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Configuring Exim to run on another port

by Aromal Rajagopal | Sep 27, 2009 | Quick fixes, Technical | 0 comments

Issue : Port 25 blocked is blocked by ISPs. How to add an alternate port ? Fix : Assuming that you want to use , say , port 666. Put the following line in the first text box in Advanced Exim Editor : daemon_smtp_ports = 25 : 666 OR Go to WHM >> Service Configuration...

Some SSH tricks for Exim

by Aromal Rajagopal | Aug 2, 2009 | Quick fixes, Technical | 0 comments

Removing Bad Mail for i in `exiqgrep -i -f nobody`; do exim -Mrm $i; done >> Removes Nobody Mail for i in `exiqgrep -i -o 259200`; do exim -Mrm $i; done >> Removes Mail older than 3 Days for i in `exiqgrep -i -f “^$”`; do exim -Mrm $i; done >> Removes Mail...

Script for clearing unwanted queued emails from the server

by Aromal Rajagopal | May 24, 2009 | Quick fixes, Technical | 0 comments

Here is a small but handy script which will clear the queued emails from the server. exim -bpc exim -bpru | grep frozen | awk {‘print $3’}|xargs exim -Mrm exim -bpru | grep “<>” | awk {‘print $3’}|xargs exim -Mrm exim -bpru |...

Tutorial on clearing Disk Space on a Server

by Aromal Rajagopal | May 24, 2009 | Articles and tutorials, Popular Posts, Quick fixes, Technical | 0 comments

Running out of disk space is a very common issue. Be it a web-hosting service provider or the end-user. I wanted to share a few tips that the technical support staff at InstaCarma use to resolve disk-space issues on a cPanel server. As we all know, there are...

550 postmaster verification failed

by Aromal Rajagopal | May 22, 2009 | Quick fixes, Technical | 0 comments

Issue : Sometimes when trying to send emails , the following error shows up : “550 postmaster verification failed” This is one way of verifying that the sending server is in fact the real sender and not relaying and also the email is being sent by a...