# Latest

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## [Welcome to the CipherMail community forum](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/welcome-to-the-ciphermail-community-forum/7)

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**Author:** [@system](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/welcome-to-the-ciphermail-community-forum/7 "2022-11-25T10:09:09Z")

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Welcome to the CipherMail community forum, our official discussion site for CipherMail products . You’ll find topics on features, bugs, development, and general support here. Customers with a support contract can use ou…

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## [CipherMail Gateway 6.3.5 released](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/ciphermail-gateway-6-3-5-released/1064)

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**Author:** [@martijn](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/martijn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/ciphermail-gateway-6-3-5-released/1064 "2026-09-15T12:03:07Z")

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Version 6.3.5 of the CipherMail gateway was released on 14 September 2026. The focus of this release is performance and memory usage, especially for installations that work with large CRLs. It also contains a security fi…

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## [PGP encrypted subject line results in additional subject line on decryption](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/pgp-encrypted-subject-line-results-in-additional-subject-line-on-decryption/873)

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**Author:** [@citroid](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/citroid)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/pgp-encrypted-subject-line-results-in-additional-subject-line-on-decryption/873 "2026-08-13T13:42:07Z")

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Hi everyone, We are using the ciphermail Community edition and recently discovered the following issue. When we receive an email which contains a PGP encrypted subject line it is properly decrypted (i.e. an additional …

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## [Portal-password-reset: inline images broken in HTML and missing autoconversion](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/portal-password-reset-inline-images-broken-in-html-and-missing-autoconversion/1052)

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**Author:** [@Phil](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/Phil)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/portal-password-reset-inline-images-broken-in-html-and-missing-autoconversion/1052 "2026-07-03T15:36:19Z")

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Hi, I’ve tried to switch the Portal Password Reset Template to multipart/alternative. (on 6.2.9). When an inline image is included, the base64 URL is getting wrapped or mangled during transport in ways that the image c…

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## [6.3.4 community: console does not startup after ACME certificate installation](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/6-3-4-community-console-does-not-startup-after-acme-certificate-installation/1060)

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**Author:** [@Bjorn](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/Bjorn)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/6-3-4-community-console-does-not-startup-after-acme-certificate-installation/1060 "2026-07-01T16:10:16Z")

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Hi, I made a clean install with the VMware virtual appliance and the adapted CLI examples, up to ACME installation. But after a successful ACME certification installation (HTML-01) the console does not start up, and i …

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## [Send Notification to more than one address](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/send-notification-to-more-than-one-address/1062)

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**Author:** [@steffen0377](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/steffen0377)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/send-notification-to-more-than-one-address/1062 "2026-07-01T13:13:13Z")

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Hello @all! I try to optimize my workflow to get missing certificates. The old way: The user tries to send an e-mail to a domain with the policy “mandatory”. If this is impossible because a certificate is missing, the s…

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## [6.3.3: Typo in systemd for ciphermail-portal-backend.service?](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/6-3-3-typo-in-systemd-for-ciphermail-portal-backend-service/1059)

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**Author:** [@smguenther](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/smguenther)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/6-3-3-typo-in-systemd-for-ciphermail-portal-backend-service/1059 "2026-06-19T14:07:50Z")

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Hello Martijn, in /etc/systemd/system/ciphermail-portal-backend.service the env file is referenced as follows: EnvironmentFile=/etc/ciphermail/env/portal-backend.env But the rpm package installs /etc/ciphermail/env/po…

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## [A security update (6.3.3) of the CipherMail gateway is available](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/a-security-update-6-3-3-of-the-ciphermail-gateway-is-available/1057)

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**Author:** [@martijn](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/martijn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2026, 9:07am UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/a-security-update-6-3-3-of-the-ciphermail-gateway-is-available/1057 "2026-06-10T09:07:35Z")

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We recently received a detailed report from the Applied Cryptography Research Group at ETH Zurich describing several ways the CipherMail Gateway could be made to leak information about, or misrepresent the trust status o…

