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 Force SSL in Drupal

After purchasing & Installing the SSL certificate, you will need to force SSL usage on Drupal / WordPress.

Inside the .htaccess file, you will need to add something like this (replacing your domain name as needed):

RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domainname\.com*
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.domainname.com/$1 [L,R=301]

These rewrite conditions should be placed after the following lines:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c >
RewriteEngine on