Site Terms

Onyx Mail means the operator of onyxmail.net and its published Tor v3 address, together with the informational pages, warrant canary, PGP keys, verification instructions, and related public artifacts served through those addresses.

Published Artifact means a public key, signed statement, hash-chain record, response header, or verification document made available by Onyx Mail.

User means a person or automated client that accesses Onyx Mail.

Access to Onyx Mail is subject to these Terms. A User who does not accept these Terms must discontinue access.

Access does not create an agency, partnership, fiduciary relationship, professional engagement, or continuing service obligation.

Onyx Mail publishes technical and cryptographic material for independent inspection. Users remain responsible for performing verification and interpreting the result.

[3.1] Warrant canary

The warrant canary is a periodic PGP-signed statement. Its claims apply only to the date and validity period contained in the signed text.

A valid signature establishes that the statement was signed by the corresponding private key. It does not prove that every factual claim is true, that the signing environment is uncompromised, or that no event occurred after signing.

An absent, expired, altered, or unverifiable canary must not be interpreted as a current assurance. It may result from legal process, operational failure, missed rotation, key loss, or another cause.

[3.2] Public key and Tor address

Users must compare the complete PGP fingerprint and Tor v3 address against a trusted source. Truncated identifiers are display aids, not verification substitutes.

A User must not:

• Attempt unauthorized access to the host, application, signing environment, or administrative interfaces.
• Transmit malware, exploit payloads, abusive traffic, or requests intended to impair availability.
• Misrepresent an Onyx Mail key, address, statement, or response as authentic.
• Use automated access in a manner that bypasses rate limits or materially degrades Onyx Mail.
• Use Onyx Mail in violation of applicable law.

Onyx Mail may rate-limit, reject, or block requests that present an operational or security risk. Affected parties may provide the relevant request identifier to the published security contact for review.

Onyx Mail and its Published Artifacts are provided on an as-available basis. No service-level commitment, uninterrupted availability, or error-free operation is represented.

Onyx Mail may change, suspend, relocate, or withdraw a page or artifact. Material changes to the warrant-canary process should be evaluated against the signed record and published key.

Onyx Mail uses technical controls documented on the Verification Registry. No control eliminates risk.

Onyx Mail does not warrant protection against a compromised client device, malicious browser extension, endpoint malware, social engineering, routing compromise, operator compromise, cryptographic implementation defect, or future cryptanalytic capability.

Tor access provides an authenticated hidden-service address and network-path protection within the Tor design. It does not make a User anonymous under every threat model.

The Privacy Policy describes data processed through Onyx Mail.

Users who contact Onyx Mail by email transmit information through their selected mail provider and network path. That transmission is outside Onyx Mail.

Review the Onyx Mail Privacy Policy.

Onyx Mail names, visual identity, keys, addresses, and published text may not be used to imply authorization, endorsement, key ownership, or operational control that does not exist.

Open-source code remains subject to its repository license. Public cryptographic material may be copied as required for verification, provided it is not altered or misrepresented.

Onyx Mail is provided as is and as available. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Onyx Mail disclaims implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, availability, and accuracy.

Onyx Mail is not responsible for decisions made solely from a canary, key, address, status label, documentation page, or automated verification result.

Liability is limited to the extent permitted by applicable law. These Terms do not exclude rights that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Applicable law governs use of Onyx Mail. These Terms do not invent or select a jurisdiction beyond what applicable law requires.

If a provision is unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue to the extent permitted by law.

Legal notices and questions may be sent through the contact channel published by Onyx Mail. Security reports should identify the affected route, observed behavior, and request identifier when available.

Contact Onyx Mail.