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## [Ciphermail Community Virtual Appliance External Database Configuration](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/ciphermail-community-virtual-appliance-external-database-configuration/1056)

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**Author:** [@rmo](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/rmo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2026, 11:48am UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/ciphermail-community-virtual-appliance-external-database-configuration/1056 "2026-05-20T11:48:19Z")

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Hi all, I have a problem with the Ciphermail Community Edition Virtual Appliance. I was trying to follow the instructions to connect to a PostgreSQL database ( Setup — CipherMail Documentation ) but the configuration f…

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## [A new update (v6.3.2) to CipherMail Email Encryption Gateway](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/a-new-update-v6-3-2-to-ciphermail-email-encryption-gateway/1055)

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**Author:** [@martijn](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/martijn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/a-new-update-v6-3-2-to-ciphermail-email-encryption-gateway/1055 "2026-05-11T14:28:53Z")

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Today we are releasing a new release of the CipherMail Email Encryption Gateway (v6.3.2). Release notes: Enterprise edition: Email Encryption Gateway release notes - CipherMail Email Encryption Community edition: 6.3.…

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## [MPA Log Location of CipherMail 6 Community Edition](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/mpa-log-location-of-ciphermail-6-community-edition/1050)

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**Author:** [@citroid](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/citroid)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2026, 10:11am UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/mpa-log-location-of-ciphermail-6-community-edition/1050 "2026-04-15T10:11:42Z")

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Hi, Maybe it’s just me, but I’ve spend quite some time on trying to figure out where the MPA logs of CipherMail 6 Community Edition are stored. CipherMail 5 stores these in /usr/share/djigzo/logs/james.wrapper.log. I al…

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## [Import Local CA from 5.x to 6.2](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/import-local-ca-from-5-x-to-6-2/1049)

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**Author:** [@spaxxilein](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/spaxxilein)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 8:32am UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/import-local-ca-from-5-x-to-6-2/1049 "2026-04-07T08:32:13Z")

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Hello, we have setup a new machine with the supplied image and want to transfer all certificates AND the root CA inlcuding the certificates. I cannot find any information how to transfer the Local CA certificates from t…

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## [CIpherMail Community 6.2.9 released](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/ciphermail-community-6-2-9-released/1048)

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**Author:** [@martijn](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/martijn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/ciphermail-community-6-2-9-released/1048 "2026-03-18T13:57:10Z")

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A new version of the CipherMail Email Encryption Community Edition (6.2.9) is available for download. For changes in this release, and release notes, see: https://gitlab.com/ciphermail/ciphermail-community-gateway/-/…

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## [Using Ciphermail with CMP Handler and EJBCA: Problem “Subject Alternative Name” field is empty](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/using-ciphermail-with-cmp-handler-and-ejbca-problem-subject-alternative-name-field-is-empty/1047)

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**Author:** [@sunsin01](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/sunsin01)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/using-ciphermail-with-cmp-handler-and-ejbca-problem-subject-alternative-name-field-is-empty/1047 "2026-03-18T13:54:22Z")

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I have a Ciphermail 6.2.5 installation and I’m testing the CMP Handler with our EJBCA. I can issue a certificate via a certification request on the EJBCA, where the “subject DN” of the Certificate is set as follows: E=em…

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## [Installing portal SSL certificate in 6.2](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/installing-portal-ssl-certificate-in-6-2/1046)

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**Author:** [@LUTRAGmbH](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/LUTRAGmbH)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/installing-portal-ssl-certificate-in-6-2/1046 "2026-03-11T12:00:52Z")

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I almost finished migration from 5.6 to 6.2. Last point missing is to import our SSL-certificate for the portals running on 443 (user) and 8443 (admin). I cannot find anything in the docs or in the admin UI.

