Delete emails from Exim queue

by Igor | May 15, 2015 | Hosting

A little reminder of how to delete emails from Exim queue if cPanel queue manager does not work.

cd /var/spool/exim
find input -type f -exec rm -rf {} \;
find msglog -type f -exec rm -rf {} \;
service exim restart

Empty cPanel catchall email account

by Igor | May 15, 2015 | Hosting

A little reminder of how to empty cPanel catchall email account.

$ cd /home/username/mail
$ rm -rf cur
$ rm -rf new

$mkdir cur
$mkdir new

Enable linux root access on Microsoft Azure Cloud

by Igor | Apr 4, 2015 | Hosting, Linux

How to enable linux root access on Microsoft Azure Cloud

1. Login via ssh using your sudo user on your Microsoft Azure linux server

2. Now login as root user

[root@lin ~]# sudo su -

3. check if root access is set (LOCK means that root access is disabled)

[root@lin ~]# grep root /etc/shadow

Result:
root:*LOCK*:14600::::::

4. enable root access  (as root user enter command passwd)

[root@lin ~]# passwd

5. Now enter your password and root access is enabled.

You can check this by using command “grep root /etc/shadow”

That’s all folks

Delete exim queue

by Igor | Mar 24, 2015 | Hosting, Linux

Delete exim queue sometimes is impossible task.
There are just to many emails and queue manager is to slow.

You can use this dirty trick:

cd /var/spool/exim
find input -type f -exec rm -rf {} \;
find msglog -type f -exec rm -rf {} \;
service exim restart

Warning
This will erase all your emails from queue.

Enable POP before SMTP authentication

by Igor | Mar 23, 2015 | Hosting, Linux

POP before SMTP authentication is not enabled by default as of cPanel & WHM 11.32.
You can enable this option from WHM > Service Configuration > Service Manager > Antirelayd.
SMTP authentication is still supported and enabled by default.