if you use a 3rd party for email provision (eg everyone.net) and you alter cname and mx to point to everyone.net do you
- need spamassasin on the VPS ?
- turn off email services on the VPS and therefore save ram and cpu power?
- still have the ability to generate email via scripts and send from the server?
I guess they have a system in place so that they will automatically be directed calls if the "rep" is not busy and my call got directed to a desk with no operator and I heard them having a party in the background. How completely professional!
Also, their telephone system is completely broken and you'll always get a pissed off sales rep in the middle of the day because they will automatically be directed calls because their hold system is broken.
I'm 1 week into my first server and I need to know, What are some must-have 3rd Party Software for my server?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have security concerns with my current hosting of eCommerce sites. The hosts responses to my specific concerns are vague and unsatisfactory. Even when anomalies are pointed out, ( i.e A traffic domain was suddenly pointing to an IP on a server in another country) they return answers like, "Yes, there was a problem, but its all fine now."
I have considered moving to a new host, however, for price reasons, I like my current host.
This has caused me to consider having the security of my server checked and perhaps managed by a third party.
I have no experience with choosing such a service, and research so far has raised more concerns than answers as to how and what may happen by requesting the use of such a service, the reputability of said service providers, and the costs of implementing the recommendations etc.
My main concern is to do with Mysql database manipulation and DNS manipulation within the network. However, a general server vulnerability assessment would be assumed beneficial.
Is there any third party free VPS internet connection monitoring service that notifies when there is no internet connection?... I know there are lots of website uptime montioring services.... but I use VPS for using windows applications and no web page and I need to know if there is an internet connection failure...... Is there any third party service that checks this and it will not be hosted by me but the service ?.... I need to know when there is a fialure in the internet connection... It can ping or use other ways...
Another thing I am looking for is a software that notifies me by email when the windows VPS is restarted without my attendance....
especially for the internet monitoring?
I use a third-party DNS host for a domain hosted on a shared server with cpanel. The A record point to that server so that the website on it is shown, and for e-mail, it uses a different server.
How does the domain have to configured on the cpanel server, the one that hosts the website, so that e-mail originating from within it go to the external mail server?
And a related question - after the necessary changes are done, can the cpanel server still send e-mail with that domain name (say, if a script attempts to send an a message)?
Anybody using 2 different 3rd party Managed DNS services like dnsmadeeasy.com and ultradns.com on same domain name ?
Reason for doing it is because we are having resolving issues also the domain name is ".in" not ".com/net/org".
Now we have added nameservers of both the providers in the domain registrar control panel. Total it has 8 name servers now.
I copy pasted exactly same A records & Mx record and same ttl.
Q1) The NS records on both the dns services are Different. Should i add the 1st dns providers 4 nameservers in the 2nd dns providers panel and viceversa?
Q2) will this setup work anybody done it before .. does create problems?
Basically I want e-mails to myself going to a third party exchange mailbox provider and the other mailboxes for my domain going into their own mailboxes on my webhost server.
Is this possible?
I have servers with softlayer current paying $2000 a month for 3 dedicated servers. THey are set up and work perfectly.
Issue is i was not aware that softlayer doesnt do "managed" support, would like to know if anyone has a good third party company that works with softlayer.
the tools they have on the portal our great so really would like to find a company thatworks with them. the co that softlayer suggested doesnt do windows support go figure!
I have been running my own spam protection on a dedicated server for a few years now. On the whole I probably catch 95% of spam.
Having just built a new server to replace my old one I'm keep to re-evaluate how I filter spam.
I am particularly interested in 3rd party filtering via MX records (why bother using my resources when I can pay someone a small amount to do a much better job than me?).
Can you recommend any providers?
I have used Postini in the past and like them but I can't find many resellers (I've seen a few references to $1 accounts on WHT..?)
I need a solution for approx 10 domains and 4 actual mailboxes (with quite a few aliases across all domains per mailbox).
Hosters: Which 3rd party addon script do you find getting hacked the most?
View 11 Replies View RelatedI have latest VZ panel
i have 10 containers running
i have tried everything to how i can limit each container to use bandwidth monthly , i only found a way to limit the outgoing speed/traffic , but i can't limit the traffic usage per month .
i have asked softlayer about that
Hello,
You could limit traffic on a VPS container using 3rd party-softwares.
But you need to look into these software solutions or contact your server administration company.
Anyway, what 3rd party software do you advice in installing,
What i want to do is like i limit container No.107 to not use over 200Gb container No.108 To not use over 300Gb , etc...
I have a CDONTS script which has been sending mail from a client's website form to their address. However, the script has suddenly stopped working. It doesn't error, they just don't receive the mail. I've tried CCing myself in the script and the mail is not getting through. The script itself is tried and tested and syntaxially correct.
I think the problem is because they're using their own exchange server, not the web hosts' mail server. Therefore I would expect that mail sent from the web script wouldn't go through because there is no local mail server to process it.
The problem is that the script hasn't changed, the host say their system hasn't changed, and the client's IT team say their exchange settings haven't changed!
I could set up a CDOSYS script to use their Exchange server to deal with the email, but their IT support won't allow relaying, so I don't think this is possible.
Is connecting to their Exchange box the only option, or should the website host still be able to process the web-script-generated mail despite not being their mail provider? I'm getting a lot of grief here, but it can't be the script that has suddenly broken because nobody has touched it!
I'm finally ready to move from a shared environment to a dedicated server. I don't know anything about server set up and management. Therefore I'm looking for a managed solution.
