Mail enable started acting weird on one of our servers today, any incoming email from external servers were getting a bounce message. Ex: A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: xxx@xxx.xxx Technical details of permanent failure: Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend…

If you get the following error The server principal “someuser” is not able to access the database “somedb” under the current secuity context )microsoft sql server, error code, 916 To fix this SQL Server Management Studio 2008 bug please do the following: Open SQL Server Management Studio 2008 Connect to the database server as normal Press F7 to open the “Object Explorer Details” window or click “View” >> “Object Explorer…

You can easily restore or import MySQL data with mysql command itself. First you need to login to your system using ssh or putty(from Windows based system). For example: Login to SSH (make sure you have access to  SSH, contact your hosting provider) Now type following command to import sql data file: $ mysql -u username -p -h localhost data-base-name < data.sql If you have dedicated database server, replace localhost…

while running PHP as fastcgi (mod_fcgid) and you encountering 500 server errors whenver you upload larget attachments? Okay, you just wan’t to know how to fix this? Easy. After switing back to mod_fcgid, you need to log in the terminal as root and open the php.conf file. /usr/local/apache/conf/php.conf (This is the cpanel apache location, you might need to change it to your actual file location) You need to add the…

Error: Site preview in cPanel not working using the URL: http://ip-address/~username Fix: Login to WHM Navigate to WHM -> Security -> Security Center Click on Apache mod_userdir tweak. If the tweak is enabled, you will not be able to access via ~username.

Plesk DNS named.conf Issue – Zone file and corresponding record in named.conf are missed for particular domain Symptoms: Bind DNS server is used. There is no entry in named.conf for some domains, there also no zone file for it in the %plesk_bin%dns\var folder. If records are created manually they will be removed the next time Plesk updates named.conf. The following tutorial will guide you through the cause and resolution for…

I have been getting queries about deleting domain from Plesk Control Panel for windows. Occasionally when the server is busy and a domain is being deleted the site is deleted off IIS, Mail Server and DNS Server but it still remains on the Plesk and shows like an Suspended account. (Reason for that is Plesk uses DNS zone to perform its suspension, when an account is suspended from a server…

Install and Configure Jmail windows Jmail is an asp mail component available for free from www.Daimac.Net Download the latest version of w3Jmail from Daimac WebSite Using the windows installer install the application with typical settings. once installed go to C:\Program Files\Dimac\w3JMail (assuming thats where you installed it) and you will find the jmail.dll file. For ASP.NET applications to be able to access the jmail component you will need to configure…

Manually Upgrade from MailEnable to SmarterMail WARNING:  THIS IS ADVANCED AND COULD MESS UP YOUR SERVER.  PROCEED WITH CAUTION! Manually Upgrading from MailEnable to SmarterMail 1)  Run Services.msc. a) For each “MailEnable” Service, STOP it and set its Startup Type = Disabled 2)  Install SmarterMail 3)  Log into Plesk a)  Go to Home > Server Components > Refresh; Go to Home > Server Components > Mail Server and select: MailServer…

Installing and Upgrading hMailServer Mail Server hMailServer mail server is not included in the Parallels Plesk Panel distribution package and cannot be automatically installed. Supported versions For the latest supported hMailServer version, see your Parallels Plesk Panel version release notes or the “Third-Party Software Supported by Parallels Plesk Panel” section in this guide. Note: The use of hMailServer with Windows Server 2008 is not recommended, while Windows Server 2008 is…