Is there any way to have sendmail completely disabled on my server?
I tried:
service sendmail stop
but my maillog keeps filling up with a lot of messages like these:
stat=Deferred: Connection refused by [127.0.0.1]
How can I stop the maillog from filling up?
is there any way to disable automatic updates completely ? Because the lowest option in the panel is:
"Notify me about available updates but do not automatically install them" (Critical security updates will still be installed automatically.)
And while I can't figure out, which files are going to be updated even on this minmalistic setting, I have to disable it completely.
We will be hosting our own closed source solutions and need to be able to not give customers access to the files in their webspace.FTP and SSH access will be blocked in the firewall, so that it easy.I see it is possible to disable access to FTP users information, but the file manager is still usable in the CCP (Customer Control Panel / Hosting Panel).Can this file manager be disabled as well?
View 6 Replies View RelatedJust thought I would post up a review on what I thought about SolarVPS, as I've had nothing but joy with them.
It was back in 2007 when I decided that shared hosting was getting to slow for my website, and I was advised to get a VPS plan. I was originally with Bluehost, who provided outstanding customer service and value for money, and I was very reluctant to move from them. My worry was that I would move to a service where I was pretty much neglected, and left with 0 support, and many server issues.
However I came across SolarVPS on these forums, and gave them a go. Well I used the lifetime discount voucher, so my package was pretty cheap as it was. My server was setup instantly after payment, and things have been going fine since.
I've recently started up a new project, and needed a new VPS hosting package. So I came along to these forums again today to look for some juicy VPS deals. Came across a fair few, some which did seem very good value for money, but the issue about customer service was bugging me. What if the CS was delayed, what if my support tickets were not addressed, and what if their live chat was only live a few hours in the day. After finding some good deals, I thought hell with it, I'l get another plan with SolarVPS.
So I found their nice 20% off coupon which I applied to my account, making the pan I bought again, pretty good value for money. Bought the plan, immediately received some emails regarding my purchase. I went to the live chat and was talking to one guy, Douglas, about setting my server up. It's the one time that I've felt I was talking to a human via live chat. Not only did this guy sort me out in a snap, but he had a great sense of humour to which is always a bonus.
So, within an hour, I now have a nice new plan setup with SolarVPS that I KNOW I will be pleased with.
Let me just gloss over the points about SolarVPS I think really stand out: ....
As per the title, what steps are needed to remove HyperVM altogether from the server leaving just the OpenVZ or Xen kernels?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI've removed a website from my server, terminated the account, removed all files. But when you go to the domain name, you get the "Great Success ! Apache is working on your cPanel® and WHM™ Server" page. I dont want even that. I want nothing to come up.
I want it to appear as if the domain/server never existed and show up as a 404 or whatever (this was a forced remove). Is there any way to do this? is there something I didnt do? Or am I stuck since the domain is still pointed at my server.
I've tried to give the hint (move), but it hasnt worked, so I have a feeling I'm going to get questions about this new issue. It's a church related group (even thought theyve been warned this was coming), so its hard to be an AHole, but they need to go.
I just want it to come up as if it never existed on my server, if possible.
The most common way is tar the whole files and downlaod it. But as there's also mysql DB. The common way is usually take a lot of time to restore it.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI managed to block referrers/hotlinkers by htaccess,so images are not visible there anymore,but the problem is i still see them in access log,and it seems that causing large cpu usage of apache when checking daily cpu usage.And those loaded files even doesn't exits anymore.So is it possible to completely block them,so i can not see them in domlogs/access logs?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI tried searching around but maybe someone can steer me in the right direction.
I, as probably many other people, are in an interesting predicament.
I love my VPS right now...however obviously since I started with my VPS I'm about to out grow it, with the amount of power that I need.
What I'm looking for is a server which is completely managed, completely secured (some sort of active virus scanning), however I can get in there and have complete control like I would with my VPS, but obviously with more resources.
What I'm looking for is:
2-4GBs of ram
Pentium D (minimum) up to a Xeon 3220 SINGLE processor
1000 - 2000TB / bandwidth
100mb/s uplink
Windows 03 would be great, I'll settle for CentOS though
Budget max is $170/mo.
We are using Apache 2.4.7 as Reverse Proxy & Using only for Single sign on. At random times our server crashes (every 1/2 weeks) in our environment.
Find the code that we put in httpd.conf file ....
