After using your Plesk server for some time, you might want to, or have to change your server’s hostname. Assuming your server runs Fedora Core or RedHat, you’ll have to make changes in the following locations 1. /etc/hosts Your current hostname should be here behind the server’…
As of Plesk 7.1.4, Plesk allows us to add TXT records in the DNS for a domain, thus allowing us to add SPF records. SPF is, in theory, a good way to stop spam. In short, SPF allows you to tell the world, which mailservers are allowed to…
When building a site in PHP, you might want to put an index.html up to keep unwanted eyes away from your new site. The index.html however is overruled by index.php. Here’s how to fix this. The file /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf contains the directive…
<guur> We don't need no engineering <guur> We dont need no source control <guur> No crypto checksums on the distfiles <guur> Porters leave them files alone <guur> Hey! Porters! Leave them files alone! <guur> All in…
It seems some spammers have been using the init1.nl domain to forge from-addresses in their spams. First of all, my server is not being used for this, they are all using open relays/proxies, this is out of my hands. I have however chosen to add an SPF TXT…
You might want to change the Horde webmail module in Plesk to behave more to your, or your company’s liking. Headers can be appended. The default footer (bah) can be removed, or changed to contain a disclaimer, quote, or simple message. The default stylesheet colours can be changed to…
If you want to use wildcard subdomains and point them to your website make sure you have the following. Make sure you have a wildcard DNS entry in Domain > DNS. You can add one as follows: 1. Set the “Record Type” dropdown to “A” and klick the Add button.…
