# Improvements **URL:** https://discourse.mailinabox.email/c/improvements/6.md?page=1 [Latest](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/categories.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Synchronize PGP-signed messages with the ActiveSync provided by Z-Push](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/synchronize-pgp-signed-messages-with-the-activesync-provided-by-z-push/12143)
**Author:** [@dallaslu](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/dallaslu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2024, 6:10am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/synchronize-pgp-signed-messages-with-the-activesync-provided-by-z-push/12143 "2024-07-26T06:10:22Z")
I have found that using PGP signed emails causes problems with synchronization. I have sent a PR to the Z-Push. But I’m surprised I haven’t found anyone with the same experience about this. Would love to hear your experi… --- ## [How to Track Email Delivery and Read Status in Mail-in-a-Box?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/how-to-track-email-delivery-and-read-status-in-mail-in-a-box/12071)
**Author:** [@raiasif](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/raiasif)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 5:53am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/how-to-track-email-delivery-and-read-status-in-mail-in-a-box/12071 "2024-07-18T05:53:14Z")
Hi, I want to add a feature to track if an email is delivered and if the recipient has read it. How can I achieve this with Mail-in-a-Box? Are there any extensions or third-party tools you recommend that work like Mailt… --- ## [Implement SPF:SRS](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/implement-spf-srs/1533)
**Author:** [@durd](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/durd)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/implement-spf-srs/1533 "2024-06-28T17:48:21Z")
Hi all, I forward my private-domain mail to my gmail using MiaB, which works great and setting up MiaB was supersimple, almost too simple \[:slight\_smile:\] Now I'm not sure if this is the right place for feature request… --- ## [External DNS. Do you (currently want or have to) use it?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/external-dns-do-you-currently-want-or-have-to-use-it/11924)
**Author:** [@MarthinL](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/MarthinL)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/external-dns-do-you-currently-want-or-have-to-use-it/11924 "2024-06-07T17:51:30Z")
This is a poll I need to figure out how many MiaB users actually use the External DNS facility and how their needs ties up with mine, if at all. I both want to and have to use External DNS but MiaB’s support for it is… --- ## [Consider setting the CA server to Buypass by default and leave the option to user to use ZeroSSL](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/consider-setting-the-ca-server-to-buypass-by-default-and-leave-the-option-to-user-to-use-zerossl/11963)
**Author:** [@gaobo](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/gaobo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/consider-setting-the-ca-server-to-buypass-by-default-and-leave-the-option-to-user-to-use-zerossl/11963 "2024-06-06T12:04:47Z")
Since Buypass offers a 6-month period of validity for each SSL certificate instead of 3-month, and the only limitation for its certificate is that it does not allow wildcard domain names, which does not violate the restr… --- ## [Experiments with External DNS](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/experiments-with-external-dns/11922)
**Author:** [@MarthinL](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/MarthinL)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/experiments-with-external-dns/11922 "2024-05-22T08:57:48Z")
Hi all, Configuring email service to work safely, effectively and reliably involves tight control over a myriad of non-intuitive DNS entries. Having run email services on other platforms I can safely what I most appreci… --- ## [Options for Alias-based "Distribution Lists"](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/options-for-alias-based-distribution-lists/11915)
**Author:** [@FCReid](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/FCReid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/options-for-alias-based-distribution-lists/11915 "2024-05-19T17:47:49Z")
First, thanks for Mail-in-a-box… I’m in the process of migrating from another mail server software (MDaemon) that I’ve run for decades, and MiaB is an expert integration of a large number of complex products that has sav… --- ## [Using nextcloud as the email interface](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/using-nextcloud-as-the-email-interface/11905)
**Author:** [@matthew42904](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/matthew42904)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2024, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/using-nextcloud-as-the-email-interface/11905 "2024-05-16T08:38:26Z")
nextcloud now has a email side where you can link with imap and smtp. it would be nice to have that as a interface option for emails along with Roundcube or have the chose to do either or at install. i have not made a se… --- ## [Outgoing user mail throughput limitations](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/outgoing-user-mail-throughput-limitations/11892)
**Author:** [@xxfogs](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/xxfogs)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/outgoing-user-mail-throughput-limitations/11892 "2024-05-15T16:00:45Z")
Is it planned to implement officially supported outgoing user mail throughput limitations? I find that such a feature would be quite useful as loss of passwords is quite common among regular users which in the worst cas… --- ## [Ability to customize the nginx local.conf](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/ability-to-customize-the-nginx-local-conf/11857)
