# Latest

**URL:** https://discourse.mailinabox.email/latest.md?page=3

[Latest](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/categories.md)

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## [Gmail spam flagging](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/gmail-spam-flagging/16286)

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**Author:** [@TheRealLifeboy](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/TheRealLifeboy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/gmail-spam-flagging/16286 "2026-03-18T19:58:15Z")

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My domains are not new and many mails have been send to gmail and whitelisted (by saving the contact in gmail), yet persistently google dumps our mails into spam. I have now found their postmaster tool and added our dom…

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## [Is IPV6 being demanded by Gmail?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/is-ipv6-being-demanded-by-gmail/16078)

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**Author:** [@christian7](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/christian7)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/is-ipv6-being-demanded-by-gmail/16078 "2026-03-18T18:52:32Z")

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I have been running MIAB with IPv6 disabled. I am now getting these errors. should I enable IPv6? host gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com\[2607:f8b0:4023:1002::1b\] said: 550-5.7.1 \[2600:3c00::2000:98ff:fefa:77c\] Gmail has dete…

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## [Error: MTA-STS policy is missing: STSFetchResult.NONE](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/error-mta-sts-policy-is-missing-stsfetchresult-none/9277)

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**Author:** [@ianarman](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/ianarman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/error-mta-sts-policy-is-missing-stsfetchresult-none/9277 "2026-03-15T18:55:13Z")

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Hi, I’m receiving the error: MTA-STS policy is missing: STSFetchResult.NONE I’ve read some of the discourse posts, however, they seem unclear as to the correct resolution. Would someone kindly provide more clarificat…

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## [Add SPAM domain to MIAB blacklist file](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/add-spam-domain-to-miab-blacklist-file/16303)

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**Author:** [@calicojack](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/calicojack)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/add-spam-domain-to-miab-blacklist-file/16303 "2026-03-12T16:27:44Z")

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My installation at root login has a path directory of files for whitelisting and blacklisting domains… I’ve used MIAB for years with very good SPAM bouncing… I don’t remember and can’t find the name of the directory wh…

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## [LinixServer SWAG and wildcard DNS](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/linixserver-swag-and-wildcard-dns/16294)

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**Author:** [@stetho](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/stetho)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2026, 7:40am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/linixserver-swag-and-wildcard-dns/16294 "2026-03-12T07:40:58Z")

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I have MIAB set up on an DO droplet. I’ve got a domain set up on it which I’ve only been using for email but I wanted to try using it to point to a server on my home network. I’ve set up a script that runs every 5 minute…

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## [DNS propogation issue](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/dns-propogation-issue/16275)

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**Author:** [@Gideon-IT-UK](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Gideon-IT-UK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/dns-propogation-issue/16275 "2026-03-05T14:47:30Z")

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When checking my box’s DNS settings at https://dnschecker.org/#MX/gideon-it.co.uk there’s a LOT of DNS servers that aren’t finding me. Some are and some aren’t. Any ideas why this is and if it’s likely to be causing…

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## [Cert errors after upate](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/cert-errors-after-upate/16280)

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**Author:** [@ecourt](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/ecourt)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 6:19am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/cert-errors-after-upate/16280 "2026-03-03T06:19:59Z")

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after last upgrade, I’m getting these emails daily from MiaB Any thoughts on what’s going on? Traceback (most recent call last): File “/root/mailinabox/management/ssl\_certificates.py”, line 682, in provision\_certifica…

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## [Moving primary domain to be additional domain](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/moving-primary-domain-to-be-additional-domain/16282)

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**Author:** [@Plx](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Plx)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2026, 4:08am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/moving-primary-domain-to-be-additional-domain/16282 "2026-02-28T04:08:19Z")

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Hi there. I am attempting to migrate my MIAB email accounts to a new server, but which running under a different primary (setup) domain name. I presently have example\_11.com running as the main domain, with example\_22.co…

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## ["Connection error, failed to reach the server" on Roundcube attachment upload ONLY in Chrome/Chromium (status 0), works fine in Firefox](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/connection-error-failed-to-reach-the-server-on-roundcube-attachment-upload-only-in-chrome-chromium-status-0-works-fine-in-firefox/16278)

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**Author:** [@Feydreva](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Feydreva)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/connection-error-failed-to-reach-the-server-on-roundcube-attachment-upload-only-in-chrome-chromium-status-0-works-fine-in-firefox/16278 "2026-02-27T16:50:49Z")

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Hello, I’m facing a specific issue with Roundcube webmail: attachment upload fails ONLY in Chrome/Chromium with “Connection error, failed to reach the server”, but works perfectly in Firefox. All other features (reading…

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## [Vacation rule send repeated replies to the same address](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/vacation-rule-send-repeated-replies-to-the-same-address/16263)

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**Author:** [@apfeifer](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/apfeifer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/vacation-rule-send-repeated-replies-to-the-same-address/16263 "2026-02-18T20:20:56Z")

