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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
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      </item>
      <item logid="747" pageid="416" ns="0" title="Dovecot, SSL certificate conversion" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jimbo" timestamp="2014-03-30T15:07:55Z" comment="">
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      </item>
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      </item>
      <item logid="745" pageid="14" ns="0" title="Postfix, Virtual Domain Setup" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Jimbo" timestamp="2013-08-08T11:30:42Z" comment="">
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      </item>
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  <query-continue>
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  </query-continue>
</api>