**Author:** [@mytechguyri](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/mytechguyri)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2024, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/ability-to-customize-the-nginx-local-conf/11857 "2024-05-04T07:31:42Z")
For example, I host multiple domain email accounts. For ease of use for my end users, instead of them having to go to mail.somedomain/mail i want to add a 301 redirect to all mail.whateverdomain entries in my local.co… --- ## [Replace Fail2Ban with CrowdSec](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/replace-fail2ban-with-crowdsec/11816)
**Author:** [@cmonty14](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/cmonty14)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/replace-fail2ban-with-crowdsec/11816 "2024-05-02T07:21:47Z")
Hello, I would propose to migrate to CrowdSec and replace Fail2Ban. CrowdSec is service that uses rules updated by the community. Are there any plans for this? Regards Thomas --- ## [Do we have to accept spam on our servers?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/do-we-have-to-accept-spam-on-our-servers/11792)
**Author:** [@MarthinL](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/MarthinL)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 9:01am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/do-we-have-to-accept-spam-on-our-servers/11792 "2024-04-24T09:01:18Z")
Since starting a discussion about postgrey I’ve been confronted with some varied views on matters such as what consitutes spam and how we may defend ourselves against it. I’ve poked around a bit not only in postgrey but … --- ## [Replace SpamAssassin with rspamd](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/replace-spamassassin-with-rspamd/11815)
**Author:** [@cmonty14](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/cmonty14)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/replace-spamassassin-with-rspamd/11815 "2024-04-23T15:33:52Z")
Hello, I would propose to migrate to rspamd and replace Apache SpamAssassin. This was discussed in the past w/o any progress. Are there any plans for this? Regards Thomas --- ## [Postgrey efficacy](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/postgrey-efficacy/11759)
**Author:** [@MarthinL](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/MarthinL)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/postgrey-efficacy/11759 "2024-04-17T11:57:32Z")
Hi, Postgrey is one of the packages MiaB sets up for maximum protection against spam. Postgrey’s approach is to reject the first email from any source it has not seen before on the assumption that legitimate email serv… --- ## [Mail-in-a-Box Quotas](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/mail-in-a-box-quotas/11729)
**Author:** [@stylnchris](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/stylnchris)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 9:35pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/mail-in-a-box-quotas/11729 "2024-04-02T21:35:01Z")
I know this has been discussed here plenty of times, jrsupplee even made a fork in the past for quotas. I’m really at a point where I’d really like to see this made part of MIAB mainline similar jrsupplee did back in t… --- ## [MiaB as BLIND DNS Master](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/miab-as-blind-dns-master/11421)
**Author:** [@MarthinL](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/MarthinL)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/miab-as-blind-dns-master/11421 "2024-02-02T14:55:03Z")
If you allow MiaB to be your domain’s authoritative server (NSD only does authoritative) then v67 does a brilliant job setting up all the necessary DNS entries (except for \_smtp.\_tls :slight\_smile:) for all the domains y… --- ## [Migrate to rspamd](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/migrate-to-rspamd/11400)
**Author:** [@cmonty14](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/cmonty14)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/migrate-to-rspamd/11400 "2024-01-21T00:12:44Z")
Hello, I would propose to migrate to rspamd. This was discussed in the past w/o any progress. Regards Thomas --- ## [Deploy MiaB with Roundcube plugin 2FA](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/deploy-miab-with-roundcube-plugin-2fa/11338)
**Author:** [@cmonty14](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/cmonty14)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/deploy-miab-with-roundcube-plugin-2fa/11338 "2024-01-13T15:09:13Z")
Hi, can you please deploy MiaB with Roundcube plugin that provides 2FA? I wonder why this plugin is not included although 2FA is available for MiaB Control Panel. There are actually a few plugins available that have b… --- ## [Adding imapproxy to improve performance of webmail client](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/adding-imapproxy-to-improve-performance-of-webmail-client/11357)
**Author:** [@cmonty14](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/cmonty14)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/adding-imapproxy-to-improve-performance-of-webmail-client/11357 "2024-01-11T20:30:12Z")
Hi, I came accross this statement in Debian: IMAP Proxy was written to compensate for webmail clients that are unable to maintain persistent connections to an IMAP server. Most webmail clients need to log in to an IMAP… --- ## [Replace Nextcloud CalDAV and CardDAV Server](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/replace-nextcloud-caldav-and-carddav-server/11302)
**Author:** [@cmonty14](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/cmonty14)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/replace-nextcloud-caldav-and-carddav-server/11302 "2023-12-27T11:14:30Z")
Hello, Mail-in-a-Box deployment includes Nextcloud as CalDAV and CardDAV Server. Why don’t you use a much thinner solution Radicale for these 2 services? This feature request is not a statement against Nextcloud; in f… --- ## [Suggestion for improving the backup](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/suggestion-for-improving-the-backup/11289)
