# Latest

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## [DNSSEC Options in v76 on a new Ubuntu 22.04 x64 Server](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/dnssec-options-in-v76-on-a-new-ubuntu-22-04-x64-server/16847)

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**Author:** [@gclef](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/gclef)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/dnssec-options-in-v76-on-a-new-ubuntu-22-04-x64-server/16847 "2026-09-04T17:46:43Z")

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Installing v76 of MIAB (Ubuntu 22.04 x64), the DNSSEC entry (in the Status Checks tab) shows 4 options. I’m not sure which option to use. I use Gandi as my registrar. Gandi seems to want the Public Key, and the various f…

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## [2020 Xerox printer no longer connects to MIAB](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/2020-xerox-printer-no-longer-connects-to-miab/16829)

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**Author:** [@rwillett](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/rwillett)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/2020-xerox-printer-no-longer-connects-to-miab/16829 "2026-09-02T08:48:26Z")

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Hi I’ve recently moved (not upgraded) a very old version of MIAB to a new MIAB server on a new IP address with a new hostname. I’ve managed to get all of the old emails across and to be honest it wasn’t a major hassle …

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## [S3/remote storage for dovecot community edition](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/s3-remote-storage-for-dovecot-community-edition/16803)

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**Author:** [@miaber](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/miaber)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 8:20am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/s3-remote-storage-for-dovecot-community-edition/16803 "2026-08-31T08:20:06Z")

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Does anyone have experience to store the mailboxes of dovecot on a remote server? I don’t think Maildir + NFS is feasible, feels slow, and I’m not sure if optimization will help Some of my mailboxes are at 20GB, so I do…

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## [Nextcloud causing installation to fail](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/nextcloud-causing-installation-to-fail/16817)

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**Author:** [@miaber](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/miaber)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2026, 10:46am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/nextcloud-causing-installation-to-fail/16817 "2026-08-30T10:46:14Z")

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ubuntu@123d6f9:~$ sudo -u www-data php8.0 /usr/local/lib/owncloud/console.php app:enable contacts Could not download app contacts ubuntu@123d6f9:~$ We ought to remove or make nextcloud optional, any idea how to ove…

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## [IP Address Change](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/ip-address-change/16764)

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**Author:** [@elpa](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/elpa)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/ip-address-change/16764 "2026-08-23T19:27:26Z")

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Very early today I changed the ip address of my box, updated the Glue records at the registrar, ran the mailinabox setup, and rebooted the server. Many hours later and the ip address change hasn’t taken effect. I know G…

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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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## [Nameservers cannot have multiple apex domains?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/nameservers-cannot-have-multiple-apex-domains/16783)

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**Author:** [@miaber](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/miaber)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/nameservers-cannot-have-multiple-apex-domains/16783 "2026-08-22T15:50:20Z")

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I setup ns1.a.com and ns2.b.com as my nameservers, but when I query 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8 and 9.9.9.9, I either get ns1.a.com and ns2.a.com OR ns1.b.com and ns2.b.com My registrar Namesilo said I cannot specify a combinati…

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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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## [Let's Encrypt - Which challenge used](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/lets-encrypt-which-challenge-used/16730)

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**Author:** [@Anonymous78f](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Anonymous78f)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/lets-encrypt-which-challenge-used/16730 "2026-08-18T21:09:15Z")

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Hello MIAB Team, i hope you are well and safe. I have “hardened” my MIAB servers by opening only mandatory ports to the world : 25, 53 and 80, all others ports are behind restrictive IP (smtp, imap, ssh, https), since …

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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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## [Unable to log into Control Panel](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/unable-to-log-into-control-panel/16654)

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**Author:** [@kuabi](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/kuabi)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/unable-to-log-into-control-panel/16654 "2026-08-12T21:25:27Z")

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For the last few days, I’ve had issues with logging into the Control Panel. Every time I try, I get the following error: ‘ascii’ codec can’t decode byte 0xa3 in position 27: ordinal not in range(128). The only thing I…

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## [MIAB unable to renew certificates after an Ubuntu update](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/miab-unable-to-renew-certificates-after-an-ubuntu-update/16688)

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**Author:** [@ThiBird](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/ThiBird)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/miab-unable-to-renew-certificates-after-an-ubuntu-update/16688 "2026-08-06T13:50:41Z")

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Hello, After doing some updates on my box as usual, it fails at renewing certificates, here is the trace I get : Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/requests\_toolbelt/\_compat.py", li…

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## [Gzip: stdout: No space left on device](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/gzip-stdout-no-space-left-on-device/16660)

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**Author:** [@psychofaktory](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/psychofaktory)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/gzip-stdout-no-space-left-on-device/16660 "2026-08-01T13:03:41Z")

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I’ve been getting this error message for the past few days: cron for user root /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.daily 1\> /dev/null error: Compressing program wrote following message to stderr when compressing log /var/log/…

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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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## [Unable to update DNS TTL](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/unable-to-update-dns-ttl/16664)

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**Author:** [@belykh](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/belykh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2026, 5:19am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/unable-to-update-dns-ttl/16664 "2026-07-24T05:19:28Z")

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Hello! Currently i am preparing to move couple of servers. This move will incorporate change IP addresses of servers. Since i am hosting my DNS with Mail-in-a-Box, i would like to lower TTL of DNS records, so clients wo…

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## [Roundcube 504 timeout - further data](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/roundcube-504-timeout-further-data/16645)

