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Our free tools for Mac OS X Server Mail Services – spamtrainer and mailbfr – have been downloaded more than 100’000 times and are helping system administrators looking after Mac OS X Servers from 10.3 to 10.13.

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Our free tutorials and whitepapers related to Mac OS X Server Mail and Web Services have been downloaded more than 500’000 times. The tutorials are available for a wide range of topics and for Mac OS X Server versions from 10.4 to 10.13.

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Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Server

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As quite a few users of our tools and tutorials intend to or already have updated to Leopard, let’s have a quick look at the differences between 10.4 and 10.5 Server. Given our sites’ content, the focus will be on Web and Mail Services. We would also like to take the opportunity to announce that […]

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Is mailbfr compatible with OS X 10.5.x Leopard Server?

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Yes, starting with version 0.8.5, mailbfr is compatible with OS X 10.5.x Leopard Server.

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Mail keeps showing unread although I just read it.

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Sometimes it can happen that the Cyrus IMAP index file keeping track of the read/unread flags on the server is broken. To fix this, open terminal and cd into: (Assuming you are using the default paths; if not adjust) /var/imap/user/firstletterofusername/ You should see a list of files that look something like: username.seen Make a copy […]

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Can I change the error messages sent by Postfix?

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Unfortunately this is a feature only introduced as of Postfix 2.3 where there is a new template feature available. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Server includes Postfix 2.4.3 which can handle templates. (see “man 5 bounce”) Mac OS X Server 10.3.x/10.4.x comes with Postfix 2.1.5, so you are left with 3 solutions: 1. Modify the […]

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Although I have enabled authentication, my clients cannot authenticate from outside my network. Why?

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If you are sure that authentication works as expected while inside your network, chances are it is a firewall issue. A common problem is Cisco’s MailGuard function found in their firewalls. When enabled, this will reduce the allowed SMTP commands the firewall will let through. Among them “AUTH”, which is needed to authenticate. If you […]

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