Is there any way to forbid plesk panel to use one of the IP addresses?If I remove address from panel - it has removed physically from network interface. I want to keep this IP address on network interface, but not let plesk panel use this address in all config files (nginx. apache, ssl etc.)
I want to use standard ports (443 and 80) on this IP address with some custom program not related to plesk panel and web servers. But now Plesk binds all available IP addresses to it services by default.
I felt the extreme and desperate need to post my experience with Limestone Networks here with the rest of you. Please take time to review it as I find it a vital piece of information when making a decision. I normally don't post my problems here, but this time it's needed.
I have been a customer since 5/17/2008. I was able to get someone via Live Chat when I fist went to the website. I got an instant response on the phone. It all seemed great. The server was up and online within a few hours, I was pleased. The network seemed fine and I'm fairly low maintenance, so I didn't have many complaints.
After having the account for a while, we started getting blacklisted on spam lists. I would submit tickets to see if they could work to get us removed. Typically support tickets where answered fairly slowly - I'd see a response time of a day or two. I didn't complain as I can accept things fairly well.
Next, they released a new server that was almost identical to the one I already had.
They both had the same amount of memory, similar cpus (both quad core), the only difference was one 750 GB drive vs RAID-1 750 GB drives. The price for my system was $249/month, while the new server was priced at like $130/m (the WHT special they just ran). I asked about a price adjustment for my server. They wouldn't do it. So, I asked if we could keep our IP addresses if we moved to another server. They couldn't do that either.
I ordered the new server and moved my customers over to it. It came time to cancel the old server, so I submitted my request for cancellation. I know they automatically bill everything, so I removed my credit cards that were on file to avoid this. I was then told I needed to give a 5 day cancellation notice as per my ToS when I signed up. Unfortunately, I didn't read the ToS close enough - my fault. Somehow they ended up removing the server and I guess they just waived the 5 day notice. I never really got any response on that (or bill for it either).
As of yesterday, I've had the new server for one month. I signed up for it on 7/30, so that'd make my next billing date 8/30. I did forget to add my credit cards back on so it could be auto charged again - my fault. However, less than 24 hours after my due date, I find my server is offline. I submitted a ticket which I will paste below. Bottom line, because I was late (not even by one day), they shut off and reformatted my server. Here's my support ticket:
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My server LSN-D1595 is offline due to non payment. I need it back online asap! I will add a payment option to the billing system which you can charge. Just get the server back online please. ***-***-**** if you need to reach me.
Ryan G. - Support Technician - Limestone Networks Employee
Posted: 08/31/2008 10:52 AM CDT
Hi Breck, Unfortunately your servers have been canceled for non-payment. If you wish to purchase new servers with us you can still go ahead and do so, however I am not able to return your original servers to you.
Breck B.
Posted: 08/31/2008 11:11 AM CDT
Ryan, this is completely unacceptable. I am not going to tolerate this! That server has valuble data on it that can't be recovered! I don't care what your policy is, I need that server back online immediately! If you can't make this right, I will be posting my experience on WHT. Bill me hourly if you need to. Just get it online.
Bryan P. - Support Technician - Limestone Networks Employee
Posted: 08/31/2008 01:19 PM CDT
I'm sorry, but server LSN-D1595 has already been reformatted.
Bryan P. - Support Technician - Limestone Networks Employee
Posted: 08/31/2008 02:17 PM CDT
Closed Ticket
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So, there we have it. My server has been reformatted because I'm a day late. I've never seen anything like this in my entire life. Money wasn't a problem - I was away and just wanted to have a good Labor Day weekend. Also, I NEVER received an invoice via email, snail mail, nor a phone call. I got no notice at all. Along with that, according to their ToS, my data should be available within 15 days of my non payment (whether or not the server is).
I do plan on taking this to court- I have several people who also had access to the server who are interested in a lawsuit.
If slow responses, being blacklisted on spam databases, and being reformatted if you are under 24 hours late is okay with you - I'd really recommend Limesone Networks! They give you a great feeling like nobody cares about you. I'm not sure why a company would invest so much money in advertising, if they really aren't serious about keeping the customers that they get. This has been the worst day of my life. I hope all of you can get something from this and learn to stay away from companies like Limestone. I definately have learned my lesson the hard way.
I've encountered a curious problem. Fresh install of Plesk 11 on a Windows 2008 R2 Server. If I want to configure FTP-Accounts under "Domain&Mail" the option is missing entirely. The Server is running an FTP Server and I can connect via FTP to some parts with some users I have created in Plesk. I've scrounged the internet for information about what might be going on here but came up empty.
