diff --git a/createlinks b/createlinks
index b181a1e..b0e1552 100755
--- a/createlinks
+++ b/createlinks
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ event_link("conf-routes", $event, "89");
 event_link("systemd-default", $event, "88");
 event_link("systemd-isolate", $event, "89");
 event_link("systemd-reload", $event, "89");
+event_link("fix-noise-el8", $event, "89");
 event_link("raidmonitor-check", $event, "92");
 
 safe_symlink("restart", "root/etc/e-smith/events/$event/services2adjust/network");
@@ -458,6 +459,7 @@ event_link("conf-modules", $event, "30");
 event_link("create-mnt-floppy", $event, "50");
 event_link("systemd-default", $event, "88");
 event_link("systemd-reload", $event, "89");
+event_link("fix-noise-el8", $event, "89");
 
 #--------------------------------------------------
 # actions for post-upgrade event
@@ -470,6 +472,7 @@ templates2events("/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpd.service.d/50koozali.conf", $even
 event_link("systemd-journald", $event, "02");
 event_link("fix-startup", $event, "05");
 event_link("init-accounts", $event, "05");
+event_link("mail-spool-fix", $event, "05");
 event_link("logrotate-migrate", $event, "06");
 event_link("rotate_logfiles", $event, "07");
 event_link("conf-startup", $event, "10");
@@ -513,6 +516,7 @@ $event = "user-create";
 event_link("user-create-unix", $event, "04");
 event_link("count-active-user-accounts", $event, "25");
 event_link("user-group-modify", $event, "85");
+event_link("mail-spool-fix", $event, "89");
 
 #--------------------------------------------------
 # actions for user-delete event
@@ -524,6 +528,7 @@ event_link("user-delete-groups-and-pseudonyms", $event, "02");
 event_link("user-delete-unix", $event, "15");
 event_link("initialize-default-databases", $event, "23");
 event_link("count-active-user-accounts", $event, "25");
+event_link("mail-spool-fix", $event, "89");
 
 #--------------------------------------------------
 # actions for user-modify event
@@ -625,6 +630,7 @@ templates2events("/home/e-smith/ssl.pem/pem", $event);
 $event = "email-update";
 event_link("systemd-default", $event, "88");
 event_link("systemd-reload", $event, "89");
+event_link("mail-spool-fix", $event, "89");
 
 #--------------------------------------------------
 # actions for webapps-update event
diff --git a/root/etc/dnf/plugins/post-transaction-actions.d/smeserver.action b/root/etc/dnf/plugins/post-transaction-actions.d/smeserver.action
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f1bddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/etc/dnf/plugins/post-transaction-actions.d/smeserver.action
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# cockpit noise [SME: 12575]
+cockpit-ws:any:ln -sfn /dev/null /etc/motd.d/cockpit 
diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/fix-noise-el8 b/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/fix-noise-el8
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be75863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/fix-noise-el8
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# remove cockpit alert forever [SME: 12575]
+ln -sfn /dev/null /etc/motd.d/cockpit 
+
diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/mail-spool-fix b/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/mail-spool-fix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19515be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/mail-spool-fix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# copyright (C) 2023 Koozali SME Server
+#               
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#               
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#               
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307  USA
+# 
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# fix ownership of spool folder content
+pushd /var/spool/mail/ >/dev/null
+for file in *; do
+  if [ ! -f "$file" ]; then
+    continue
+  fi
+  if ( ! `id -u $file 2>/dev/null 1>&2`) ; then
+    echo "$file user does not exist deleting mail spool file" 
+    rm -f /var/spool/mail/$file
+    continue
+  fi
+  userf=$(stat -c %U /var/spool/mail/$file 2>/dev/null)
+  if [[ "$userf" != "$file" ]]; then
+    uidf=$(stat -c %u /var/spool/mail/$file 2>/dev/null)
+    uiduser=$(id -u $file 2>/dev/null )
+    # extra step needed if username has an alias eg www=apache
+    if [[ "$uidf" != "$uiduser" ]]; then
+    echo "fixing ownership of $file spool mail"
+    # extra security we want to clean it from sensitive information
+    echo ""> /var/spool/mail/$file
+    chown $file /var/spool/mail/$file
+    fi
+  fi
+done
+popd >/dev/null
+
diff --git a/root/etc/tmpfiles.d/portreserve.conf b/root/etc/tmpfiles.d/portreserve.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed0d9fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/root/etc/tmpfiles.d/portreserve.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d /run/portreserve 0755 root root 10d
diff --git a/smeserver-base.spec b/smeserver-base.spec
index 95dbd25..7d32cb1 100644
--- a/smeserver-base.spec
+++ b/smeserver-base.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Summary: smeserver server and gateway - base module
 %define name smeserver-base
 Name: %{name}
 %define version 11.0.0
-%define release 12
+%define release 13
 Version: %{version}
 Release: %{release}%{?dist}
 License: GPL
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Sep 22 2024 Jean-Philippe Pialasse <jpp@koozali.org> 11.0.0-13.sme
+- fix mail spool perms [SME: 12654]
+- fix motd noise related to cockpit [SME: 12575]
+- fix /run vs /var/run temps dir noise [SME: 12639]
+
 * Wed Aug 14 2024 Jean-Philippe Pialasse <jpp@koozali.org> 11.0.0-12.sme
 - fix 3 regressions from SME10 [SME: 12654]
   fix www missing from shared and few groups [SME: 12146]