# Having issues with MiaB Setup script for v74 (modified title)

**URL:** <https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/having-issues-with-miab-setup-script-for-v74-modified-title/16249>\
**Category:** Help with Setup/Upgrade\
**Created:** [February 10, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/having-issues-with-miab-setup-script-for-v74-modified-title/16249 "2026-02-10T00:08:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Keith\_Rettig](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Keith\_Rettig](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Keith_Rettig)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/having-issues-with-miab-setup-script-for-v74-modified-title/16249/1 "2026-02-10T00:08:49Z")

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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 datacenter rack rather than my computer at home. My computer doesn’t access the email but my phone did for awhile but not any more. Clients are calling in to complain they can’t access as well.

I figured the prudent thing to do was to update the app But I get this…

> Mail-in-a-Box Version: v74
> 
> ## FAILED: add-apt-repository -y ppa:duplicity-team/duplicity-release-git
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):  
> File “/usr/bin/add-apt-repository”, line 364, in   
> sys.exit(0 if addaptrepo.main() else 1)  
> File “/usr/bin/add-apt-repository”, line 347, in main  
> shortcut = handler(source, \*\*shortcut\_params)  
> File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/shortcuts.py”, line 40, in shortcut\_handler  
> return handler(shortcut, \*\*kwargs)  
> File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py”, line 82, in **init**  
> if self.lpppa.publish\_debug\_symbols:  
> File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py”, line 120, in lpppa  
> self.\_lpppa = self.lpteam.getPPAByName(name=self.ppaname)  
> File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py”, line 107, in lpteam  
> self.\_lpteam = self.lp.people(self.teamname)  
> File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py”, line 98, in lp  
> self.\_lp = login\_func(“%s.%s” % (self. **module** , self. **class**. **name** ),  
> File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/launchpadlib/launchpad.py”, line 494, in login\_anonymously  
> return cls(  
> File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/launchpadlib/launchpad.py”, line 230, in **init**  
> super(Launchpad, self). **init** (  
> File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lazr/restfulclient/resource.py”, line 472, in **init**  
> self.\_wadl = self.\_browser.get\_wadl\_application(self.\_root\_uri)  
> File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lazr/restfulclient/\_browser.py”, line 447, in get\_wadl\_application  
> response, content = self.\_request(url, media\_type=wadl\_type)  
> File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lazr/restfulclient/\_browser.py”, line 389, in \_request  
> response, content = self.\_request\_and\_retry(  
> File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lazr/restfulclient/\_browser.py”, line 359, in \_request\_and\_retry  
> response, content = self.\_connection.request(  
> File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/httplib2/ **init**.py”, line 1693, in request  
> (response, new\_content) = self.\_request(  
> File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/launchpadlib/launchpad.py”, line 144, in \_request  
> response, content = super(LaunchpadOAuthAwareHttp, self).\_request(  
> File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/lazr/restfulclient/\_browser.py”, line 184, in \_request  
> return super(RestfulHttp, self).\_request(  
> File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/httplib2/ **init**.py”, line 1441, in \_request  
> (response, content) = self.\_conn\_request(conn, request\_uri, method, body, headers)  
> File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/httplib2/ **init**.py”, line 1363, in \_conn\_request  
> conn.connect()  
> File “/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/httplib2/ **init**.py”, line 1153, in connect  
> sock.connect((self.host, self.port))  
> TimeoutError: [Errno 110] Connection timed out

Since that didn’t work, I have decided to unlink the symlink. That alone didn’t work, so now I am running a new full backup.

Any other suggestions?  
Keith.

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**Author:** ![Keith\_Rettig](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Keith\_Rettig](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Keith_Rettig)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 1:22am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/having-issues-with-miab-setup-script-for-v74-modified-title/16249/2 "2026-02-10T01:22:26Z")

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Tried to do the update on my other MiaB (same rack at the data center) and I got the same outcome. I am hoping this means my trouble update the MiaB is not my fault.

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**Author:** ![Keith\_Rettig](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Keith\_Rettig](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Keith_Rettig)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 5:01am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/having-issues-with-miab-setup-script-for-v74-modified-title/16249/3 "2026-02-10T05:01:03Z")

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Undoing the symlink and running a new full backup didn’t fix the issue.

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**Author:** ![Keith\_Rettig](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Keith\_Rettig](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/Keith_Rettig)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/having-issues-with-miab-setup-script-for-v74-modified-title/16249/4 "2026-02-10T11:19:29Z")

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So part of the problem solved.  
Somehow I introduced an IPTABLES reject entry for ICMP; I think I turned off ICMP via my firewall or something. deleting it in IPTABLES and adding the rule to the NAT firewall rules allows me to access the mail and the SSH.

Unfortunately the failure of the MiaB update script is still there. That doesn’t seem to be my fault since it is happening to two MiaB servers.

curl -s [https://mailinabox.email/setup.sh](https://mailinabox.email/setup.sh) | sudo bash seems to be failing.

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**Author:** ![KiekerJan](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/user_avatar/discourse.mailinabox.email/kiekerjan/32/2339_2.png) [@KiekerJan](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/KiekerJan)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/having-issues-with-miab-setup-script-for-v74-modified-title/16249/5 "2026-02-10T18:48:06Z")

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How’s your ipv6 connectivity? [Mail-in-a-Box Installation error - #7 by chin\_kmtm](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/mail-in-a-box-installation-error/16085/7) comes to mind…

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**Author:** ![system](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4d0933d13c456b7e57f296aa6cc344525b6f0c70.png) [@system](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/having-issues-with-miab-setup-script-for-v74-modified-title/16249/6 "2026-02-17T18:48:39Z")

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