anyone here clued up on WHM/EXIM/cpanel configuration on dedicated server

andrewc said:
Anyone?

Have a few questions about fine tuning a server config.
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Whm and cpanel is a pain in the bum!

I made sure I got a managed service so that other people could tear their hair out over it :)

What sort of things do you wish to know?
 
I'll write a list of questions. Will post it here in the morning.

Just taken out a server to consolidate various personal projects, my photography site and my day job site in one place. Cost is a little more per month but the benefits will justify this.
 
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I know a bit about exim. I don't use cpanel or whm, I edit all the config files in /etc myself.
 
The main issues I am having relate to emails.

SMTP Reverse DNS Mismatch - Warning - Reverse DNS does not match SMTP Banner.
principle site is omicron.uk.com / host name of server is omicroneng.rsclientdns.com.

Also setting up emails for root@ip, postmaster@ip and abuse@ip

MXToolbox only comes up with the STMP banner warning. Another site I was using at work came up with 2 or 3 queries, but I'm snowed in at home today and can't recall the site.
 
Sounds like the reverse ip hasn't been put into the dns then. The dedicated server host will need to make sure there is a forward and reverse look up in place for the server name that your server is announcing.

For the email accounts you need them for each domain so you'd have to go into the cpanel control panel and create the mail accounts for each one. You can also add forwarding so you'd have one mail box and create a couple of aliases.
 
andrewc said:
The main issues I am having relate to emails.

SMTP Reverse DNS Mismatch - Warning - Reverse DNS does not match SMTP Banner.
principle site is omicron.uk.com / host name of server is omicroneng.rsclientdns.com.

Also setting up emails for root@ip, postmaster@ip and abuse@ip
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As Suz says, it's up to the host to set up the reverse DNS, they have the IP address so they are the ones that can do it.

If you have an email address yourname @ omicron.uk.com set up and working with an mailbox, you can add entries to /etc/aliases to forward all of those addresses to you (here is an example of how the file might look)

orac:/etc# cat aliases
# /etc/aliases
root: yourname
postmaster: yourname
abuse: yourname


and so on. exim respects the aliases file and (I think - been a good while since I've reconfigured it) doesn't need to process restarted when the file is updated, not that it's difficult to restart it.

If you want the addresses to have their own mailboxes you'll need to create user accounts with those names (root will already exist). You should also ensure you receive emails address to webmaster, if you have a website for that domain.
 
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