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## [Configuring SASL for SMTP authentication in Cihermail 6.2](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/configuring-sasl-for-smtp-authentication-in-cihermail-6-2/1044)

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**Author:** [@LUTRAGmbH](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/LUTRAGmbH)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 10:44am UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/configuring-sasl-for-smtp-authentication-in-cihermail-6-2/1044 "2026-03-11T10:44:11Z")

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I do a migration from ciphermail 5.5 to 6.2. We send outgoing mail via external relay host with SASL authentication. In 5.5. the credentials where configured in Web UI under Admin / MTA / SASL. In 6.2 there I cannot fin…

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## [Installation of Community Edition 6.2.5 no OVF download anymore](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/installation-of-community-edition-6-2-5-no-ovf-download-anymore/1038)

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**Author:** [@LUTRAGmbH](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/LUTRAGmbH)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/installation-of-community-edition-6-2-5-no-ovf-download-anymore/1038 "2026-03-10T13:06:02Z")

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Hello, I want to deploy current ciphermail community edition in vCenter/ESXi environment. I did that earlier with version 5 with the provided OVF-template. Documentation still mentions that way but I cannot find OVF te…

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## [Decrypt of PGP/INLINE encrypted mails not work in 6.2.5](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/decrypt-of-pgp-inline-encrypted-mails-not-work-in-6-2-5/1042)

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**Author:** [@ETES](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/ETES)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/decrypt-of-pgp-inline-encrypted-mails-not-work-in-6-2-5/1042 "2026-02-12T13:58:40Z")

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Hello, We are facing a problem where emails from a partner are not being decrypted. The emails are PGP/INLINE encrypted, so we have also activated PGP/INLINE support for the domain, but this has not made any difference…

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## [When S/MIME GCM Goes Wrong: “mac check in GCM failed” with No Spam Proxy](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/when-s-mime-gcm-goes-wrong-mac-check-in-gcm-failed-with-no-spam-proxy/1043)

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**Author:** [@martijn](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/martijn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/when-s-mime-gcm-goes-wrong-mac-check-in-gcm-failed-with-no-spam-proxy/1043 "2026-02-09T13:31:17Z")

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When S/MIME GCM Goes Wrong: “mac check in GCM failed” with No Spam Proxy We recently received two bug reports where a CipherMail Gateway was unable to decrypt an incoming S/MIME message. In both cases the failure was cau…

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## [Using Ciphermail to encrypt emails on a local mail server](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/using-ciphermail-to-encrypt-emails-on-a-local-mail-server/1039)

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**Author:** [@ronam-vl](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/ronam-vl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2026, 7:55am UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/using-ciphermail-to-encrypt-emails-on-a-local-mail-server/1039 "2026-02-03T07:55:08Z")

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Hello, dear community! I’m looking for a way to protect emails from our mail server administrators. I want emails to pass through the server or be stored on it only encrypted. However, I’m not sure the sender will alway…

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## [Installation of Ciphermail 6.1.0 on debian problem(or just dumb)](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/installation-of-ciphermail-6-1-0-on-debian-problem-or-just-dumb/1020)

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**Author:** [@ascha1984](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/ascha1984)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2026, 10:57am UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/installation-of-ciphermail-6-1-0-on-debian-problem-or-just-dumb/1020 "2026-01-16T10:57:11Z")

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Hey folks! I’am tring to install Ciphermail on a Debain 12. There where some minor hikups, but i could sort it out on my own. But now I’am at the last step of the installation, where the apache conf should be replaced…

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## [Send SMTP Mail fails with Error 'Unknown"](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/send-smtp-mail-fails-with-error-unknown/1036)

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**Author:** [@sirtet](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/sirtet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/send-smtp-mail-fails-with-error-unknown/1036 "2025-11-29T20:36:37Z")

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Thanks for this App. A little feedback: I struggled with the setup, because of a cryptic error message, would be nice to improve that: When i first tried to send a Message, after entering the Keystore password, the A…

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## [Questions regarding Ciphermail configuration and Domain filtering](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/questions-regarding-ciphermail-configuration-and-domain-filtering/1035)

