i have a webserver (mailserver) already running example ABC.com now i want to buy extra server that will be used only to send newsletter to members of ABC.com. Is it possible to do it? Also i dont want to break the existing mailserver as it is used by staff so this new server has to operate independently but of course this has to appear and has to be legitimate.
One of my idea is to setup a subdomain for ABC.com lets say mail2.abc.com and point to a new server but again how it will appear if i send email from info@abc.com when its subdomain!
I want to create a mailserver setup ( SMTP/POP3/IMAP/SSL) in my server which in public network.Can any one suggest the Webbased GUI interface tool which manages my mailserver setup . The tool must able to manage users ( creating mail users,allocating quato).
I don't know I was clearly enough in the title, the problem is that one of my clients has his own mailserver, I host only his website, and he uses a local server for emails.
For the rest of websites which are hosted on this server, everything is ok, intodns.com reports this message :
You have reverse (PTR) records for all your IPs, that is a good thing.
But for the website which has the mailserver on another server it fails the PTR test on intodns.com
ERROR: No reverse DNS (PTR) entries. The problem MX records are: 2.218.77.82.in-addr.arpa -> no reverse (PTR) detected You should contact your ISP and ask him to add a PTR record for your ips
I have checked Tailor Made Servers control panel, and I have the option to set Reverse DNS for every IP alocated on my server, and for now all the websites (30) shares the same IP ..
I have given up Yahoo and Hotmail always block all of my emails even after I request IP blacklist removal:
It looks like Yahoo and M$ allow their corporate buddies to send and receive emails and block everyone else. My server only sends out automated emails informing the users that they have registered or received a new post notification. However Yahoo and Hotmail still block all of my emails. In WHM I see that I have a newsletter sent out to 5000 members that is stuck in the mail queue for over 24 hours. Is there a third party site where I can easily paste those emails and send a message and they will go through?
I'm planning a new site. If everything goes ok, with the offline promotion it will have, I'm sure it will have thousands of people registered during this year. I think at first I'll have a good hosting or shared server to see how it works there.
My problem is to find a good solution to deliver weekly newsletters to the registered users. I'm looking for a solution that can work where the site is hosted, but I find that almost all the hosting have limits on mail sending (example, 200 mails per hour) and I would like that the registered users receive the mails in just a few hours as max time.
Today I found this script http://activecampaign.com/12all/ and I don't know if it would help me. I think yes, but the limit on the hosting will still be there. What happens if I get a shared server? Will I still have problems with emails or I would have more liberty?
I also saw those solutions that offers other enterprises to solve the emails problem (like Sitepoint uses for newsletters). One of them is Constant Contact.
I would like a solution from the beginning that works no matter how big became my database of registered users.
All of this also make me wonder if I should plan the site using .NET or PHP (for example, if I consider a solution from another enterprise to send newsletters, it would be the same maybe, but if not, I should consider a script solution compatible with each platform).
I also wonder, how do all medium to medium-big sites send their newsletters almost instantly? (For example, if you have to send important news that needs to reach all the users in time, no 6 hours later because of mail limits, how they do that? If I have a shared server or my own server I would still have the problem of emails limit?)
I wrote some time ago to an enterprise of marketing email, and they told (don't know if it is true) that they have agreements with other enterprises to avoid detect their mails as spam.
I am using Bluehost as my primary / public server and yes had my own horror stories with them.. But I am still with them since they sorted things out with me. Any way... Bluehost has a Cap Limit of you can send somewhat 50 - 500 mails ( I just called them and raised it to 500).
I run a phpbb3 forum and want to send monthly newsletters to my members, I have more then 500 people so how exactly can I send them newsletters ?
Is there any special script that you use or special software that I need to run that will automatically get the email list from the phpbb3 board and send the emails every hour or something ?
I've got some questions regarding use of a VPS as a mail-server. I've had this little domain since 1996, and it's not only my main e-mail but now also my family, extended family, close friends and work colleagues. No complaints with my current shared host, except their mail-server just isn't cutting it. They've even stated as much, and suggested users not happy about performance move to g-mail. Whatever, I want my name at my domain. So, I'm thinking I should just get myself a VPS to use mostly as a mail-server (the website it self gets like, 10 unique hits/month from totally lost Googlers)
I'd like to keep things around $70/month, a price well worth it IMHO to not have to be told 'the webmail is down again.' I have no way to determine my total mail bandwidth, but I'm guessing 10-20 legitimate e-mails in and out per day with about 2 dozen users.
Any thoughts on pitfalls, or advice? How does the actual network connection work? I.E, if the VPS has a 10mbps Ethernet connection with 10 total users, does each user get a dedicated 1mbps connection? Also, any good recommendations? I'm looking a liquidweb, but really have no clue. Location doesn't matter, but I'm Ohio so anything nearby might be refreshing for a change.
My technical experience isn't great, but I am able to RTFM and have setup a Debian server on scrap hardware with trixbox installed, so I'm guessing it's not much harder than that. This all kind of started out as a hobby, but has oddly enough become a bit vital for myself and others who use email@mydomain.
