# meta

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## [Forum notification emails fail DKIM: stray quotes in the mail.\_domainkey TXT record](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/forum-notification-emails-fail-dkim-stray-quotes-in-the-mail-domainkey-txt-record/17018)

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**Author:** [@kprzyb](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/kprzyb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/forum-notification-emails-fail-dkim-stray-quotes-in-the-mail-domainkey-txt-record/17018 "2026-10-20T15:28:22Z")

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Hi, Small heads-up: notification emails from this forum arrive with dkim=fail. Gmail shows DKIM fail for the forum’s signature (selector mail), while SPF passes and DMARC passes (p=QUARANTINE), so mail still gets delive…

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## [Website Improvements](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/website-improvements/4158)

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**Author:** [@Eliter](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Eliter)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/website-improvements/4158 "2018-12-16T13:34:07Z")

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I think I should make sure @JoshData and @jesse4216 should be in the conversation here, since he’s the maintainer, and he’s the UX designer that offered help. I have setup a test WordPress site: https://miab.eliter.spac…

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## [Dark Mode for this forum?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/dark-mode-for-this-forum/7828)

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**Author:** [@alento](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/alento)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/dark-mode-for-this-forum/7828 "2025-07-23T11:22:53Z")

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Is there a way to switch to dark mode for this forum???

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## [Update release announcements links on website](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/update-release-announcements-links-on-website/12920)

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**Author:** [@Amedee](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Amedee)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/update-release-announcements-links-on-website/12920 "2025-06-10T19:33:50Z")

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I work in InfoSec and my threat feeds warned me about a RoundCube vulnerability. I was glad to see on the GitHub page that mailinabox has a new release with updated RoundCube. I went to Mail-in-a-Box Maintenance Guide …

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## [I think the slack auto-invite tool is broken](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/i-think-the-slack-auto-invite-tool-is-broken/10439)

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**Author:** [@mokiejovis](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/mokiejovis)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/i-think-the-slack-auto-invite-tool-is-broken/10439 "2025-02-13T19:53:15Z")

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When I try to use it, I get a certificate error message.

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## [Slack is down? (padding title to 15 characters)](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/slack-is-down-padding-title-to-15-characters/12482)

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**Author:** [@Mg344](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Mg344)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/slack-is-down-padding-title-to-15-characters/12482 "2024-12-01T00:55:38Z")

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Following the link on the home page https://mailinabox.email/slack goes to 502 Bad Gateway nginx (padding body to 250 characters) aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…

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## [Why is IP reputation important?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-is-ip-reputation-important/11572)

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**Author:** [@iuahsij](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/iuahsij)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/why-is-ip-reputation-important/11572 "2024-02-26T15:42:18Z")

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I dont understand the importance of IP reputation. It seems like an outdated concept to me like the 3 step TCP handshake (vs QUIC). I think domain reputation is all that should matter because who cares which server is se…

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## [Suggestion: Adding Discourse "Solved plugin"](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/suggestion-adding-discourse-solved-plugin/11435)

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**Author:** [@solomon](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/solomon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/suggestion-adding-discourse-solved-plugin/11435 "2024-01-27T13:41:11Z")

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Continuing the discussion from How to mark a topic \[SOLVED\] in this forum \[solved\]: There is an official solved plugin for this purpose maintained by Discourse. This plugin adds the following benefits for the users: …

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## [MAIB Vs M365, FastMail, etc?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/maib-vs-m365-fastmail-etc/10272)

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**Author:** [@FrogLettuce](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/FrogLettuce)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2023, 6:47am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/maib-vs-m365-fastmail-etc/10272 "2023-04-10T06:47:40Z")

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Hello, I have managed my own email hosting for more than 10 years and have used MAIB since around 2018 and now I’m wondering how this compares to other services? I’m considering a dedicated paid service because I’ve come…

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## [FYI - Google Domain aquired by Squarespace](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/fyi-google-domain-aquired-by-squarespace/10567)

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**Author:** [@lvdd](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/lvdd)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/fyi-google-domain-aquired-by-squarespace/10567 "2023-06-20T12:08:50Z")

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Hi, this is meant purely as an FYI as I have seen people on this forum using Google Domain as registrar in the past. In case you have missed the announcement. https://support.google.com/domains/answer/13689670?hl=en

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## [Let's Encrypt certificate installation problem](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/lets-encrypt-certificate-installation-problem/10507)

