# uncategorized

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## [READ FIRST: Welcome to the Mail-in-a-Box Community Forum](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/read-first-welcome-to-the-mail-in-a-box-community-forum/6)

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**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2014, 11:48am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/read-first-welcome-to-the-mail-in-a-box-community-forum/6 "2014-07-09T11:48:36Z")

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This is the community forum for Mail-in-a-Box. Please read this post before participating on this forum. If you are getting a new box set up, please look through the setup guide first to see if it answers your question…

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## [DKIM fails although set up correctly](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/dkim-fails-although-set-up-correctly/17119)

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**Author:** [@luka](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/luka)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/dkim-fails-although-set-up-correctly/17119 "2026-10-31T17:02:24Z")

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Hellooo! I wanted to post this topic on uncategorized because this is a more complicated issue? I have set up all DNS Records (mail.\_domainkey.brotherway.eu) for this Domain as suggested in the admin panel of the box, …

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## [Duplicity - oops they did it again](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/duplicity-oops-they-did-it-again/16051)

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**Author:** [@andrew](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/andrew)\
**Replies:** 42\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/duplicity-oops-they-did-it-again/16051 "2026-10-03T12:23:03Z")

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A new version of duplicity has just hit and I let the system upgrade duplicity to 3.0.6 … and I instantly get backup and status problems. I’ll revert to the previous version (3.0.5.1), a pain but nothing more - touch wo…

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## [Outlook.com delivery problems](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/outlook-com-delivery-problems/16931)

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**Author:** [@MuckiSG](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/MuckiSG)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/outlook-com-delivery-problems/16931 "2026-09-30T10:02:36Z")

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Hi, i have problems to deliver emails to outlook.com/Exchange online users and companies.mxtools shows DMARC and SPF are correct. When i press the mxtools “solve email delivery problems” button, i get 4 warnings but no …

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## [Nextcloud (end of life version)](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/nextcloud-end-of-life-version/16968)

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**Author:** [@gezza](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/gezza)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/nextcloud-end-of-life-version/16968 "2026-09-27T18:23:55Z")

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Hi I just upgraded from v76 to v77 and I ran a security check from the Nextcloud website only to discover our version ( Nextcloud 27.1.11.3) is showing EOL - does anybody know if there are plans for an update? Tha…

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## [Public DNS (nsd4) is not running ( port 53). whereas this service is running status](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/public-dns-nsd4-is-not-running-port-53-whereas-this-service-is-running-status/9647)

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**Author:** [@amin](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/amin)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/public-dns-nsd4-is-not-running-port-53-whereas-this-service-is-running-status/9647 "2026-09-25T09:53:44Z")

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Hi I have v57 MiaB in status\_check.py i get following error :heavy\_multiplication\_x: Public DNS (nsd4) is not running (port 53). :heavy\_multiplication\_x: Incoming Mail (SMTP/postfix) is running but is not publicly …

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## ["Provisioning TLS certificates" error](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/provisioning-tls-certificates-error/16869)

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**Author:** [@BhSimon](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/BhSimon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 12:33am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/provisioning-tls-certificates-error/16869 "2026-09-11T00:33:28Z")

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The following error occurred for the first time on my box. Has anybody seen this before? I haven’t done any modifications on my box, other than needing to deal with the Duplicity issues at one stage by pinning versions. …

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## [Custom spam rules](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/custom-spam-rules/16616)

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**Author:** [@netmaster48](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/netmaster48)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/custom-spam-rules/16616 "2026-09-09T01:17:53Z")

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what is proper way to add custom spam rules? I created file /etc/spamassassin/66\_blacklist.cf and insert there blacklist\_from \*etmailservices.com and did systemctl restart spampd But still, that particular rule is…

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## [New server + restore KO](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/new-server-restore-ko/16791)

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**Author:** [@lebidule](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/lebidule)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/new-server-restore-ko/16791 "2026-09-06T20:58:52Z")

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Hi I set up a new Ubuntu 22.04 server Everything went well thanks to the contact/calendar manual fix When I want to restore my MIAB data, I got this error: root@srv:/opt# export PASSPHRASE=$(cat secret\_key.txt) root@…

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## [Email Notification for MIAB Updates](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/email-notification-for-miab-updates/16770)

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**Author:** [@urs.riggenbach](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/urs.riggenbach)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/email-notification-for-miab-updates/16770 "2026-08-23T14:59:16Z")

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Hello, Is there a dedicated forum thread people can subscribe to, to get email notifications on a new version release of MIAB? It would be helpful. And: Thanks for all the good work over the years with MIAB! The post…