We're having a problem with a few clients saying that people are sending email to them but that the emails are not getting through. They ran their domain name via a system that tests email servers and it came back with the following issues for the server:
"There was a problem while talking with the mail server. Got 'Socket Timeout Exception: Read timed out'"
The mailserver we're running is Exim. The domain name is www.newwritingnorth.com and the site they used for testing is here:
[url]
we ARE getting emails in, but just not from some people, so its a strange one
I have an issue with o2 - some of their mailservers have blacklisted IPs and hence mail doesn't get delivered to recipients whose ISPs subscribe to the specific blacklists.
Questions:
1 If mail is not delivered, will I ALWAYS know about it?
I've had bounce notifications from one specific ISP, but I'm wondering whether in other cases the mail will just not get through and I'll not know about it.
2 I'm aware of problems with two specific o2 IPs: 82.132.130.151 82.132.130.169
I am talking about a WHM/Cpanel setup. Is there a way to convince the Exim mailserver (MTA) to get any of the hosted domain name in the "HELO" greeting when dispatching mail? Many ISPs deny accepting mail when the smtp domain name in the setting of a mail client program does not match the vps main hostname.
The only workaround seems to be to change the smtp server name for all domains to be identical to the main server (setup) name.
In detail: When you setup more then one domain on your vps and use your own dns/bind, then CPanel installs the domain records in a way that mail exchange is set to e.g. firstdomain.com. 14400 IN MX 10 mail.firstdomain.com. ... mail 14440 IN A 111.111.111.111
which basically instruct your vps that email client programs can connect to the "firstdomain.com" host for pop (imap) as well as smtp using the subdomain name mail.firstdomain.com with the respective ports.
Now, Cpanels MTA (mail transfer agent) exim uses only the vps setup domain name as mailserver address and all Outgoing eMails always show the setup domain or one of its subdomains (depending on setup) in the mail header, no matter which of your vps domains sends the mail.
This way you most likely run into the situation that a couple of ISPs deny accepting your (or your clients) eMails because your (actually one and only) "mailserver does not have their host name in the greeting".
technically, if you telnet (no need to ssh) to mail.firstdomain.com on port 25 the response will be 220-setup.maindomain.com ESMTP Exim 4.52 #1 Sun, 26 Mar 2006 ... 220-We do not authorize the use of this system to transport unsolicited, 220 and/or bulk e-mail. and, in case you send a helo command to this connection, the result is helo 250 setup.maindomain.com Hello [11.22.33.44]
That means some mails sent out with mail.firstdomain.com might be rejected as spam.
Is there a way to get exim to display 250 mail.firstdomain.com Hello [11.22.33.44] or 250 mail.seconddomain.com Hello [11.22.33.44] etc
Server is running fine on 2GB memory on Xeon 3060 running on Apache 1.3, php 4.4.6 and mysql 4.1.21
It's only used to host a forum with about 80 members online and a multimedia download section.
Would it be a big difference if I upgrade to 3GB? Like will it support more downloads at once without boggind down the server? Which stuff should I tweak in apache and mysql config to make use of extra gig of ram?
Streamyx is the largest ISP in Malaysia and a few weeks ago, any emails sent out via my dedicated server to @streamyx.com would bounce.
Servstra & PSM are convinced that Streamyx has blocked my IP but Streamyx is saying that they haven't. I've tried getting Servstra to change the SMTP server to a different unused IP but that didn't resolve the error either.
If I send emails to the same streamyx.com account via yahoo or gmail, they get through immediately.
I really need to resolve this.. nearly everybody has a streamyx account here and it's impossible to work like this. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
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[root@ice db]# tail -f /var/log/exim_mainlog| grep judah7@streamyx.com 2008-03-31 10:13:25 1Jg9WX-0000Vg-42 == judah7@streamyx.com R=lookuphost T=remote_smtp defer (0): SMTP error from remote mail server after initial connection: host mx.tm.net.my [202.188.0.213]: 452 try later ================
[root@ice ~]# telnet mx.tm.net.my 25 Trying 202.188.0.213... Connected to mx.tm.net.my (202.188.0.213). Escape character is '^]'. 452 try later Connection closed by foreign host. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If I use my Dathorn account, these are the telnet results... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
isp@dathorn [~]# telnet mx.tm.net.my 25 Trying 202.188.0.213... Connected to mx.tm.net.my (202.188.0.213). Escape character is '^]'. 220 mx.tm.net.my -- Server ESMTP (MX) TMnet
I'm having some serious issues.. I moved to a new dedicated server company and found out that the IP block I was on was blacklisted with 5 anti-spam lists.
However, the company is great and they have managed to get the IP block out of every single black list.
However, I am still having issues. My server does not seem to be listed on any blacklists but emails sent out to various places, get bounced back with the following types of errors.
Any suggestions or advice? Any server administrators who think they can fix this? Please PM me with your quote.
