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DirectAdmin Exim MailBaby Relay: Smarthost Setup
How to route all outbound mail from a DirectAdmin server through relay.mailbaby.net using the exim.authenticators.post.conf, exim.transports.pre.conf and exim.routers.pre.conf override files, with SRS for forwarders and a check_limits fix for DirectAdmin 1.702 and later.
September 29, 2026
MailBaby cPanel Exim Setup: Reliable Router, SRS and DKIM
Step-by-step configuration of cPanel's Exim to relay all outbound mail through relay.mailbaby.net with LOGIN authentication, a manualroute router, an authenticated SMTP transport, SRS for forwarders and local DKIM signing that survives the relay.
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
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 Classified as rSPAM: Fix Rejections Fast
What the rSPAM, unauthorised sender, rate-limit and strict-forwarding rejections from relay.mailbaby.net mean, how to read the score in the MailBaby log, and the fixes that get legitimate mail flowing again without loosening your filtering.
September 29, 2026
Lock Down WHM: 2FA, cPHulk and API Tokens for Secure Access
A practical hardening checklist for the WHM control surface after a year of root-escalation CVEs, covering two-factor authentication, cPHulk brute-force protection, Host Access Control restrictions and API tokens with limited privileges.
September 29, 2026
LiteSpeed cPanel plugin CVE-2026-48172: the symlink-to-root flaw and how to verify you’re patched
The June 2026 LiteSpeed WHM plugin flaws CVE-2026-48172 and CVE-2026-54420 let a cPanel user plant a symlink the root-level plugin followed. How to check the version against the fixed 2.4.8 release, update, and look for exploitation.
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
Installing Sentinel Firewall as a drop-in CSF replacement on Ubuntu 24.04 and Debian 13
How to remove an unmaintained CSF install from an Ubuntu 24.04 or Debian 13 server and put Sentinel Firewall in its place, reusing existing csf.conf, allow and deny files, then confirming the rules and login-failure blocking work.
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
Install DirectAdmin on AlmaLinux 9/10 and Debian 13: 2026 Guide
A clean-server walkthrough for installing a modern-license DirectAdmin build on AlmaLinux 9, AlmaLinux 10 or Debian 13, covering the preparation checks, the choice between the web installer and setup.sh, and the first post-install verification steps.
September 29, 2026
Install cPanel AlmaLinux 10: 2026 Checklist
A practical checklist for installing cPanel & WHM on a fresh AlmaLinux 10 server, covering the pre-flight requirements that break installs, the installer itself, and the first WHM settings to lock down.
September 29, 2026