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MICROLITE10 Plesk 12 Upgrade

April 14, 2015February 3, 2015

MICROLITE10.COM – Upgrades

During the weekend 7th/8th/9th February the server hardware and plesk panel will be completely upgraded.

HARDWARE: The new hardware will improve the performance and reliability of the server. Response times and security will be greatly increased. The server will also be migrated to our new UK datacenter. The old IP address was 174.123.47.58. The new IP address will be 5.77.60.40.

SOFTWARE: The core OS of the new server will be of the latest stable version. PHP, MySQL and all other features will be of the latest production versions.

PANEL: The Plesk Panel will be upgrade to Plesk 12, the current latest version of Plesk. This will provide the very latest features, functionality and security for your accounts.

WEBMAIL: AtMail is now replaced with the awesome RoundCube. Your username is in the format name@yourdomain.co.uk. Your passwords are unchanged. If you do have a problem with your mail password simply change it or request support to change it for you.

COST: These are no-cost upgrades, there will be no additional charges to your account.

Plesk 12 User Guide: http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/PP12/12.0/Doc/en-US/online/plesk-customer-guide/

Please refrain from making significant changes to your web site during this period. The migration of the data will take many hours. We request that you put off any changes until Monday to avoid an inconsistent transfer of your site data.UPDATE: 11/02 05:00 – The Plesk 12 migration is complete and live. All files have been migrated. If you suspect your have any missing files, databases or email please log a ticket with the helpdesk with details. The old server will remain online for 7 days and we can re-migrate any accounts during this time.UPDATE: 11/02/07:30 – During the migration process, some customers may have some emails duplicated. This is because during the copy, for caution, we overlapped to ensure no emails were missed. This means some emails may be copied twice. Clients can just delete any unwanted emails if this occurs for them.

MICROLITE8 Plesk 12 Upgrade

April 14, 2015February 1, 2015

MICROLITE8.COM – Upgrades

During the period 14th/17th February the server hardware and plesk panel will be completely upgraded.

HARDWARE: The new hardware will improve the performance and reliability of the server. Response times and security will be greatly increased. The server will also be migrated to our new UK datacenter. The old IP address was 184.173.23.13. The new IP address will be 5.77.60.33.

SOFTWARE: The core OS of the new server will be of the latest stable version. PHP, MySQL and all other features will be of the latest production versions.PANEL: The Plesk Panel will be upgrade to Plesk 12, the current latest version of Plesk. This will provide the very latest features, functionality and security for your accounts.WEBMAIL: AtMail is now replaced with the awesome RoundCube. Your username is in the format name@yourdomain.co.uk. Your passwords are unchanged. If you do have a problem with your mail password simply change it or request support to change it for you.COST: These are no-cost upgrades, there will be no additional charges to your account.

Plesk 12 User Guide: http://download1.parallels.com/Plesk/PP12/12.0/Doc/en-US/online/plesk-customer-guide/

Please refrain from making significant changes to your web site during this period. The migration of the data will take many hours. We request that you put off any changes until Monday to avoid an inconsistent transfer of your site data.UPDATE: 17/02 05:00 – The Plesk 12 migration is complete and live. All files have been migrated. If you suspect your have any missing files, databases or email please log a ticket with the helpdesk with details. The old server will remain online for 7 days and we can re-migrate any accounts during this time.UPDATE: 17/02 06:00 – During the migration process, some customers may have some emails duplicated. This is because during the copy, for caution, we overlapped to ensure no emails were missed. This means some emails may be copied twice. Clients can just delete any unwanted emails if this occurs for them.

MICROLITE5 Plesk 12 Upgrade

April 14, 2015February 1, 2015

MICROLITE5.COM – Upgrades

During the period 7th/8th February the server hardware and plesk panel will be completely upgraded.

HARDWARE: The new hardware will improve the performance and reliability of the server. Response times and security will be greatly increased. The server will also be migrated to our new UK datacenter. The old IP address was 184.173.23.61. The new IP address will be 5.77.60.29.

COST: These are no-cost upgrades, there will be no additional charges to your account.

UPDATE: 07/02 06:00 – During the migration process, some customers may have some emails duplicated. This is because during the copy, for caution, we overlapped to ensure no emails were missed. This means some emails may be copied twice. Clients can just delete any unwanted emails if this occurs for them.

Plesk: Where are the Mailman logs?

July 31, 2015January 31, 2015

Troubleshooting Mailman Mailing List Manager

Mailman under Plesk provides comprehensive logging which can be useful when troubleshooting mailing list problems.

Check the maillog itself:

/usr/local/psa/var/log/maillog

You can find the mailman logs here:

Bounce log: /var/log/mailman/bounce
SMTP failure log: /var/log/mailman/smtp-failure

When using Mailman on Plesk, ensure to have 127.0.0.1 in your Tools & Settings > Mail Settings > White List to avoid SMTP Auth problems.

How to: Use Qmail and Spamdyke to Stop Outgoing SPAM

June 26, 2015January 26, 2015

Using Spamdyke and Qmail to Stop Outgoing SPAM

These applications work together well but there is a loophole which can be closed as follows.

First, we force require-auth in spamdyke.conf, add this line to the top:

filter-level=require-auth

On its own this will not work properly and will block incoming mail from external providers. So, we need to dynamically create a whitelist that spamdyke can work with. We use a PHP script as follows:

Run this script as a cronjob every 15 minutes to gather updated email address from Plesk.

Now you will see that the spam email that has been finding its way through the loopholes can now no longer send emails. You can check the blocked emails using this rule as follows:

cat /var/log/maillog | grep "DENIED_AUTH_REQUIRED"

See how emails from ebay, paypal etc are no longer being sent from compromised accounts?