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I was configuring the vacation plugin and able to create the filter in round cube with the correct content: require \[“vacation”\]; rule:\[Out-of-Office\] if true { vacation :days 1 :addresses “user@domain.de” :subject "…

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## [Cloudflare external dns for a domain](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/cloudflare-external-dns-for-a-domain/16256)

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**Author:** [@elpa](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/elpa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/cloudflare-external-dns-for-a-domain/16256 "2026-02-14T16:55:23Z")

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I’m using miab for dns and plan to keep it that way for the box. I have a second domain which I need to move to Cloudflare Registrar and DNS. I read the past posts on cloudflare and external dns. Before making any chang…

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## [Cloudflare Managing DNS?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/cloudflare-managing-dns/10802)

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**Author:** [@divsmart](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/divsmart)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/cloudflare-managing-dns/10802 "2026-02-10T19:32:06Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Adding Cloudflare CDN to a website using MIAB as its mail server: Yes, yes, I’ve read that and all the ones that relate to it, where users have broached that prickly subject of how to use…

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## [Having issues with MiaB Setup script for v74 (modified title)](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/having-issues-with-miab-setup-script-for-v74-modified-title/16249)

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**Author:** [@Keith\_Rettig](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Keith_Rettig)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/having-issues-with-miab-setup-script-for-v74-modified-title/16249 "2026-02-10T18:48:06Z")

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I thought I would be cool by symlink-ing my second drive for the backup directory last night. Seem to work, but after the backup ran last night everything is a mess. I can SSH in but only from a machine in my datacente…

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## [Duplicate usage reports - weird](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/duplicate-usage-reports-weird/16224)

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**Author:** [@andrew](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/andrew)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/duplicate-usage-reports-weird/16224 "2026-02-09T23:39:02Z")

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Hi, For some time (since Oct 2022) I’ve been receiving 2 copies of the weekly usage report. I put it down to “doesn’t really matter” and “it will get fixed sometime”. There are a couple of old forum posts about this, wh…

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## [Make backup script use two character numbers for file naming](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/make-backup-script-use-two-character-numbers-for-file-naming/16248)

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**Author:** [@Keith\_Rettig](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Keith_Rettig)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/make-backup-script-use-two-character-numbers-for-file-naming/16248 "2026-02-08T23:25:44Z")

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The current backup process: “sudo /root/mailinabox/management/backup.py --full” understandably creates many volumes but uses a single digit for the first 9 volumes and then goes to two digits. I am proposing that it u…

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## [How to safely change the Roundcube Webmail URL](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/how-to-safely-change-the-roundcube-webmail-url/16244)

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**Author:** [@Winux](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Winux)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/how-to-safely-change-the-roundcube-webmail-url/16244 "2026-02-03T12:31:50Z")

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Hi everyone, I wanted to share a method I discovered for changing the default Roundcube webmail URL (e.g., moving it to the root domain box.yourdomain.com/ or a different subpath like /webmail/) that is “safe” meaning …

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## [DMARC / TLS-RP Report Viewer](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/dmarc-tls-rp-report-viewer/16243)

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**Author:** [@box](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/box)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2026, 9:49am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/dmarc-tls-rp-report-viewer/16243 "2026-02-03T09:49:05Z")

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I know this is a long shot, did anyone look into implementing a “DMARC/ TLS-RP Report Viewer” to MIAB that would sit in Admin section? Would this one work? I know that by default none of the reports are received, …

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## [Help needed upgrading a box with broken backups](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/help-needed-upgrading-a-box-with-broken-backups/16240)

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**Author:** [@eladhen](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/eladhen)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2026, 10:30pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/help-needed-upgrading-a-box-with-broken-backups/16240 "2026-02-02T22:30:45Z")

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Hi all, I’ve got a box I’d like to upgrade (still running Ubuntu 18.04). The problrem is, when lack of space in the box made it unavailable I manually deleted my backups. This is all fine but I might have broke somethin…

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## [Backup with rsync does not work with port 23 on the destination server](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/backup-with-rsync-does-not-work-with-port-23-on-the-destination-server/16239)

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**Author:** [@fhoff](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/fhoff)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/backup-with-rsync-does-not-work-with-port-23-on-the-destination-server/16239 "2026-02-01T16:08:35Z")

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I would like to set up an automatic backup for my Mail-in-a-Box using rsync to a storage box from Hetzner in the domain your-storagebox.de. When I enter ‘u???.your-storagebox.de:23’ under Hostname and ‘/home’ under Path…

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## [Location of S3 backup settings](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/location-of-s3-backup-settings/16208)

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**Author:** [@Plx](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Plx)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 6:28am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/location-of-s3-backup-settings/16208 "2026-01-28T06:28:56Z")

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hello. I am try to S3 backups working to a non-aws S3 storage system, on two miab instances, at two locations. I have it working on one, but not the other. So, I am am trying see where the configuration settings, .conf o…

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## [WARNING: Using boto3 \>= 1,36.0 may result in errors](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/warning-using-boto3-1-36-0-may-result-in-errors/16180)