There is no option to configure FTP Accounts or anything FTP in Plesk. There is empty space where the link should be.
I have an issue with my daily backup. I configured to have a daily backup on an external FTP server. Everything looks to work correctly but in the panel I see that the task is a 100% forever. Never finishing completely.. So the next day, the task is not starting.. I have to remove manually the task in backup manager screen.
here is the last lines of the log file (in /var/log/plesk/PMM/backup-2015-01-20-20-46-02-824)
[2015-01-20 21:33:53.108|18485] INFO: ENV[LANG]=en_US.UTF-8
[2015-01-20 21:33:53.108|18485] INFO: Executing utility: /bin/sh -c -e /bin/tar --create --file /usr/local/psa/PMM/tmp/backupznMOWN/daily__1501202046.tar --directory /tmp/repo_transport_tmp_Jalkfn/ --dereference --files-from /tmp/repo_transport_tmp_UTCFhv
[2015-01-20 21:41:12.528|18485] INFO: The utility executed with the return code 0
[Code] ....
I'm suffer 2 major problem as below :
1.
how to turn off spamassassin completely ?
I've already stop the spamassassin service on Services Management but it's only valid one day. The next day, spam assassin service automatically start
2.
my customer mailbox statistic wrong. Even if their mailbox not full but when they send email. The quota said that their mailbox full. So they can't send/receive email.
Our action :
Manually, use command
/usr/local/psa/bin/sw-engine-pleskrun /usr/local/psa/admin/plib/DailyMaintainance/script.php -f execute-statistics
i have two issues:
1) I had disabled the php mail() function due to spam, but this has stopped so many hosted scripts to stop emailing their users... how do I enable that function again?
2) in a failed attempt to fix #1 (i thought it was sendmail which caused it) sendmail has stopped sending in or delivering emails... not quite sure why this happened eventhough I backed up sendmail before working on it and reverted back when i failed to resolve the issue?
when I send mail with mail() function (on my forum ) I can't resieve it I have
when I execute tail -f /var/log/exim_mainlog
I have :
2007-08-14 17:29:43 1IKxOx-0002uq-Qi == nobody@server.XXXX.com R=localuser T=local_delivery defer (13): Permission denied: cannot create //mail
My website is running of a windows server, and so doesn't let PHP sendmail work .
I only remembered this recently, and now know why I have been loosing out on clients.
Is there a work around to this? i.e possibly some sort of script that emulates the linux sendmail? Note: I don't have access to the windows server config, it is a shared hosting account.
As I was on windows and hated my hosts spam protection (took almost 3 hours for the spam filter to confirm safety of emails from gmail servers) I moved the email system to an external company, that now manages my pop3/smtp etc. (not sure if this makes any difference - but may as well explain it just incase)
I have installed sendmail program on the server and when I try to send email to any external address, it is trying to connect to localhost. Am I missing anything here?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have found a bunch of articles to setup Sendmail as a mail relay, but none have been successful for me or the articles are very outdated. Anyone have a 'stupid-proof' set of current instructions on how setup Sendmail Pop before SMTP? This is a CentOS 4.5 Box with Sendmail 8.14.2/8.13.1 and Dovecot. Any successful guidance would be appreciated!
View 3 Replies View Relatedhow to which will help me to make a correct configuration of mail server. I want to set up a mail server with e.g three domain names and all three domain names will have few similar email addresses like info, sales, marketing and so on. I know that this can be done by using control panels but I am not big fan of control panels I want to do a pure Linux administration using the command line.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI haven't used Sendmail in a while and would like to clarify a specific setup.
Suppose we have a box hosting a handful of clients, thus it is a Shared setup.
Suppose we have Sendmail sendmail-8.13.1-3.3.el4 on a CentOS 4.7 Final installed with 0 extra configuration other than the default one.
Such setup allows on to relay via the localhost method through php/cgi scripts or even manually through sendmail binary.
Ideal setup would be one where I would have the ability to specify into a file, the usernames allowed to relay email. E.g
if /etc/passwd contains
user1
user2
user3
user3
baduser
user6
spaminguser
than ideally I'd like to pick 'baduser' + 'spaminguser' and disallow them the ability to relay through the localhost.
I should not know anything about their domains or where they are sending.
A general directory setup might be
/home/user1/domain1.com
/home/user1/domain2.com
/home/user1/domain3.com
/home/user2/domain.com
/home/user2/sub.domain.com
etc.