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**Author:** [@DropLook](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/DropLook)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/lets-encrypt-certificate-installation-problem/10507 "2023-06-02T16:05:23Z")

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Hi, as per the guide I created two glue records (ns1 and ns2.mail.droplook.io) pointing to the IP address of my server and then I set them as nameservers. I have 4 nameservers: 2 from cloudflare and 2 from gluerecords fo…

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## [Commercializing Mail-in-a-Box](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/commercializing-mail-in-a-box/5647)

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**Author:** [@Eliter](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Eliter)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 6:24am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/commercializing-mail-in-a-box/5647 "2023-05-23T06:24:39Z")

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I am wanting to commercialize Mail-in-a-Box. I wanted to see if any of you have any thoughts. I want to come up with some ethical questions for myself and for the business, as I develop on to this. I want to add Libre O…

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## [Enable spmassassin to learn from what you mark as spam](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/enable-spmassassin-to-learn-from-what-you-mark-as-spam/8515)

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**Author:** [@swauzie](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/swauzie)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/enable-spmassassin-to-learn-from-what-you-mark-as-spam/8515 "2022-01-02T12:33:06Z")

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I’m receiving a lot of spam, my email address seems to be known very well. When I flag en email to be spam it is moved to the Spam folder. Although Spamassassin does a great job by itself, I needed a way to tell Spamas…

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## [Español - no me entiende](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/espanol-no-me-entiende/8552)

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**Author:** [@000](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/000)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/espanol-no-me-entiende/8552 "2021-11-18T20:04:36Z")

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ÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑÑ :grinning\_face\_with\_smiling\_eyes: :grinning\_face\_with\_smiling\_eyes: ESPAÑOL NADIE ME ENTIENDE

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## [Thank You - Moving on to iRedmail](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/thank-you-moving-on-to-iredmail/8318)

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**Author:** [@ravenstar68](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/ravenstar68)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/thank-you-moving-on-to-iredmail/8318 "2021-08-15T07:44:21Z")

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I’d like to take a moment to say thank you to @JoshData for the time and effort put in to Mail In a Box. For me it was certainly a good start in learning to manage my own mail server with minimal effort. It’s certainly…

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## [Should guides category include unsupported modifications?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/should-guides-category-include-unsupported-modifications/8016)

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**Author:** [@openletter](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/openletter)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2021, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/should-guides-category-include-unsupported-modifications/8016 "2021-05-06T15:32:29Z")

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I put what should be classified as an unsupported modification in the guides category, and this is my reasoning: The modification doesn’t alter the basic functionality of MiaB When an MiaB upgrade is run, the modif…

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## [Make it harder to necro?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/make-it-harder-to-necro/7948)

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**Author:** [@openletter](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/openletter)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 3:38pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/make-it-harder-to-necro/7948 "2021-04-28T15:38:37Z")

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Is there a way to make it harder to necro topics? I understand it is worthwhile in many cases to revive dead topics, but too often users are posting issues in old topics that only have a title key word in common with th…

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## [Slack is off… no IRC channel fallback?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/slack-is-off-no-irc-channel-fallback/1011)

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**Author:** [@guyzmo](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/guyzmo)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/slack-is-off-no-irc-channel-fallback/1011 "2021-04-15T10:26:04Z")

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Hi, I'm discovering a bit mailinabox (just installed it on a domU) ; I tried the shel.io URI to join the discussion on slack, but it looks like the invitation site is down (and I was kind of curious about slack). Thou…

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## [RFC 2606 recommendation for new users?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/rfc-2606-recommendation-for-new-users/7203)

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**Author:** [@openletter](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/openletter)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/rfc-2606-recommendation-for-new-users/7203 "2020-11-13T15:45:33Z")

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IIRC, new users in Discourse forums are given a message overlay to read prior to creating a new topic. Many users will want to use an anonymized domain within their topics, which is understandable. However, when they us…

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## [Mailinabox.email offline?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/mailinabox-email-offline/5610)

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**Author:** [@stevep](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/stevep)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2019, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/mailinabox-email-offline/5610 "2019-10-31T14:35:44Z")

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My problem is that the url https://mailinabox.email times out. Is this a problem on my end? Is the site up? What initially got my attention was the System Status Check message of “Latest Mail-in-a-Box version could not…