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**Author:** [@timo](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/timo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/warning-using-boto3-1-36-0-may-result-in-errors/16180 "2026-01-27T18:20:34Z")

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Anyone have insight on this warning I got as a backup status? WARNING: Using boto3 \>= 1,36.0 may result in errors, so we qre applying the workaround for boto3 1.36+ breaks Duplicity...but there is a workaround (#870) ·…

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## [Spamhaus seeing IPv6 connections despite disabling IPv6](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/spamhaus-seeing-ipv6-connections-despite-disabling-ipv6/16217)

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**Author:** [@wwklnd](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/wwklnd)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 10:55am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/spamhaus-seeing-ipv6-connections-despite-disabling-ipv6/16217 "2026-01-22T10:55:43Z")

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Hi! I’m experiencing something of a conundrum. I am running MIAB on a Linode VPS, an was notified that my IPv6 /64 range is listed on Spamhaus XBL and CSS. This is a dedicated IPv6 /64 range I got from Linode that should…

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## [Setting Up Mail-in-a-Box (MIAB) on Ubuntu VPS – Any Recommendations?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/setting-up-mail-in-a-box-miab-on-ubuntu-vps-any-recommendations/12950)

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**Author:** [@solejin](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/solejin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/setting-up-mail-in-a-box-miab-on-ubuntu-vps-any-recommendations/12950 "2026-01-19T22:05:30Z")

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Hey folks, I’ve been trying to set up Mail-in-a-Box on a VPS running Ubuntu 22.04, but I’ve run into a few roadblocks, mainly with the installer not completing properly. I suspect it might be due to the VPS provider’s co…

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## [Installing with exaisting Nextcloud server](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/installing-with-exaisting-nextcloud-server/12345)

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**Author:** [@Brianpayne](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Brianpayne)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/installing-with-exaisting-nextcloud-server/12345 "2026-01-19T07:39:43Z")

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Hello. I am interested in Mail in a box. It looks like a great product. I currently have a Nextcloud server (running Debian) that has been running for years now and would like to integrate with my current server. I hav…

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## [Install MIAB as 'root' or admin user?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/install-miab-as-root-or-admin-user/16214)

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**Author:** [@Plx](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Plx)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2026, 10:22am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/install-miab-as-root-or-admin-user/16214 "2026-01-12T10:22:05Z")

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Hello When setting up a new installation, should the ‘curl -s https://mailinabox.email/setup…’ command be run when you are logged in as ‘root’, or whatever system admin user created to carry out maintenance etc. I ask b…

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## [Multi-person Project to update MiaB for current and future spam protection?](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/multi-person-project-to-update-miab-for-current-and-future-spam-protection/16204)

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**Author:** [@timo](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/timo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/multi-person-project-to-update-miab-for-current-and-future-spam-protection/16204 "2026-01-08T17:34:32Z")

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I’m not a developer. But I like to organize things and people. I’m analytical with user experience. I like to write clear explanations of things. I’ve loved the MiaB project. I want to get my toes wet in an open source …

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## [Moving to a new box](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/moving-to-a-new-box/16195)

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**Author:** [@jwstekelenburg](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/jwstekelenburg)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/moving-to-a-new-box/16195 "2026-01-08T16:16:58Z")

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hello. I am trying to move to a new box running at a different VPS provider. I spun up a fresh MIAB instance, but i am unable to restore the backup I made. First duplicity complains /home/user-data is not empty, and when…

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## [Really old email server and really old list server](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/really-old-email-server-and-really-old-list-server/16200)

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**Author:** [@Keith\_Rettig](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Keith_Rettig)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/really-old-email-server-and-really-old-list-server/16200 "2026-01-06T19:20:15Z")

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Is there a way to allow my really old list server and my really old secondary mail server to access MIaB without using SLS or TLS but continue not allowing any other server to do so? Yes, that is how old they are; but t…

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## [FYI missing \_mta-sts causes gmail to block emails from noreply@domain.tld](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/fyi-missing-mta-sts-causes-gmail-to-block-emails-from-noreply-domain-tld/16198)

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**Author:** [@umauma](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/umauma)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2026, 8:36am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/fyi-missing-mta-sts-causes-gmail-to-block-emails-from-noreply-domain-tld/16198 "2026-01-04T08:36:48Z")

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I just realized that some of my newer domains with namecheap were missing \_mta-sts entries for a reason I still have to investigate. But this causes Gmail to block all my email if they are originating from noreply@domai…

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## [Sending messages to external recipient fail: SASL LOGIN authentication failed](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/sending-messages-to-external-recipient-fail-sasl-login-authentication-failed/11716)

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**Author:** [@jonban](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/jonban)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/sending-messages-to-external-recipient-fail-sasl-login-authentication-failed/11716 "2024-03-28T16:09:00Z")

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Since March 23, messages to external recipients remain in the postfix queue (messages to addresses hosted on my box are ok). My box: MIAB v67 Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS on a Contabo VPS DNS resolution works I rerun the MIAB…

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