# Improvements

**URL:** https://discourse.mailinabox.email/c/improvements/6.md?page=2

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## [No module named 'boto' still in v63](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/no-module-named-boto-still-in-v63/10701)

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**Author:** [@Synchro](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Synchro)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/no-module-named-boto-still-in-v63/10701 "2023-08-02T22:21:20Z")

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I just did a clean install of v63 on Ubuntu 22.04, and ran into this old favourite when trying to restore a backup: BackendException: Could not initialize backend: No module named 'boto' I know this has come up many ti…

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## [Multi server with load balancer](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/multi-server-with-load-balancer/10670)

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**Author:** [@pm74](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/pm74)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/multi-server-with-load-balancer/10670 "2023-07-28T22:53:37Z")

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Is it possible to have a Load Balancer in front of multiple MIAB server all running the same domains? Option 1 With an NFS server I would setup 4 servers 2 MIAB servers , 2 NFS servers, and one load balancer server. I…

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## [API to send email](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/api-to-send-email/10599)

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**Author:** [@Dudiello](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Dudiello)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/api-to-send-email/10599 "2023-07-07T20:35:38Z")

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Hi, is there on the roadmap the possibility to send email via API? As a developer it will be great to use Mailinabox to also send email programmatically via API… Cheers, F

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## [Add "Install to Desktop" option for webmail](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/add-install-to-desktop-option-for-webmail/10594)

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**Author:** [@sinisa](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/sinisa)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/add-install-to-desktop-option-for-webmail/10594 "2023-07-03T10:12:14Z")

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With webmail working really well (I’m on 0.58, not 0.60), I see no reason to use native mail client apps, rather would just use webmail. Does all I need it to do. However, for the sake of easier access, would be nice to…

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## [DKIM for multiple domains, v62](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/dkim-for-multiple-domains-v62/10541)

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**Author:** [@wasif](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/wasif)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/dkim-for-multiple-domains-v62/10541 "2023-06-14T18:41:59Z")

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Hi have added multiple domains in my box for example, xyz1.com, xyz2.com. Added my box MX record and SPF record in these domains records. I need to add DKIM also as when I am sending emails i am not getting signed by in …

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## [Mail In A Box Needs A Windows Version](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/mail-in-a-box-needs-a-windows-version/10533)

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**Author:** [@sugumaranv](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/sugumaranv)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/mail-in-a-box-needs-a-windows-version/10533 "2023-06-09T18:39:12Z")

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Mail In A Box is a great software but sadly it only works on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and not Windows. I do hope the Mail In A Box development team will produce a Windows version in near future. I have virtual machine running …

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## [Crowdsec integration?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/crowdsec-integration/10503)

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**Author:** [@Mg344](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Mg344)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/crowdsec-integration/10503 "2023-06-03T15:14:11Z")

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Would it make sense to integrate https://www.crowdsec.net/ with MIAB? It monitors for suspicious behaviours and reports them, then in turn other users get the info about malicious IPs.

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## [Tagging "EXTERNAL" emails](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/tagging-external-emails/10476)

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**Author:** [@johnjtran](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/johnjtran)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/tagging-external-emails/10476 "2023-05-22T12:48:44Z")

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Is it possible for MIAB to tag emails that originate from external servers? via subject line \[EXTERNAL\] or embed in the message body? This link https://www.howtoforge.com/add-disclaimers-to-outgoing-emails-with-altermim…

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## [Listmonk in MIAB?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/listmonk-in-miab/10459)

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**Author:** [@DarthVader](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/DarthVader)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/listmonk-in-miab/10459 "2023-05-19T14:17:13Z")

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What do think about implementing listmonk in MIAB? Or is it possible to install it on the same machine as MIAB?

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## [Add support for RFC-9116 / security.txt documents?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/add-support-for-rfc-9116-security-txt-documents/10341)

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**Author:** [@mokiejovis](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/mokiejovis)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/add-support-for-rfc-9116-security-txt-documents/10341 "2023-04-16T22:05:58Z")

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I was recently reading RFC-9116, which specifies that a text-based document defining contact addresses for security reporting be defined in the .well-known subdirectory. I’d love to see support for something like this t…

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## [Nextcloud - enable tasks app by default](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/nextcloud-enable-tasks-app-by-default/10288)

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**Author:** [@seindal](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/seindal)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 10:22am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/nextcloud-enable-tasks-app-by-default/10288 "2023-04-04T10:22:08Z")

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Since Nextcloud on MIAB handles calendars, it would be natural if Nextcloud has the calendar related apps available. The Tasks app stores its data in the calendars, so why isn’t it installed? You can install the app yo…