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**Author:** [@Holli](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/Holli)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 11:19am UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/questions-regarding-ciphermail-configuration-and-domain-filtering/1035 "2025-11-28T11:19:48Z")

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Hello everyone, as I’ve only recently started working with Postfix, email infrastructure, and Ciphermail, I still have several questions regarding the setup. My goal is to use Ciphermail as an outbound-only mail relay …

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## [How to use the more up to date PGP key for signing](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/how-to-use-the-more-up-to-date-pgp-key-for-signing/1033)

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**Author:** [@smguenther](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/smguenther)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 10, 2025, 9:13am UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/how-to-use-the-more-up-to-date-pgp-key-for-signing/1033 "2025-11-10T09:13:09Z")

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Hello, for one of our email addresses we currently have two PGP keys: One that will expire within the next days and a new one. In the settings for this user (email address) I have selected the new key as signing key, b…

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## [How to update the CipherMail Community Edition Virtual Appliance to the latest version?](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/how-to-update-the-ciphermail-community-edition-virtual-appliance-to-the-latest-version/1028)

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**Author:** [@proficleaner](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/proficleaner)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 9:29am UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/how-to-update-the-ciphermail-community-edition-virtual-appliance-to-the-latest-version/1028 "2025-11-08T09:29:25Z")

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Hello everyone, I’m running the CipherMail Community Edition Virtual Appliance and would like to update it to the latest release. What is the recommended upgrade path?

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## [Evaluating Ciphermail as Mail Gateway (MTA) – Minimal Installation without Web UI](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/evaluating-ciphermail-as-mail-gateway-mta-minimal-installation-without-web-ui/1030)

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**Author:** [@Holli](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/Holli)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 6:04am UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/evaluating-ciphermail-as-mail-gateway-mta-minimal-installation-without-web-ui/1030 "2025-11-08T06:04:28Z")

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Hello everyone, I recently came across Ciphermail and would like to evaluate it as a mail gateway (MTA). I downloaded the Hyper-V appliance and noticed that six RPM packages are installed. I also read that Ciphermail c…

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## [Configure log level for MPA](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/configure-log-level-for-mpa/943)

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**Author:** [@smguenther](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/smguenther)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/configure-log-level-for-mpa/943 "2025-11-07T08:29:50Z")

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Hello, in the past it was possible to configure the log level for the MPA in the web interface. This then changed to a file based configuration in (according to our wiki) /usr/share/djigzo/conf/log4j.properties. In the…

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## [Install CipherMail on Debian 12 (Bookworm)](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/install-ciphermail-on-debian-12-bookworm/932)

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**Author:** [@ascha1984](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/ascha1984)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/install-ciphermail-on-debian-12-bookworm/932 "2025-11-06T07:38:55Z")

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Hello folks! I would like to install CipherMail for testing and stumbled across a “little” problem. We updated our systems from Debain 11 (Bullseye) to Debian 12 (Bookworm). As of now the CipherMail Packeges supplied …

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## [V6 Community Edition: O365 Integration](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/v6-community-edition-o365-integration/1018)

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**Author:** [@shadowcpy](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/shadowcpy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/v6-community-edition-o365-integration/1018 "2025-11-06T07:33:47Z")

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Hello everyone, in the documentation for the new v6 version of Ciphermail regarding O365 integration, only the Enterprise version is mentioned (before, there were some manual steps for setting up the Community edition w…

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## [\[Solved\] V 6.2.2: Can't create admin account](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/solved-v-6-2-2-cant-create-admin-account/1023)

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**Author:** [@smguenther](https://community.ciphermail.com/u/smguenther)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.ciphermail.com/t/solved-v-6-2-2-cant-create-admin-account/1023 "2025-11-05T17:28:45Z")

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Hello, following the documentation, imported the VM into Proxmox, configured the network and executed the command cm-run-playbook. The next step would be to create the admin account, but this fails: root@localhost ~\] …

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