MailBaby SPF Record: spf-c Include vs _mailbaby TXT Guide
Explains the two ways to authorise a domain for MailBaby relay, when to use include:spf-c.mailbaby.net in SPF and when the newer _mailbaby TXT ownership record is the better fit, with dig-based verification and the lookup-limit pitfall.
September 29, 2026
MailBaby Plesk Webuzo Relay: Outbound Setup
How to send all outbound mail from a Plesk Obsidian server (Postfix or qmail) and a Webuzo server through relay.mailbaby.net with authentication, including the Plesk CLI and mail_smarthost settings, the Webuzo Exim override and verification.
September 29, 2026
MailBaby Cloudflare DNS: 3 Records (SPF, DKIM, DMARC)
Exact Cloudflare DNS records for a domain sending through MailBaby from a cPanel or DirectAdmin server: SPF with the spf-c include and server IP, the _mailbaby TXT, the panel DKIM key, a DMARC policy, and the mistakes that break them.
September 29, 2026
MailBaby Compromised Account Detection: 2026 Delisting Without Problems
How MailBaby detects a compromised mailbox or script on your server, what a block on a sender address looks like in the logs and portal, and the clean-up and delisting steps that restore sending and protect the rest of the account.
September 29, 2026
Install Imunify360 DirectAdmin: ImunifyAV Setup
How to install Imunify360 or the free ImunifyAV scanner on a DirectAdmin server, the ModSecurity and CSF prerequisites that decide whether the WAF and firewall components work, and how to confirm the agent, plugin and scans are running.
September 29, 2026
KernelCare Setup on cPanel and DirectAdmin: Reliable Patching
How to install KernelCare live patching on a cPanel or DirectAdmin host, register it, confirm patches are applied for named CVEs, keep it current automatically, and unload patches when a kernel package update or a suspected regression demands it.
September 29, 2026
Imunify360 Under Attack Mode 2026: WAF and L7 Rate Limit
What changed in Imunify360 across the 2026 releases, how the default-on WordPress WAF, the Layer 7 rate limiter and WebShield's Under Attack Mode behave on shared cPanel and CloudLinux servers, and how to tune each without blocking legitimate customers.
September 29, 2026
cPanel Root Escalation Incident Response: Critical First 24 Hours
A structured response plan for a cPanel server that was exposed to one of the 2026 root-escalation vulnerabilities before patching, covering containment, evidence capture, indicators of the .sorry ransomware campaign, credential rotation, session and token audits, and the decision to rebuild.
September 29, 2026
Dovecot Sieve Filters Roundcube: Mail Rules on cPanel
cPanel & WHM 132 moved to Dovecot 2.4 and enabled Sieve filtering with a managesieve plugin in Roundcube. This guide covers enabling the feature, creating filters in Roundcube, how Sieve coexists with legacy cPanel filters, and the server-side files involved.
September 29, 2026
EasyApache 4 PHP Versions 8.2 to 8.5: Install and Switch
How to add PHP 8.2 through 8.5 to a cPanel server with EasyApache 4, choose which extensions each version gets, set the system default and switch individual domains, using both WHM and the command line.
September 29, 2026
DirectAdmin Unbound Resolver: HTTPS and SVCB Records
Installing Unbound through CustomBuild as a caching validating resolver alongside BIND on a DirectAdmin server, pointing the system and ACME checks at it, and publishing HTTPS and SVCB records from DNS Administration.
September 29, 2026
DirectAdmin Wildcard Certificate: DNS Challenge Setup
How to issue and auto-renew wildcard certificates on DirectAdmin 1.708 and later, using the panel's own DNS for the ACME DNS-01 challenge or a _acme-challenge CNAME when the zone is hosted elsewhere, and what the wildcard actually covers.
September 29, 2026