Eximstats

Eximstats Desc ======== eximstats – generates statistics from Exim mainlog files. Reason for large eximststat DB ======================= If the server has heavy email activity or if there is an abuse activity on server or if the server eximstat log rotation interval is too high then the DB can grow large in size. Whcih is the […]

Suggestions to avoid IP blocking due to wrong password

Suggestions to avoid IP blocking due to wrong password ================================= 1. Ensure that correct username & password is used to login 2. Ensure that you are using correct URL to login 3. Ensure that you are using correct server name, domain name or IP address in mail clients, FTP clients, SSH clients etc. 4. Ensure […]

Sending mail via telnet

We can send mail via telnet using the following steps. 1. Telnet to hostname on port 25. 220 (then identifies itself – possibly with several lines of 220 + text) 2. HELO your_domain_name or whatever 250 (followed by human readable message) 3. MAIL FROM:you@hostname.com (ie, your email address) 250 is syntactically correct (or similar) 4. […]

How to clear browser cache?

How to clear browser cache? Browser cache is a mechanism where the most frequently accessed sites, web documents such as HTML pages and images will be saved. Cache should be cleared periodically for the efficient functioning of the web browser. Let’s see how to clear browser cache in different browsers. Internet Explorer 8 and above: […]

How to use a second partition for creating accounts in cpanel

Cpanel/WHM allows to use folders other than /home for creating cpanel account. If you run out of disk space in a cpanel server, you can add a new hard drive, format and mount it as /home2 Once this is done, you have two options to tell cpanel to utilize /home2. 1. Edit /etc/wwwacct.conf and set […]

ClamAV Installation

How to use ClamAV? Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) is an antivirus software toolkit that comes with cPanel. Let’s see how to use ClamAV. Installation ============ cd /usr/local wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/clamav/files/clamav/0.97/clamav-0.97.tar.gz/download tar -xzvf clamav-0.97.tar.gz cd clamav-0.97 groupadd clamav useradd -g clamav clamav mkdir /usr/local/share/clamav chown clamav:clamav /usr/local/share/clamav ./configure make make install * To update the antivirus database ~~~~~ […]

Some measures to prevent spamming in a cPanel server

1. Change the default PHP5 handler to suPHP 2. Enable the option “Prevent ‘nobody’ from sending mail” in tweak settings 3. Set “The maximum number of emails each domain can send out per hour” to 500 in tweak settings 4. Make the following settings in “Exim Configuration Editor” ————————————o a) SpamAssassin™: Reject mail at SMTP […]

Squirrelmail returns the error: Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to localhost:143

Error message: ========== Webmail – Squirrelmail returns the error: Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect to localhost:143 (Connection refused) in /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/squirrelmail/plugins/login_auth/functions.php on line 129 ========== The above given error message usually occurs when you are trying to access email accounts in Squirrelmail. Given below are the steps to resolve the issue. 1. Ensure that you […]

Tweaking spamd in cPanel servers

Spamd is a high memory consuming process. The best way to manage and tweak this process is to install the cPanel Addon called “spamdconf”. You can follow the steps mentioned below for installing and managing “spamdconf”. ** Login to WHM as root ** Navigate to cPanel >> Manage Plugins. ** Search for “spamdconf ” and […]

Webmail – Horde returns the error: Login failed because your username or password was entered incorrectly.

Webmail – Horde returns the error: Login failed because your username or password was entered incorrectly. Error message: ========== Webmail – Horde returns the error: Login failed because your username or password was entered incorrectly. ========== The above given error message usually 0ccurs when you are trying to login to your email account in Horde […]