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**Author:** [@snrkl](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/snrkl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/roundcube-504-timeout-further-data/16645 "2026-07-17T02:49:51Z")

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Hi all - I have been having issues with roundcube timing out on successful login, presenting an NGINX 504 gateway time-out error. This is a brand new v76 installation. Many searches turned up options that have helped s…

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## [Best practices with RoundCube](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/best-practices-with-roundcube/16621)

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**Author:** [@jasonnet2023](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/jasonnet2023)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/best-practices-with-roundcube/16621 "2026-07-14T23:17:21Z")

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I read today about a RoundCube vulnerability and see a list of patches this year for vulnerabilities in RoundCube. This is making me nervous about keeping it running. For a barely used MIAB RoundCube, do we have any be…

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## [Apt-get - packages.sury.org/php label change issues prevents system update](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/apt-get-packages-sury-org-php-label-change-issues-prevents-system-update/16624)

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**Author:** [@snrkl](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/snrkl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/apt-get-packages-sury-org-php-label-change-issues-prevents-system-update/16624 "2026-07-12T19:11:28Z")

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Just opening and closing an issue so that those who need the help can find it easily: apt update (or apt-get update) fails with a PPA error: root@mailhost 0 ~ # apt-get update Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jam…

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## [DigitalOcean Reserved IP + MIAB: NSD binds to Droplet IP while DNS records point to Reserved IP](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/digitalocean-reserved-ip-miab-nsd-binds-to-droplet-ip-while-dns-records-point-to-reserved-ip/16590)

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**Author:** [@tapani.rosback](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/tapani.rosback)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/digitalocean-reserved-ip-miab-nsd-binds-to-droplet-ip-while-dns-records-point-to-reserved-ip/16590 "2026-07-08T18:39:06Z")

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DigitalOcean Reserved IP + MIAB: NSD binds to Droplet IP while DNS records point to Reserved IP Hi, I’m trying to understand the correct Mail-in-a-Box setup for a DigitalOcean Droplet that uses a Reserved IP as the long…

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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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## [Thoughts on blocking by recipient email address -](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/thoughts-on-blocking-by-recipient-email-address/3274)

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**Author:** [@rwillett](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/rwillett)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2026, 8:36am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/thoughts-on-blocking-by-recipient-email-address/3274 "2026-06-22T08:36:26Z")

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This is a placeholder for me thinking about how to discard emails based on who they are sent to. The use case for this is very specific to me, I have a server with hundreds of unique email aliases on an old Postfix serv…

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## [Wanted to say thanks and state that MIAB works behind nginx, pfsense and external DNS](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/wanted-to-say-thanks-and-state-that-miab-works-behind-nginx-pfsense-and-external-dns/16574)

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**Author:** [@rwillett](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/rwillett)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2026, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/wanted-to-say-thanks-and-state-that-miab-works-behind-nginx-pfsense-and-external-dns/16574 "2026-06-19T10:24:09Z")

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Not a problem but wanted to let people know that MIAB works on an ESXI server behind a separate nginx as a reverse proxy and thats behind a pfsense firewall. All are hosted on the same ESXI system at the moment. I spent…

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## [Send mail as admin](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/send-mail-as-admin/16570)

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**Author:** [@netmaster48](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/netmaster48)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2026, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/send-mail-as-admin/16570 "2026-06-18T09:53:09Z")

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Hi, initially I installed MIAB for domain mail.dd.tld with the same hostname. Entered admin@mail.dd.tld as a administrator account and everything was fine. Then after making some account under actual domain (dd.tld) a…

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## [New install failing as it "Could not download app contacts"](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/new-install-failing-as-it-could-not-download-app-contacts/16548)

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**Author:** [@pulloh](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/pulloh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2026, 10:07am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/new-install-failing-as-it-could-not-download-app-contacts/16548 "2026-06-17T10:07:55Z")

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I’m installing Miab v76 on a fresh VPS and the installation stops during the Nextcloud setup stage with the following error: FAILED: sudo -u www-data php8.0 /usr/local/lib/owncloud/console.php app:enable contacts -----…

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## [Fresh Install on clean Machine failure](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/fresh-install-on-clean-machine-failure/16490)

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**Author:** [@terrytokyo](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/terrytokyo)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/fresh-install-on-clean-machine-failure/16490 "2026-06-03T14:56:08Z")

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Howdy I’ve set up an AWS Lightsail in Sydney AZ to build a new box to migrate my old MIAB BOX onto, however the build script is failing. Have run sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade and rebooted before running …

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## [Mail-in-a-Box DNS resolution stopped working](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/mail-in-a-box-dns-resolution-stopped-working/16510)

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**Author:** [@dpierron](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/dpierron)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/mail-in-a-box-dns-resolution-stopped-working/16510 "2026-06-14T11:00:27Z")

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I’ve been running MIB on a VPS on Contabo with the domain registered through Gandi dot net using glue records since March 2026 - Nothing has changed at Gandi, and there have been two upgrades to MIB. Today my Mail clien…

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## [Using MIAB On ARM](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/using-miab-on-arm/11229)

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**Author:** [@jacobrosenfeld](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/jacobrosenfeld)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 6:00am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/using-miab-on-arm/11229 "2026-06-14T06:00:43Z")

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I know that ARM is officially unsupported (I see the warning on every update) but I nonetheless use it, mostly because I have a free t4g.small instance from AWS and host my MIAB on there. I have been receiving backup er…

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