Thus, the server has 0 more than a barebones installation of Sendmail with the following configuration
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divert(-1)dnl
include(`/usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4')dnl
VERSIONID(`setup for Red Hat Linux')dnl
OSTYPE(`linux')dnl
define(`confDEF_USER_ID',``8:12'')dnl
define(`confTO_CONNECT', `1m')dnl
define(`confTRY_NULL_MX_LIST',true)dnl
define(`confDONT_PROBE_INTERFACES',true)dnl
define(`PROCMAIL_MAILER_PATH',`/usr/bin/procmail')dnl
define(`ALIAS_FILE', `/etc/aliases')dnl
define(`STATUS_FILE', `/var/log/mail/statistics')dnl
define(`UUCP_MAILER_MAX', `2000000')dnl
define(`confUSERDB_SPEC', `/etc/mail/userdb.db')dnl
define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `authwarnings,novrfy,noexpn,restrictqrun')dnl
define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl
define(`confTO_IDENT', `0')dnl
FEATURE(`no_default_msa',`dnl')dnl
FEATURE(`smrsh',`/usr/sbin/smrsh')dnl
FEATURE(`mailertable',`hash -o /etc/mail/mailertable.db')dnl
FEATURE(`virtusertable',`hash -o /etc/mail/virtusertable.db')dnl
FEATURE(redirect)dnl
FEATURE(always_add_domain)dnl
FEATURE(use_cw_file)dnl
FEATURE(use_ct_file)dnl
FEATURE(local_procmail,`',`procmail -t -Y -a $h -d $u')dnl
FEATURE(`access_db',`hash -T<TMPF> -o /etc/mail/access.db')dnl
FEATURE(`blacklist_recipients')dnl
EXPOSED_USER(`root')dnl
DAEMON_OPTIONS(`Port=smtp,Addr=127.0.0.1, Name=MTA')dnl
FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl
LOCAL_DOMAIN(`localhost.localdomain')dnl
MAILER(smtp)dnl
MAILER(procmail)dnl
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I've got a chroot setup and I'm currently using mini_sendmail but I'm getting:
Quote:
Deferred: 451-The server has reached its limit for processing requests from your host
I'm assuming thats because I don't have Exim on this server, but I would like to send the mail to Exim on my mail server.
A spammer has sent a ton of users a phishing email requesting the users password...
I work for a regional ISP, and we deal with alot of elderly people who would probably send him a response with a password... I looked over the mail log and one person did respond back to him...
Basically... I want to do like... a virtusertable entry that forwards any email sent to HIM... to ME...
so basically... his email is for instance: phishingspammer@gmail.com
I want to do something like this in the virtusertable (I understand it probably cannot be done thru the virtusertable):
phishingspammer@gmail.com goodguy@regionalisp.com
This way I can alert the people who DO try to send him emails that the email was stopped and to never respond with a password.
I sent email through php function mail - false.
Open putty ->
php -r 'mail("***@gmail.com","test","jjjjjjjj";'
sh: /usr/sbin/sendmail: No such file or directory
SENDMAIL not installed ?
CentOs 5
Our mail server is rejecting port 25 connections, when anyone trying to send email. We are running sendmail. What configuration file needs to check? And what needs to be changed?
View 3 Replies View Relatedon a sendmail issue that I'm seeing, to which both my hosts are saying "nothing wrong at this end".
Some background:
A few months back, I moved my XXX.com from SLHost to another host. But I forgot to remove the account in WHM at SLHost until a day or two ago.
Since then, mails generated by the server (eg, from a PHP script, or the cron messages) are not getting to the XXX.com account - they're just sitting in the mail queue. I can use POP3 to send mails from accounts on SLHost to XX.com without any problems.
Some diagnostics:
MAIL QUEUE OUTPUT FROM SLHOST.COM
Message 1Iju1W-0001a9-G6 is not frozen
delivering 1Iju1W-0001a9-G6
Connecting to XXX.com [209.51.132.1]:25 ... connected
SMTP<< 220-bee.nswebhost.com ESMTP Exim 4.68 #1 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:01:17 -0500
220-We do not authorize the use of this system to transport unsolicited,
220 and/or bulk e-mail.
