Plesk: SMTP Authentication Not Working on Port 587
Plesk SMTP Authentication problems? If you have switched to Postfix from Qmail, make this configuration change to get SMTP AUTH working again.
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How To Set Up SPF & Greylisting on Plesk 11 [Video]
Learn how to setup SPF & greylisting on Plesk 11 in this 2 minute video tutorial. See the full blog post for more tips on on SPF settings in Plesk 11.
How To Set Up Spamassassin & Blacklists in Plesk [Video]
Learn how to get the most of your Plesk server's anti-spam settings in this 2 minute video. Learn how to enable spamassassin and real-time DNS blacklists.
How to Change FTP Passwords in Plesk
Learn how to update FTP, FrontPage, and domain administrator passwords in Plesk 9 as an administrator, reseller, or domain owner. Includes a helpful tip for enabling SFTP access by assigning shell access.
How to Add a Remote MySQL Server to Plesk
Learn how to add a remote MySQL server to Plesk in this quick video tutorial. Offloading databases improves performance, expands capacity, and enhances security by isolating resource-intensive operations from your main server.
Easily Find Bad Email Passwords on Plesk
Learn how to quickly identify weak email passwords in Plesk by querying the database against a list of commonly used passwords, helping prevent spammers from compromising your server and flooding it with unwanted email.
Certified Parallels Engineers for Plesk
rackAID's technical director earned Parallels Certified Automation Engineer certification, enabling direct Level 2 support access. The certification demonstrates expertise in Plesk architecture, configuration, and troubleshooting, helping rackAID deliver superior server management to clients.
How to Quickly Fix OpenSSL issues in Plesk 9
Parallels has expanded OpenSSL patches for Plesk 9 to include RHEL 5. Patches now cover CentOS 4/5, RHEL 4/5, and Fedora 11 in both x86 and x86_64 versions, fixing critical web engine bugs.
How to Fix Plesk after Red Hat OpenSSL Updates
Red Hat's OpenSSL update breaks Plesk startup with SSL errors and stale pidfile messages. Parallels released patches for CentOS 4/5 and RHEL 4. Apply after updating openssl, httpd, and mod_ssl to resolve the issue.
Plesk: Update Spamassassin to Fix 2010 Bug
A SpamAssassin bug incorrectly flags 2010 emails as spam by adding 3.2 points to their score. Fix it by running sa-update to download current rules, and consider enabling automatic updates on Plesk servers.