Category: IT Tips

How to Remove Your IP from the Microsoft Blacklist

If Microsoft based mail servers have blacked your server’s IP address, you will see something like this in your email server logs or in a bounced email:

550 SC-001 Mail rejected

to fix this issue, you will have to check the Blacklisting status:

  1. check for blacklist record on MX toolbox.
  2. if your mail server’s IP is not listed, submit to the Microsoft’s Blacklist reporting program.
  3. Done.

How to enable Cloud Fare on VPS

STEPS:

1. SSH to the server in which you need to install CloudFlare plugin.

2. Enter the cPanel basic directory:

cd /usr/local/cpanel

3. Download the tar file to your server.

curl -k -L https://github.com/cloudflare/CloudFlare-CPanel/tarball/master > cloudflare.tar.gz

4. Untar the file

tar -zxvf cloudflare.tar.gz

5. This will extracts a directory which includes a UNIQUE_ID. The sample format of this will be as follows:

cloudflare-CloudFlare-CPanel-w40bbb3

Here w40bbb3 is the UNIQUE_ID.

cd cloudflare-CloudFlare-CPanel-UNIQUE_ID/cloudflare

6. Execute the install script in the following format:

./install_cf API_HOST_KEY mod_cf “Your Company Name”

API_HOST_KEY – You will get this from your CloudFlare panel.

Your Company name – You can give your hostname here.

mod_cf is optional. If set, the installer will also try to install mod_cloudflare

That’s it!!! Now, you will be able to see an icon for “CloudFlare” in all your cPanel accounts.