Server email function not working properly

When i change my notification email in the script, my server smtp starts sending old same notification email again and again into new email, i dont know how to ask this question but dont know how to solve.

Alibaba Cloud Server > Email SMTP server configuration help needed.

Hi, Guys we have a small Cloud Server @ alibaba cloud. We just found out SMTP is blocked for cloud serves. Is there anybody who can provide us a working solution? Apart from email accounts we have few web sites that use formmail too.
any help advice appreciated/

Thank you.

Mass Mailing , Email Spamming , PHPMailer

Hello, from some days any user is doing mass mailing from our server and now our IP is blocked in SpamHaus etc.
these things are happening with me from last 4 months, i request to delist and then after 10 days it''s again got listed !
i read all forums and documentations and spent 1 month but nothing changed ! now i am agree that documentations won't help me in this case.

i want to ask that How can i disable PHPMailer in my cPanel/WHM Server?
Like my clients won't be able to send email using PHP mail function , they requires to use SMTP. i turned on tweak setting of that nobody but nothing happened. tell me any proper solution please. if any client send email from PHP Mail functon then his email will directly rejected !

Hotmail/Outlook blocked server's IP, but this server not sent emails yet NEVER

This isn't serious. I bought a new server with a new IP, we not sent never emails yet.

When my client try to send email to Gmail, Yahoo and other companies receive him without problems. But Hotmail/Outlook block the IP and return this message:

Code:

"host hotmail-com.olc.protection.outlook.com [x.x.x.x]
SMTP error from remote mail server after pipelined MAIL FROM:email@email.com SIZE=1797:
550 5.7.1 Unfortunately, messages from [x.x.x.x] weren't sent. Please contact your Internet service provider since part of their network is on our block list (S3140). You can also refer your provider to http://mail.live.com/mail/troubleshooting.aspx#errors. [.eop-EUR01.prod.protection.outlook.com]"

WTF!!!, this is frustrating. How can happens this if we never used this server and have a new IP. I did test with many blacklist tools and the IP is clean.

Hotmail/Outlook need disapear, they are blocking IPs for nothing.

Cpanel server / mailchannels

Hello everyone

Using mailchannels for sending email from cpanel servers. Recently observed that our emails are not getting relayed to mailchannels. Also facing issues with email receiving.

Support staff has been trying to see issue and think it's due to dns - anyone expert around the topic can help me in the direction of where to look further?

Appreciate all the help in advance.

Thanks

2TB HDD for email server

I wonder, can good 2TB HDD 7200RPM (for example WD Gold or Black) can handle 1 KVM virtual machine (1CPU 3,54GHz, 8GB RAM) with all email server functionality (Postfix, Dovecot, Spamassassin, webmail Roundcube, etc.).

I total this KVM server would handle 400 mailbox'es. Let's assume that each user will use POP3 on computer and IMAP on Phone. About 10% users will use webmail. Also each user will SEND 50 and GET 50 emails per day.
Each year a user will grow mailbox by 1GB, so in total after 3 year the space will be occupied 3year x 1GB x 400users = 1,2TB

So my question will such combination be enough in terms of performance? What do you think about random read/write operation, won't it be slow?
Users quantity is not so much, but I want to plan infrastructure very carefull that I won't need to redone everything when we start the all things live.

This HDD will be on CEPH cluster storage, so we don't talk hear about the local RAID.
I can't afford SSD though.

Good people, could I have your advice?

South Korea Server with Internet Brothers question

When buying a dedicated server from these guys

www.internetbrothers.co.kr

they insist they they need a valid cell phone number otherwise they would not
accept the order.

Is this normal? Why not just an email address? I do not understand the logic behind this.

ServerComplete not responding to tickets.

Been a customer of ServerComplete since mid 2017, service was great until a few months ago when I started to have issues sending emails due to their SMTP filtering simply not working or never delivering the email to the mailbox of the recipient. Lately I've also been having issues with them expiring the cPanel license that's ordered through their customer portal and taking longer and longer to active it once again so that cPanel can continue working. Currently have 2 unanswered tickets that have been open for over 15 hours at this point and their ticket page in said customer portal states the following "Our Technical Support department should be utilized for all issues outside of emergency and server outage issues. Our Technical Support team is available 24/7 and on average, you should see a response to your issue within 12 hours.", the lack of communication and action is quite disheartening and frustrating.

Looking for a dedicated server to run my Email Marketing business

I am in need of a dedicated server for my business which will be running a white-label version of Mailwizz.

The amount of clients is approx 25 and growing daily.

These clients run various websites, blogs, membership clubs, create courses etc etc..

They have email lists that range anywhere between 5k to 500k subscribers.

The server I need WILL NOT be in charge of sending email to these lists. It's main purpose is housing the self-hosted email marketing application Mailwizz.

I am looking for a quality host that can handle the following requirements to run Mailwizz:
- Linux operating system
- Apache/Nginx webserver
- PHP >= 5.2
- MySQL/MariaDB, with InnoDB storage engine
- Cron Jobs access (linux crons not web crons please)

My budget is around $150-200/mo for a single dedicated CPU. I can allocate more of a budget if you think dual cpu is necessary.