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## [DMARC monitor a couple of domains for some period of time](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/dmarc-monitor-a-couple-of-domains-for-some-period-of-time/5476)

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**Author:** [@sander-schippers](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/sander-schippers)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2019, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/dmarc-monitor-a-couple-of-domains-for-some-period-of-time/5476 "2019-09-25T09:33:31Z")

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Hello, I changed my dmarc records for a couple of domains to get response mails. \_dmarc.doofpot.nl descriptive text “v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:dmarc@xxxxx.nl; ruf=mailto:dmarc@ xxxxx.nl; pct=100”. I got a lot…

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## [Which DNS Server?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/which-dns-server/4904)

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**Author:** [@Eliter](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Eliter)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/which-dns-server/4904 "2019-04-26T12:22:24Z")

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I have seen several security vulnerabilities regarding Bind9, which is a DNS server. I wanted to know if Mail-in-a-Box uses Bind9, or which DNS server it uses, since I am wanting to post relevant security vulnerabilities…

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## [Spending Money Structure](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/spending-money-structure/4842)

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**Author:** [@Eliter](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Eliter)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/spending-money-structure/4842 "2019-04-05T20:20:59Z")

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Hello, I’d like to open us up to continue a bit on what we were talking about on here: https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/how-do-i-make-a-donation/142/9 about how to make a donation. The problem that @JoshData said wa…

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## [Mail-in-a-Box Mailing List](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/mail-in-a-box-mailing-list/4835)

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**Author:** [@Eliter](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Eliter)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/mail-in-a-box-mailing-list/4835 "2019-04-03T14:34:19Z")

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I think it would be cool if we could have a Mail-in-a-Box mailing list, where we could email people announcements related to Mail-in-a-Box. For example, when there’s an update, or vulnerabilities are revealed about packa…

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## [Adding More Support](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/adding-more-support/4036)

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**Author:** [@Eliter](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Eliter)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/adding-more-support/4036 "2019-03-24T12:13:22Z")

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So I really want Mail-in-a-box to become the kind of thing that is “business smart” to do, because every business mentor I have tells me that I should not run my own mail server. I know the maintainer of this project do…

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## [Ubuntu Migration Plan](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/ubuntu-migration-plan/4145)

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**Author:** [@Eliter](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Eliter)\
**Replies:** 51\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/ubuntu-migration-plan/4145 "2019-03-12T15:21:17Z")

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It is the end of the year, so that means we only have 4 months until Ubuntu LTS 14.04 will be thrown out the window, because it will be May 2019, 5 years after Ubuntu LTS 14.04 was created, and will lose support. Now, w…

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## [Has this forum been upgraded to a different version?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/has-this-forum-been-upgraded-to-a-different-version/4654)

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**Author:** [@alento](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/alento)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/has-this-forum-been-upgraded-to-a-different-version/4654 "2019-02-25T11:53:52Z")

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Ever since a few days ago the way that this forum has been displaying for me has changed. In the past I would see an avatar for each poster in a topic … either a picture that they have uploaded, or an initial based on t…

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## [Convenience Service](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/convenience-service/4257)

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**Author:** [@Eliter](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Eliter)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/convenience-service/4257 "2019-01-22T21:01:19Z")

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So I’ve been wanting to start my first business for a while, while I’m working on my associates in college. I’ve done a bunch of research here and there about general business stuff, but I’ve never actually filed for LLC…

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## [A suggestion - please start new topic rather than posting issues in Ubuntu 18.04 announcement](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/a-suggestion-please-start-new-topic-rather-than-posting-issues-in-ubuntu-18-04-announcement/4330)

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**Author:** [@alento](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/alento)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/a-suggestion-please-start-new-topic-rather-than-posting-issues-in-ubuntu-18-04-announcement/4330 "2019-01-15T21:55:02Z")

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As the title suggests - please start a new thread specific to your issue rather than adding them to the Announcement post. It will make it easier to obtain assistance with your specific issue AND will also make it easie…

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## [MIAB Data Analytics](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/miab-data-analytics/4164)

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**Author:** [@Eliter](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Eliter)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/miab-data-analytics/4164 "2018-12-15T10:54:54Z")

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I wanted to ask if Mail in a Box would ever consider collecting data about users. Now, I know the whole point about mail in a box is privacy, but I also wanted to know if it would be dishonest or privacy-invasive if we c…

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