Reading through this great forum I found out that I can either go with a fully managed solution by the hosting company or go with an self-managed host and hire a third party administrator.
This will be my first dedicated server project. I would like to keep monthly cost below $400. Not necessarily looking for the cheapest deal out there, but rather for good service and stable performance.
I have heard good things about the Planet and liquidweb here on this forum. If I can find a reliable 3rd party management company I might be able to look into softlayer and/limestone.
I'm trying to decide whether I should go with inhouse management or 3rd party management.
Can anyone recommend a hosted third-party spam filtering service for cPanel servers?
Most of the servers are reseller based, and I don't see myself or my team having to enter each individual email address into the service.
With that said, is there any service where you can just point the MX records to it, it would scan the email, and then deliver it?
We switched to a 3rd party mail server provided by our local ISP, however when attempts are made to mail anyone on our domain a message similar to one of the following is received:
Quote:
This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
my_email_address@our_domain
Technical details of permanent failure:
PERM_FAILURE: SMTP Error (state 13): 550 5.7.1 <my_email_address@our_domain>... Relaying denied
or
Quote:
Hi. This is the qmail-send program.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
<my_email_address@our_domain>:
70.43.63.21 does not like recipient.
Remote host said: 550 5.7.1 <my_email_address@our_domain>... Relaying denied Giving up on 70.43.63.21.
I've made sure the MX records are in place on our nameserver, and I've verified this with DNS Stuff.
I seem to think the problem is on our ISP's end.
Parallels Panel 11.0.9
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS
Apache/2.2.22 / Mysql 3.5.8.1
Is it possible to let Plesk allow database creation from another web application ?
For example, we would like to use this framework (codeigniter) method => this->dbforge->create_database('db_name')
ACTUAL RESULT =>
The method returns false but i'm unable to track it on the error logs.
EXPECTED RESULT =>
The method should returns TRUE
And thus the database should be created
Is it some task we should manage at Plesk or Apache level ?
My client has a domain registered at GoDaddy and a Yahoo Small Business email package.
The only info I can find on Yahoo suggests I need to redelegate the domain's name servers to Yahoo, and I'd rather not do this if I can help it.
Is it possible to simply leave the name servers at GoDaddy and point the MX record to Yahoo's servers?
I don't see anything on Yahoo saying it won't work, but then I see nothing to suggest it will either!
Any experiences with Supermicro IPMI Card - (AOC-IPMI20-E)? I need basic Power managment like APC reboot ports.
Since its very likely that we will get some Supermicro servers, I thought why not add the IPMI card.
My Plesk panel (11.5.30) hosts a number of domains that all use Google Apps for Business to host their emails. No emails are hosted on the panel, and the mail server is turned off. So is the DNS server.
Using the mail() php function to send automatic confirmation emails from a website hosted on the panel, they arrive at any address NOT hosted locally, however they fail to arrive at any address whose website is locally hosted.
My initial research suggested that Plesk was routing locally, hence the problem, however the mailserver has been turned off the for domain/webspace.
I'm having difficulty sending an email to another email address (with a different domain) which is on the same VPS.The trouble is, on the other domain's VPS control panel, within the DNS settings, the MX records have been pointed externally (to an exchange server). Their email is turned off. But bizarrely, their mailbox is full.
It seems as though Plesk is ignoring the MX records, and sending MY email internally to the OTHER domain's mailbox on the same VPS.How do I get Plesk to send my mail to the correct EXTERNAL MX records?
I had a email address I deleted on my server (postfix on Debian 4), but to my surprise the server still recieves email for the address!
(I have manually tried sending a email to the address and it comes througt).
I have deleted the address from the /etc/postfix/virtual file and restarted postfix.
What could I have forgotten?
One of my customers asked me if is possible technically to offer free email services.
Since he's going to launch a big portal he want to offer such things later, for all users.
Now, there are problems as:
a) if there is any possibility to compress emails similar with GMAIL or YahooMail or so, because i can't imagine the email is uncompressed
b) how can be handled email boxes over multiple (mail ?) servers if the HDD space needed would be larger than for one server HDD ?
I am having an email issue and I can not resolve. I am hoping for some assisstance here.
One of my local clients are not able to email each other in their office. (About 10 employess I believe)
They are using Outlook mail client, and using ISP's SMTP server. They are able to send/recieve email to other users externally, but not intenally.
Using webmail works perfectly fine.
I spoke with my host and the said everything is working fine. I checked with the ISP to see if they are blocking the IP address on the SMTP server. They said they were not.
I have a personal account on the same server and tried to send email to another local email account, and it did not work either. Tried to send email to my clients email and they did not recieve anything.
I am on the same ISP as my client, so Im still not sure if its the ISP or not.
I setup mail piping with Exim so that e-mails sent to a specific account be forwarded to my PHP script. It's not working properly, because when I send a mail to this account, it's bounced by the mailer daemon:
Code:
This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
pipe to |/home/user/public_html/support/parse.php
generated by support@mydomain.com
local delivery failed
In my /etc/valiases/domain.com file I have:
Code:
support@mydomain.com: "|/home/user/public_html/support/parse.php"
*: :blackhole:
What can be causing the error?
On one my servers, I'm receiving hundreds of spam emails that are clogging up the email queue to email addresses that do not exist.
For instance domain.com, I would get
bob@domain.com
liz@domain.com
325235@domain.com
You get the picture. How do I setup my server so that if there isn't an email address setup the email automatically gets deleted instead of trying to attempt to deliver it?