Mass Change Default (Catch All) Addresses
I wrote this nice one-liner for a user in the cPanel forums asking how to change all their current default addresses to :fail: - #!/bin/bash #Changes default addresses for all domains on a server...
View ArticleFatal! Write failure for /etc/valiases/..
When adding an email forwarder you may see an error like this: Fatal! Write Failure: /etc/valiases/thecpaneladmin.com. Ignore any messages of success this can only result in failure! To fix this, run...
View ArticleLocaldomains vs. Remotedomains
Have you ever dealt with a user that pointed their MX records to another server but email from their website or other users on the same server isn’t going there? This is because Exim on is configured...
View ArticleInstalling and Configuring Dovecot
Enabling Dovecot You can convert a server from cppop or Courier IMAP to dovecot by running the following command: /scripts/setupmailserver dovecot Then set /var/cpanel/cpanel.config values: maildir=1...
View ArticleUnderstanding Courier IMAP and Maildir
Maildir (run by Courier IMAP or Dovecot) is a mail format used in conjunction with an MTA to store email on the server as separate files within folders. This post covers Courier IMAP as a service, not...
View ArticleModifying SMTP Relay Settings for Exim
cPanel’s stock installation of Exim includes a Tailwatchd driver called Antirelayd. Antirelayd is a daemon that checks /var/log/maillog for POP3 and IMAP logins and keeps track of valid logins for SMTP...
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