SMTP>> EHLO server.resource-directory.info
SMTP<< 250-bee.nswebhost.com Hello server.resource-directory.info [207.210.221.149]
250-SIZE 52428800
250-PIPELINING
250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
250-STARTTLS
250 HELP
SMTP>> STARTTLS
SMTP<< 220 TLS go ahead
SMTP>> EHLO server.resource-directory.info
SMTP<< 250-bee.nswebhost.com Hello server.resource-directory.info [207.210.221.149]
250-SIZE 52428800
250-PIPELINING
250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN
250 HELP
SMTP>> MAIL FROM:<nobody@server.resource-directory.info> SIZE=2117
SMTP>> RCPT TO:<subtest3@XXX.com>
SMTP>> DATA
SMTP<< 250 OK
SMTP<< 451 Temporary local problem - please try later
SMTP<< 503-All RCPT commands were rejected with this error:
503-Temporary local problem - please try later
503 Valid RCPT command must precede DATA
SMTP>> QUIT
LOG: MAIN
== subtest3@XXX.com R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp defer (-44): SMTP error from remote mail server after RCPT TO:<subtest3@XXX.com>: host XXX.com [209.51.132.1]: 451 Temporary local problem - please try later
DIG MX OUTPUT FROM SLHOST:
; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> mx XXX.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 3132
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 1
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;XXX.com. IN MX
;; ANSWER SECTION:
XXX.com. 4116 IN MX 0 XXX.com.
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
XXX.com. 76116 IN NS ns2-bee.nswebhost.com.
XXX.com. 76116 IN NS ns1-bee.nswebhost.com.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
XXX.com. 4116 IN A 209.51.132.1
;; Query time: 1 msec
;; SERVER: 207.210.221.149#53(207.210.221.149)
;; WHEN: Tue Oct 23 08:03:33 2007
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 123
So, that seems to be OK - the server at SLHost recognises that mail should go to the IP listed for the new account.
DNSREPORT.COM WARNINGS:
WARNSOA REFRESH valueWARNING: Your SOA REFRESH interval is : 86400 seconds. This seems high. You should consider decreasing this value to about 3600-7200 seconds (or higher, if using DNS NOTIFY). RFC1912 2.2 recommends a value between 1200 to 43200 seconds (20 minutes to 12 hours, with the longer time periods used for very slow Internet connections), and if you are using DNS NOTIFY the refresh value is not as important (RIPE recommend 86400 seconds if using DNS NOTIFY). This value determines how often secondary/slave nameservers check with the master for updates. A value that is too high will cause DNS changes to be in limbo for a long time.
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WARNSOA EXPIRE valueWARNING: Your SOA EXPIRE time is : 3600000 seconds. This seems a bit high. You should consider decreasing this value to about 1209600 to 2419200 seconds (2 to 4 weeks). RFC1912 suggests 2-4 weeks. This is how long a secondary/slave nameserver will wait before considering its DNS data stale if it can't reach the primary nameserver.
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FAILReverse DNS entries for MX recordsERROR: The IP of one or more of your mail server(s) have no reverse DNS (PTR) entries/* (if you see "Timeout" below, it may mean that your DNS servers did not respond fast enough)*/. RFC1912 2.1 says you should have a reverse DNS for all your mail servers. It is strongly urged that you have them, as many mailservers will not accept mail from mailservers with no reverse DNS entry. You can double-check using the 'Reverse DNS Lookup' tool at the DNSstuff site if you recently changed your reverse DNS entry (it contacts your servers in real time; the reverse DNS lookups in the DNS report use our local caching DNS server). The problem MX records are:
1.132.51.209.in-addr.arpa [No reverse DNS entry (rcode: 3 ancount: 0) (check it)]
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WARNMail server host name in greetingWARNING: One or more of your mailservers is claiming to be a host other than what it really is (the SMTP greeting should be a 3-digit code, followed by a space or a dash, then the host name). If your mailserver sends out E-mail using this domain in its EHLO or HELO, your E-mail might get blocked by anti-spam software. This is also a technical violation of RFC821 4.3 (and RFC2821 4.3.1). Note that the hostname given in the SMTP greeting should have an A record pointing back to the same server. Note that this one test may use a cached DNS record.
XXX.com claims to be host bee.nswebhost.com [but that host is at 64.22.69.42 (may be cached), not 209.51.132.1].
I am on CentOS 4.4 64 bit, installed sendmail using
yum install sendmail
everything was installed.
when I
service sendmail start
I got:
Starting sendmail: 554 5.3.5 /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: line 265: service "smtp" unknown [FAILED]
Starting sm-client: [ OK ]
what does that mean? how to fix it?
I just want to allow local php script sending email only. no pop3 and smtp service required.
What are the main diffrenced between sendmail and exim? If you can explain,
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