails-support-private@boum.org if you need help in private.

OpenPGP key (details).

We answer requests in:

  • English
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Italian

Requests not in English might take longer to answer. Imperfect English is welcome :)

tails-press

If you are a journalist and want to write about Tails, or if you want to send us links to press articles about Tails, write to tails-press@boum.org.

OpenPGP key (details).

tails-accounting

If you want to fund Tails, write to tails-accounting@boum.org.

OpenPGP key (details).

tails-mirrors

If you want to operate a Tails mirror, write to tails-mirrors@boum.org.

OpenPGP key (details).

tails-sysadmins

To talk about our infrastructure (servers, test suite, repositories, mirrors, etc.), write to tails-sysadmins@boum.org.

OpenPGP key (details).

tails

For matters that are listed in none of the above and for vulnerabilities disclosures, you can write encrypted emails to tails@boum.org.

OpenPGP key (details).

Chat rooms

You can join our users chat room and developers chat room. Only a few Tails developers hang out there, so email is preferred for anything that might be of interest for the larger community.