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## [Implementation of recent Nextcloud version?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/implementation-of-recent-nextcloud-version/10188)

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**Author:** [@monarc](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/monarc)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/implementation-of-recent-nextcloud-version/10188 "2023-03-27T16:55:40Z")

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Is there any chance that we will get an updated Nextcloud version in v57a and/or v61.1? Is v57a still maintained at all or is it “dead”? Perhaps @JoshData can respond to this. A brief response to this would be greatly a…

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## [Mail-in-a-Container: proof-of-concept, pros, cons, technical issues](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/mail-in-a-container-proof-of-concept-pros-cons-technical-issues/10065)

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**Author:** [@hughsw](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/hughsw)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/mail-in-a-container-proof-of-concept-pros-cons-technical-issues/10065 "2023-03-24T21:25:18Z")

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Hi Folks, What is the overall interest and the maintainers’ perspective on migrating MIAB to run in a containerized environment as a fully supported, if not the recommended way to deploy Mail-in-a-Box? TL;DR It’s easy …

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## [Ubuntu just ruined ubuntu - what distro will mail in a box go to in April of 2024?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/ubuntu-just-ruined-ubuntu-what-distro-will-mail-in-a-box-go-to-in-april-of-2024/10078)

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**Author:** [@denali9](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/denali9)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/ubuntu-just-ruined-ubuntu-what-distro-will-mail-in-a-box-go-to-in-april-of-2024/10078 "2023-02-11T22:02:46Z")

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Ubuntu just crippled 18.04 and 20.04 before the promised 5 year support window by requiring ubuntu pro to continue to obtain security updates. Please pick a new distro well before 22.04 jumps the shark in April 2024.

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## [Reclassify status warnings for redirected domains](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/reclassify-status-warnings-for-redirected-domains/10074)

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**Author:** [@gnite](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/gnite)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/reclassify-status-warnings-for-redirected-domains/10074 "2023-02-01T19:59:55Z")

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This is just a suggestion, but now that there is a summary on top of the system status checks page, perhaps the entries about the webserver for a particular domain being disabled and a domain being redirected with custom…

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## [Internet.nl Security Test](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/internet-nl-security-test/10070)

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**Author:** [@Spyros](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Spyros)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/internet-nl-security-test/10070 "2023-01-31T15:02:57Z")

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Hello all, I did a test for a new MiaB instance via internet.nl. I got an 97% score for email and 95% for web which is pretty neat! But, in security I would like to have the highest score possible, so I would like to se…

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## [Maintenance guide : testing backups](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/maintenance-guide-testing-backups/9968)

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**Author:** [@Xaxou](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Xaxou)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/maintenance-guide-testing-backups/9968 "2023-01-09T17:54:07Z")

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Hi there ! I never had to use the backups with my previous versions of MiaB (the ones working with Ubuntu 18.04). Since I upgraded to Ubuntu 22.04, I decided (and had) to test how to restore them. The maintenance guide…

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## [Sa-learn processes killing the box](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/sa-learn-processes-killing-the-box/9895)

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**Author:** [@Ajones](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Ajones)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/sa-learn-processes-killing-the-box/9895 "2022-12-10T20:28:01Z")

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I have been suffering with really poor performance for a week or so sa-learn processes killing the box and think I have finally figured it out. The sa-learn processes seemed to be processing deleted mail. I access the …

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## [Script to add 'vacation' and 'forward' options to roundcubemail](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/script-to-add-vacation-and-forward-options-to-roundcubemail/9696)

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**Author:** [@sb4069](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/sb4069)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/script-to-add-vacation-and-forward-options-to-roundcubemail/9696 "2022-10-28T10:56:09Z")

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I really like to have the ‘vacation’ option in roundcubemail - so as to set ‘out of office’ messages using a calendar. So here’s a script to make those changes… and a few others. I added this to a new directory in /ho…

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## [\_dmarc.domain.tld TXT	v=DMARC1; p=quarantine (how to update to reject)](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/dmarc-domain-tld-txt-v-dmarc1-p-quarantine-how-to-update-to-reject/9445)

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**Author:** [@Anonymous78f](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Anonymous78f)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/dmarc-domain-tld-txt-v-dmarc1-p-quarantine-how-to-update-to-reject/9445 "2022-09-27T13:18:16Z")

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Hello All, i hope you are well and safe. i come to you because my company was victim of email spoofing. mad people send emails with real address with our @domain.tlg to internal users and to some Customers. in fact, …

