Kiteworks / Totemomail
Totemomail / Kiteworks Email Protection Gateway: operations, routing, licensing.
Renewing a Totemomail Certificate: 4096-Bit Key, PKCS#12 Import, and Restarting Each Node
Totemomail’s request dialog generates only 2048-bit keys without alternative names. However, many internal CAs now sign only 4096-bit keys. The key and request are therefore created with openssl, followed by ordering from the PKI team, PKCS#12 import, connector binding, and restarting each node.
Kiteworks: Vendor Recommends Shutdown on September 26 – What Is Known So Far
Kiteworks asked its customers to shut down all systems on Saturday, September 26, 2026, from 4:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Final report: During the shutdown, the vendor found and closed a critical flaw without a CVE; on September 30, 125 advisories followed, including CVE-2026-54154 (CVSS 10.0) in the Email Protection Gateway. Totemomail is not affected.
When the log fills the disk: properly limiting log4j2 RollingFile, using totemomail as an example
A log volume filling up can bring down the entire gateway in the worst case. Why combining time- and size-based rotation without %i creates a single huge file, how strategy.max caps retention, the role of the log level, and where totemomail hides these values.
Essential Controls for TotemoMail Admins: Stop the Server, Check Queues, and Clean Up in a Controlled Manner
The key controls for operating a totemomail gateway: stop the service via systemd and the Tanuki control script, count queue contents per repository, inspect individual messages, clean up in a controlled manner, and restart the service.
Passwordless Linux Server Access: Set Up SSH Key Login with PuTTY, Pageant, and More
Admins who access Linux servers daily have to enter a username and password every time when using password login. An SSH key pair reduces this to a double-click: generate a key with PuTTYgen, store the public key on the server, and load Pageant. The same key works in WinSCP, MobaXterm, and OpenSSH, and if desired, takes you straight to a service account shell.
SMTP Load Testing with Apache JMeter in Practice: 10,000 Emails, Five Rule Paths, One HTML Report
A complete load test from A to Z: a test plan with a message mix along the ruleset paths of an encryption gateway, a portable setup without installation, 10,000 emails in a burst, and analysis using the JMeter HTML report—including the issues that actually occurred.
Rebuilding Apache James Rule Sets in a Structured Way: Tools and Method
Mailet rule sets that have grown over the years contain dead paths that no one recognizes anymore. Learn how to analyze the rule set as a graph, reliably find unreachable code, and design the migration so that a single Mailet keeps the rollback path open.
Totemomail license limit reached: clean up orphaned users via LDAP
Disabled AD accounts remain in totemomail and continue to consume licenses. With a verified LDAPS connection and the Cleanup Agent, Active Directory becomes the authoritative source.
Understanding Mail Routing Between TotemoMail and Exchange Online
How TotemoMail stores and processes messages, how the underlying Apache James switches between processors, and what matters for a secure mail loop with Exchange Online.