I have these in mind:

MOJOHOST FAST E3-2: Xeon 4 Cores 8 Threads, 2 Storage Bays - $159
E3 Intel Xeon CPU
4/8/8M Cores/Threads/Cache
3.2/3.9 Gigahertz (min/max)
16 GB DDR3 1600 ECC RAM
(2) 1 TB Enterprise HDD Storage
(2) Total Drive Bays
1,000 Megabit WAN Uplink
1,000 Megabit LAN Uplink
25,000 GB Included Transfer
.01 Cost per GB Over

MOJOHOST FAST E3-6: Xeon 4 Cores 8 Threads, 6 Storage Bays - $199
E3 Intel Xeon CPU
4/8/8M Cores/Threads/Cache
3.2/3.9 Gigahertz (min/max)
16 GB DDR3 1600 ECC RAM
(4) 1 TB Enterprise HDD Storage
RAID CARD Optional
(6) Total Drive Bays
1,000 Megabit WAN Uplink
1,000 Megabit LAN Uplink
25,000 GB Included Transfer
.01 Cost per GB Over

ProlimeHost
Intel 2276G
6 cores, 12 threads
32 GB
480G SSD or 2TB HDD
40 TB
$99/mo

I am even considering a Ryzen setup from either ProlimeHost or Hivelocity which has servers using EPYC. Although I am not sure if it's wise to go with consumer-grade hardware for this setup?

This is the one from ProlimeHost:
AMD Ryzen 3700x
8 cores 16 threads
64 GB
480G SSD or 2TB HDD
40 TB
$119/m

DatabaseByDesignLLC also has a special going on for a dual cpu server with 96gb ram although they are using an older X5560 cpu.

Not sure if that's too outdated though...

96GB + SSD Dedicated Server

Dedicated Server Specifications:
Dual Quad Core
96GB ECC DDR3 Memory
1x 240GB SSD
1Gbps Public Network Port
100TB Premium Bandwidth
1 Public IPv4 Address
Remote Access Card (IPMI)

Caution: PhoenixNAP/Secured Servers

Greetings WHT,

I wanted to issue a large dose of caution for fellow WHT users regarding our recent experience with PhoenixNAP/Secured Servers as their new policies run the possibility of breaking your integrations and create undue headache.

On May 7th, PhoenixNAP/Secured Servers sent an email to us asking us for feedback on a support ticket that had been opened, apparently on our behalf. We had no knowledge of this and our email filters actually flagged the message as SPAM. We found the email in the SPAM filter and it had a few obvious red flags. First, the ticket was titled "Password Rotations" and it came from their support at securedservers email, which is an email we typically do not get messages from. Obviously as soon as we read the message, we immediately reached out to them to find out who authorized the "password rotations" on a production, client facing server.

In speaking with their support agent via live chat, PhoenixNAP/Secured Servers has implemented a new company wide policy to start changing customer's root and user account passwords, without their permission, and without verifying with the customer. In the original email (which we did not get as it appears someone incorrectly opened the ticket in their system to show it was "us" that opened the ticket rather than the support agent), it states:

"Dear Customer,

We are notifying you that we have updated the root and user passwords for your
server in accordance with industry standard password maintenance
recommendations. We will continue to update the passwords on a regular schedule
that coincides with your patching schedule and the passwords will be posted to
your servers device page where you can view them in your portal. If you have any
questions please don't hesitate to contact us and we will be happy to answer
them.
Regards,"

The email is unsigned as to who sent it.

This server has their managed services on it at the client's request as they want a prompt response from the NOC should there be any issues, however the client did not, does not, and never asked for their passwords to be changed in this manner. As a result, our client experienced a broken integration for their custom environment, which we had to deal with their frustrations, (this is not the first time that PhoenixNAP/Secured Servers has broken this specific client's machine. They took the server offline for several hours back in December 2019, without permission, without a request to do so, and with no notice, because another customer of theirs opened a support request for a mem test. They also only gave us approximately a 10$ credit for their mistake.), and the best we get from them is, paraphrasing, "opps, sorry, but if you want this practice to stop, you need to drop the managed services."

We have less than 90 days left on the contract with them and have asked to be let out of that term so we can move our client to our primary datacenter vendor, with whom we know will not pull this kind of monkey poo with us. Thus far they are refusing to let us out per the "management team" so I have asked for a call directly with them. I'll update once that happens. This is the last machine we have with them and I am hoping our primary DC vendor can get us a deal to make this move happen as quickly as possible.

I'm not sure who in their right mind thinks its perfectly acceptable to randomly change a customer's root and user account passwords without their permission, knowledge, and without verifying with the customer if they even want this performed. Yes it's good practice to always change your passwords, however for a party who is once removed from the client, this should in no way be acceptable unless they have received, in writing, to do so. If this was one of our servers that housed our programs, I wouldn't be as upset about it, but when it starts affecting our client's and this is the second time you've done so, I am beyond upset. And the best you can do is offer us the 10$ credit in December and an empty apology this time around?

Word to the wise, if you're using PhoenixNAP/Secured Servers, watch your accounts closely, especially if you are using their managed services. They will monkey with your stuff without your permission.

James