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## [TLS forwarding to the End User](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/tls-forwarding-to-the-end-user/9421)

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**Author:** [@JSmithStudios](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/JSmithStudios)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/tls-forwarding-to-the-end-user/9421 "2022-08-24T11:13:13Z")

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Hello, I am new to this forum and it is a pleasure to be here. I have been experimenting with Mail in a Box and I am thankful for your creation. It is such an honor to be here in an open forum where we can discuss acad…

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## [NginX Security HTTP Headers to Prevent Vulnerabilities](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/nginx-security-http-headers-to-prevent-vulnerabilities/9355)

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**Author:** [@box](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/box)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/nginx-security-http-headers-to-prevent-vulnerabilities/9355 "2022-08-01T06:14:31Z")

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Looking at the following websites: The Mozilla Observatory HTTP Headers That Protect Your Users Hardening your HTTP response headers That the following are advisable to be implemented: Content Security Policy (CS…

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## [Is it possible to integrate MiaB with Lexicon for automatic management of external DNS?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/is-it-possible-to-integrate-miab-with-lexicon-for-automatic-management-of-external-dns/9324)

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**Author:** [@wmxz123](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/wmxz123)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/is-it-possible-to-integrate-miab-with-lexicon-for-automatic-management-of-external-dns/9324 "2022-07-21T12:33:22Z")

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I have dozens of domains already heavily documented with cloudflare, and at the same time I need many of the additional features they offer. So it’s not possible for me to use glue. This makes it very inconvenient for m…

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## [Will MIAB support DoH and DoT](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/will-miab-support-doh-and-dot/9296)

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**Author:** [@Ruseen](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Ruseen)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/will-miab-support-doh-and-dot/9296 "2022-07-14T10:11:03Z")

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Think that MIAB will work towards supporting more cryptographic DNS. I know it already supports DNSSEC however since the last major release of MIAB DNS over HTTPS and DNS over TLS and a few other specifications have bee…

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## [Is anyone working on MySQL MIAB version?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/is-anyone-working-on-mysql-miab-version/9265)

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**Author:** [@yoq1](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/yoq1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/is-anyone-working-on-mysql-miab-version/9265 "2022-07-02T19:56:01Z")

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Hello there. I want to know is anyone working on mysql/other non-db lock database? sqlite can’t handle many users and many new emails simultaneously. Sometimes i get many postfix/smtpd\[23273\]: fatal: dict\_sqlite\_lookup…

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## [Roundcube mods to config.inc.php](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/roundcube-mods-to-config-inc-php/9084)

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**Author:** [@stylnchris](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/stylnchris)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/roundcube-mods-to-config-inc-php/9084 "2022-06-28T14:56:46Z")

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consider adding the following to /usr/local/lib/roundcubemail/config/config.inc.php ? $config\['htmleditor'\] = 1; # enables html editor by default $config\['show\_images'\] = 2; #displays images by default $config\['ses…

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## [Paginate the User database page of MIAB](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/paginate-the-user-database-page-of-miab/9236)

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**Author:** [@joshwho](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/joshwho)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/paginate-the-user-database-page-of-miab/9236 "2022-06-18T20:13:58Z")

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Need a way to spread out the user table. Currently have over 1k email user and plan to have more but having trouble managing the accounts now because MIAB loads all the email accounts on 1 single page and will crash m…

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## [Email Spam Filtering](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/email-spam-filtering/383)

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**Author:** [@benmaynard](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/benmaynard)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2018, 7:54am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/email-spam-filtering/383 "2018-03-31T07:54:29Z")

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Hi Josh, Before I write anything else, I just wanted to say a huge thanks for the work you have put into the project, and also for all the responses on the threads on this forum. Mail in a Box is absolutely brilliant. …

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## [Status Checks Change Notice -- Error Handling](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/status-checks-change-notice-error-handling/9063)

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**Author:** [@stuzbot](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/stuzbot)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2022, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/status-checks-change-notice-error-handling/9063 "2022-05-06T08:07:58Z")

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Just a heads up for the devs here: As reported in another thread, I have been having some error messages in my MIAB status page about not having MTA-STS policies on the domains my MIAB was handling. Before I had finis…

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## [How would I install this nginx bot blocker](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/how-would-i-install-this-nginx-bot-blocker/9044)

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**Author:** [@iota](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/iota)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/how-would-i-install-this-nginx-bot-blocker/9044 "2022-05-02T12:56:27Z")

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Hello All. How would I go about adding this https://github.com/mitchellkrogza/nginx-ultimate-bad-bot-blocker to my nginx config for mailinabox?

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