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## [Duplicity Update Broke Backups](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/duplicity-update-broke-backups/16727)

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**Author:** [@helena](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/helena)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/duplicity-update-broke-backups/16727 "2026-08-22T17:56:51Z")

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A recent Duplicity backup, not unexpectedly broke backups. I waited for another Duplicity upddate and now have 3.2.0.1 installed. Ran sudo Mailinabox and sudo reboot. Logged into box successfully however “System Status C…

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## [Nginx update broke Nextcloud](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/nginx-update-broke-nextcloud/16763)

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**Author:** [@Greg](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Greg)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/nginx-update-broke-nextcloud/16763 "2026-08-21T22:11:02Z")

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It appears a recent nginx update, 1.18.0-6ubuntu14.19 to patch CVE-2026-42533, broke Nextcloud \[for me?\]. MIAB uses variables to construct the FastCGI filename, which nginx passes to PHP-FPM with a corrupted path “/usr/…

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## [Contacts lost - restore backup](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/contacts-lost-restore-backup/16777)

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**Author:** [@daveyk00](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/daveyk00)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 9:47am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/contacts-lost-restore-backup/16777 "2026-08-21T09:47:49Z")

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Hi Not sure how or when but sometime in the last 48 hours or so I lost my contacts (synced to android via Davx5). I have backups, but I want to restore to just contacts to a point in time. Is it a case of making a copy …

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## [Where to put SPF records](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/where-to-put-spf-records/9474)

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**Author:** [@acdit](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/acdit)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/where-to-put-spf-records/9474 "2026-08-20T16:54:38Z")

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Hi folks, I need help understanding where to put SPF records … the reference pages I’ve read into have left me quite muddled :frowning: I’ve made a custom record like this: v=spf1 ip4:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx include:box.acdit.…

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## [Problems with Z-Push and Nextcloud, likely after package updates today](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/problems-with-z-push-and-nextcloud-likely-after-package-updates-today/16460)

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**Author:** [@robw1](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/robw1)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/problems-with-z-push-and-nextcloud-likely-after-package-updates-today/16460 "2026-08-15T19:21:05Z")

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My Mail-in-a-box installation suddenly developed some problems today, such as: Nextcloud - unable to get the login screen, instead get the error: Cannot write into "apps" directory. This can usually be fixed b…

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## [Contact Calendar Access Error](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/contact-calendar-access-error/16676)

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**Author:** [@david12](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/david12)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2026, 10:02am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/contact-calendar-access-error/16676 "2026-07-25T10:02:35Z")

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Hello, I have installed a new MIAB with V75. I try to connect from admin page to : |Contacts |https://box.example.com/cloud/contacts| |Calendar |https://box.example.com/cloud/calendar| but all these two pages shows …

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## [Send / Receive Permissions](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/send-receive-permissions/16584)

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**Author:** [@jaysbeekay](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/jaysbeekay)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2026, 9:37am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/send-receive-permissions/16584 "2026-06-29T09:37:55Z")

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Long time reader, first time poster, Does anyone know if its possible to allow an account to be able to read email, but not send? I am looking to setup my Hermes agent with ability to read email, but want to avoid it h…

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## [Web Key Directory](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/web-key-directory/16555)

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**Author:** [@boz](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/boz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/web-key-directory/16555 "2026-06-11T13:36:50Z")

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Hi, I am running v75 due to issues during installation of v76. I would like to implement WKD on MiaB I’d like to know if anyone has tried it recently (existing post from 2020) and how best to implement it. The only ins…

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## [Read (MS Teams) appointment .ICS invites](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/read-ms-teams-appointment-ics-invites/16556)

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**Author:** [@JJWTimmer](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/JJWTimmer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/read-ms-teams-appointment-ics-invites/16556 "2026-06-10T20:28:24Z")

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Hey! I received Microsoft teams invites on my box, and in roundcube I don’t see any date time. There is the .ics file attached but roundcube doesn’t handle it. Download it and it tries to open an unconfigured Outlook. Is…

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## [Are S3 backups working yet?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/are-s3-backups-working-yet/12386)

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**Author:** [@Ozfer](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Ozfer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/are-s3-backups-working-yet/12386 "2026-06-01T11:17:17Z")

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As of the other year when I looked into it S3 backups were borked unless you paid Amazon. Has this been fixed so S3 works with other providers such as MinIO? I would really like to do S3 backups instead of rsync. So it…

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## [KO add-apt-repository ppa:duplicity-team/duplicity-release-git](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/ko-add-apt-repository-ppa-duplicity-team-duplicity-release-git/12422)