Code: SMTP error from remote mail server after initial connection: host umip1.um.edu.my [202.185.111.224]: 554 umip1.um.edu.my
Code: SMTP error from remote mail server after initial connection: host mailfilter.hi-light.com.tw [210.71.187.212]: 554-IP650-02.hibox.hinet.net 554 Your access to this mail system has been rejected due to the sending MTA's poor reputation.
Code: SMTP error from remote mail server after initial connection: host gateway.kaf.com.my [203.109.48.229]: 554-gateway.kaf.com.my 554 Connections from your server *ip removed* are being refused due to poor reputation.
I've got a question about how SMTP server will act in a situation like this...
Let's say I have a domain with 2 MX records:
Quote:
domain.com. IN MX 10 mx1.domain.com. domain.com. IN MX 20 mx2.domain.com.
Now, imagine that one particular user will go over his quota on mx1.domain.com. Will sender's SMTP server try to relay his messages to mx2.domain.com or will they just get bounced by mx1?
I'm looking for a VPS running Windows Server (preferably 2008, but 2003 is also OK) with 4GB of RAM. Disk space, provided it's at least 50GB, and bandwidth, provided it's at least 100GB/month, aren't really that important.
I've been scouring WHT and Google for something that will meet my needs but have not yet been successful. Does anyone know where I can find such a VPS? Or is there nothing out there and should I concentrate on fully dedicated products?
Although I have switch to using VPS for some time, I still have a question in mind.
Most registrars need 2 ns which 2 IPs are sufficent. Why some hostings are giving 4 IPs?
I ever sign up with one hosting which give 1 IP. If a minimum of 2 IPs is needed, what else can I do other than pay money for an extra IP? Feel cheated.
I have this G4 Apple Xserve that's just sitting collecting dust. What can it be used for? I guess I could install a powerpc flavor of linux. But what can I run on OSX? Game server of some sort?
One of my hosting accounts has tons of extra space on it. Both bandwith and disk space. Enough to easily run one additional site. How can I use that extra space as hosting for another separate domain?
So its like using one hosting account for two different domains.
i was ddos'ed heavily two months ago and my host decided to invest in some ips hardware. even after installation, the targeted ip still had to be null-routed. because of the ddos, i was told the incoming bandwidth was going over my commit (500mbit?) and I had to increase my commit from 100 to 200mbit.
the attacks are over now, but i am stuck with paying for the commit. i am still under contract and i cannot exactly move 22U's of machines easily. i don't know how to proceed. I do not really want to sublease my cabinet out, but i also do not want to pay the extra costs for something that i am not using. I do not mind paying a one-time payment for the bandwidth cost during the attacks, but .. oh well.
has anyone ever subleased their cabinet? what kind of terms should i be offering and watching out for?
I have been having issues with spam on my mail server. I tested the server at abuse.net and test 6 fails with the following result:
Relay test 6 >>> RSET <<< 250 Reset OK >>> MAIL FROM:<spamtest@mydomain.com> <<< 250 OK >>> RCPT TO:<admin%abuse.net@mydomain.com> <<< 250 Accepted >>> DATA <<< 354 Enter message, ending with "." on a line by itself >>> (message body) <<< 250 OK id=1MGLZF-0002Jz-IZ
I have been trying for hours to close this hole with no success. I am running the server using cPanel / WHM which supposedly closes open relay by default, I have tried tweaking the settings,
KVM/IP switches are a wonderfull thing, aren't they?
Lifesavers they can be..
Anyway, I'm looking for a module compareable to KVM/IP, but with the extra feature to remotely mount an image using an USB port of a server.
Basically so its possible to install a server remotely over IP, w/o having a physicall CD in the KVM/IP switch (or using hardware similar to IPMI's from HP/Dell/SM). Does such hardware excist?
I don't need multiple users to log in, or to control multiple server at the same time (login for each server would be handy though). Only 6~8 ports are required.
The only problem I could forsee with it is that my rack might get messy.. 8 servers, 8x2 powercable (A+B), plus 8x2 UTP, plus KVM, plus USB..
I tested eaccelerator with php 5.1.6 but I noticed just a very minor performance improvement. Eaccelerator is known for his incompatiblities, also php 5.1 is a big boy now and no longer need an accelerator.
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:
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.
We set up a Plesk 12 server for web hosting purposes only.
All mail-related services, exception from "smtp server" and "Plesk milter" are disabled or uninstalled.
For specific domains, we want to prevent the useage of the php mail function with "localhost" to avoid problems with outgoing spam by unsecured scripts. Instead, we want to force webmasters to use external smtp servers.
Is there any directive or setting on domain-level that we allow for this limitation?
Pair is really well respected (from what I've heard), but their dedicated servers are a lot more expensive than many I've looked at. I've honestly wanted to use them because of their reputation, and my uptime being critical, but wanted to see if there are less expensive servers who are just as good...
I am having a problem with a client who's using Mail.app and it seems to be sending invalid packets to the server. Here is a sample of the report from the firewall:
The report just says Invalid IN. Does anybody have any suggestions on what would be causing this? I use Mail.app myself and have never had problems with it triggering the firewall.