**Author:** [@DarthVader](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/DarthVader)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/suggestion-for-improving-the-backup/11289 "2023-12-24T01:45:37Z")
I find it annoying that all services are stopped during the backup. Backups may take several hours, which is mainly due to the thousands of email files that should not pose any problems in terms of data access. Wouldn’t … --- ## ["sshd\_config" - may include other .config files which may not always be checked during status checks](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/sshd-config-may-include-other-config-files-which-may-not-always-be-checked-during-status-checks/11215)
**Author:** [@usachris](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/usachris)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/sshd-config-may-include-other-config-files-which-may-not-always-be-checked-during-status-checks/11215 "2023-12-06T23:00:56Z")
I performed a new install on a new cloud provider, and although “PasswordAuthenticaiton no” was present in the sshd\_config file, and the Mail-in-a-box status checked was not flagging SSH being open for password logins, I… --- ## [Roundcube acquired by Nextcloud](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/roundcube-acquired-by-nextcloud/11162)
**Author:** [@eXTric](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/eXTric)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/roundcube-acquired-by-nextcloud/11162 "2023-11-29T13:40:32Z")
Seems Nextcloud is planning to invest in the development of Roundcube so this might yield some good improvements. The plan for the upcoming year includes the adaptation and advancement of Rouncube to create a complet… --- ## [Why does MIAB use dovecot?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-does-miab-use-dovecot/11076)
**Author:** [@oaijsfio](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/oaijsfio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-does-miab-use-dovecot/11076 "2023-11-21T16:41:44Z")
I thought postfix has IMAP built in out-of-box. Why does MIAB choose to use Dovecot over Postfix for IMAP? --- ## [NSD issue when ipv6 is disabled](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/nsd-issue-when-ipv6-is-disabled/10873)
**Author:** [@fmonts](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/fmonts)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/nsd-issue-when-ipv6-is-disabled/10873 "2023-10-30T14:45:58Z")
There’s an issue after disabling IPv6, NSD won’t start because it tries to bind on ::1: Sep 21 11:39:36 mail…com nsd\[3091432\]: \[2023-09-21 11:39:36.979\] nsd\[3091432\]: notice: nsd starting (NSD 4.3.9) Sep 21 11:39:36 m… --- ## [Miab delaying (or worse) legitimate emails from poorly setup email servers for ~24-48 hours](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/miab-delaying-or-worse-legitimate-emails-from-poorly-setup-email-servers-for-24-48-hours/10982)
**Author:** [@caaapkxtsgoold](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/caaapkxtsgoold)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/miab-delaying-or-worse-legitimate-emails-from-poorly-setup-email-servers-for-24-48-hours/10982 "2023-10-25T11:58:18Z")
I frequently receive legitimate emails from people with poorly setup email servers, for instance today i know someone sent me an email from upmsolutions dot com. From mxtoolbox i can see they have no dmarc record, maybe… --- ## [Separation of privilege for admin accounts](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/separation-of-privilege-for-admin-accounts/10979)
**Author:** [@dms](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/dms)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 5:11am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/separation-of-privilege-for-admin-accounts/10979 "2023-10-23T05:11:28Z")
I’ve recently setup DDNS using the custom DNS features documented in the “Custom DNS” page. This is a really cool capability and works like a charm. I setup a new admin account just for this purpose, but I’d feel more co… --- ## [Setup guide suggests disabling ipv6, setup abends at dovecot](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/setup-guide-suggests-disabling-ipv6-setup-abends-at-dovecot/10857)
**Author:** [@kzurell](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/kzurell)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/setup-guide-suggests-disabling-ipv6-setup-abends-at-dovecot/10857 "2023-09-14T04:39:01Z")
The Setup Guide suggests disabling IPv6 on the new cloud instance; I don’t use IPv6 day-to-day, and don’t understand it well enough to be responsible for it. I removed the IPv6 address on my cloud instance, configured t… --- ## [Mail In A Box on an IPV6 system](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/mail-in-a-box-on-an-ipv6-system/10748)
**Author:** [@sugumaranv](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/sugumaranv)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/mail-in-a-box-on-an-ipv6-system/10748 "2023-08-16T10:42:07Z")
Good Day. I installed Mail In A Box successfully on my IPV6 home server and while the installation went smoothly, and my domain name can receive email from ICANN, MIGADU, and GMAIL, there is a problem I will like to sha… --- ## [System Status Checks Accuracy?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/system-status-checks-accuracy/10744)
**Author:** [@divsmart](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/divsmart)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/system-status-checks-accuracy/10744 "2023-08-11T15:14:07Z")
On asking about MiaB System Status Checks persistent errors, it was suggested I may have a network configuration error. Well, there were no errors, and I set up parallel systems on MiaB and the fork Power-MiaB to see whi… [Previous page](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/c/improvements/6.md) [Next page](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/c/improvements/6.md?page=2)