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**Author:** [@lebidule](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/lebidule)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/ko-add-apt-repository-ppa-duplicity-team-duplicity-release-git/12422 "2026-05-31T16:05:43Z")

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Fresh install of MIAB 70 on Ubuntu 22.04 OVH server Mail-in-a-Box Version: v70 FAILED: add-apt-repository -y ppa:duplicity-team/duplicity-release-git Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/bin/add-apt-repositor…

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## [Webinterface issues after v75 update](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/webinterface-issues-after-v75-update/16375)

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**Author:** [@Malz](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Malz)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/webinterface-issues-after-v75-update/16375 "2026-05-25T01:01:14Z")

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Hi, just updated to v75 and found strange issues on my admin webinterface. The login page shows some alias content. After login this information is shown on the bottom of every page. For clarification I added a screen…

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## [SSL renewal error (again)](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/ssl-renewal-error-again/16426)

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**Author:** [@Gideon-IT-UK](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Gideon-IT-UK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/ssl-renewal-error-again/16426 "2026-05-10T22:06:21Z")

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All my domains have renewed aside from the main one I use for work email! I’m getting this error… Saving debug log to /var/log/letsencrypt/letsencrypt.log Requesting a certificate for gideon-it.co.uk and 4 more domains…

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## [Linux CopyFail vulnerability! Urgent patch required](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/linux-copyfail-vulnerability-urgent-patch-required/16445)

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**Author:** [@Gideon-IT-UK](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Gideon-IT-UK)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/linux-copyfail-vulnerability-urgent-patch-required/16445 "2026-05-10T21:41:25Z")

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I’m sure many of you will know about this but if not there’s a major vulnerability in the Linux Kernel that requires some action to resolve. See the following articles for information and a fix. https://ubuntu.com/bl…

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## [How to backup secret\_key.txt?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/how-to-backup-secret-key-txt/16420)

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**Author:** [@Gideon-IT-UK](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Gideon-IT-UK)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/how-to-backup-secret-key-txt/16420 "2026-05-06T20:53:34Z")

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I cannot SFTP the secrey\_key.txt file to keep my backup safe. I get a permission error. I’m logging in using my admin username and password but I still don’t have permission! How can I copy it? (I’m using FileZilla). …

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## [Logged in this morning to find this:](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/logged-in-this-morning-to-find-this/16407)

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**Author:** [@gezza](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/gezza)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/logged-in-this-morning-to-find-this/16407 "2026-05-03T12:25:24Z")

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? Mail-in-a-Box is configured to use a public DNS server. This is not supported by spamhaus. Could not determine whether this box’s IPv4 address is blacklisted. The server is using internal DNS and I do not know where…

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## [Psycho.email invite code](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/psycho-email-invite-code/13002)

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**Author:** [@Ronald691](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Ronald691)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/psycho-email-invite-code/13002 "2025-07-10T19:59:07Z")

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I am a newbe and I am trying to create a psycho.email webmail account. I am looking everywhere to find this code, so far I did not find it. My question: can anyone help me acquire this invite code ? That would really h…

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## [Any good SMTP relay out there?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/any-good-smtp-relay-out-there/9424)

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**Author:** [@dottest37](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/dottest37)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/any-good-smtp-relay-out-there/9424 "2026-04-24T10:04:17Z")

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I first set a MiaB VM on Amazon, and then eventually moved it to LunaNode. Both had issues delivering emails, even though both boxes showed all security and DNS settings on the MiaB dashboard “green” In some cases, ema…

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## [Received emails from Amazon SMTP servers go to Spam due to lack of RDNS](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/received-emails-from-amazon-smtp-servers-go-to-spam-due-to-lack-of-rdns/16362)

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**Author:** [@cinergi](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/cinergi)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/received-emails-from-amazon-smtp-servers-go-to-spam-due-to-lack-of-rdns/16362 "2026-04-19T20:36:37Z")

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Hello all, Is it just me, or has anyone noticed that received emails sent via Amazon Simple Email Services (SES) SMTP servers (xxxx.amazonses.com) are intermittently sent to Spam because the RDNS lookup fails? I’ve not…

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## [The problem is, there is a 100% load on the processor due to processes. ](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/the-problem-is-there-is-a-100-load-on-the-processor-due-to-processes/16329)

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**Author:** [@Anton](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Anton)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/the-problem-is-there-is-a-100-load-on-the-processor-due-to-processes/16329 "2026-03-31T17:16:24Z")

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Greetings to all! Problems started with mailinabox. The processor started to go into trolling. There are also problems with the launch of postfix, apparently after an overnight backup. No processes are started automatica…

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