fail2ban vs CSF in 2026: Which Firewall for a Hosting Server?
fail2ban vs CSF for hosting servers in 2026: CSF fork status, features, nftables and AlmaLinux 10, resource use, cPanel/DirectAdmin/Plesk support and which to pick.
October 7, 2026
Exim Log Cheat Sheet: exigrep, exiqgrep, eximstats and Log Flags
Exim log cheat sheet for cPanel and DirectAdmin: log locations, the arrival, delivery, bounce and defer flags, and exigrep, exiqgrep, exiqsumm, eximstats and exiwhat with real examples.
October 7, 2026
Exim “Retry Time Not Reached for Any Host”: Causes and Fix
What Exim "retry time not reached for any host" means, how to read the retry database with exinext and exim_dumpdb, and how to force delivery safely.
October 7, 2026
Dovecot “Too Many Open Files”: Fix on cPanel and DirectAdmin
Fix Dovecot "Too many open files" on cPanel and DirectAdmin: tell fd, process and inotify limits apart, check the live values and raise the right one safely.
October 7, 2026
cPanel vs DirectAdmin (2026): Price, Features and Migration
cPanel vs DirectAdmin in 2026: licence prices, a feature-by-feature table (web, mail, DNS, backups, API, OS support), resource requirements and migration in both directions.
October 7, 2026
DirectAdmin vs Plesk (2026): Cost, Features, Migration
DirectAdmin vs Plesk in 2026: licence cost at 10 to 1,000 accounts, features compared (OS, web, mail, DNS, WordPress, backups), lab checks and migration options.
October 7, 2026
Hosting Control Panel Pricing 2026: cPanel vs DirectAdmin vs Plesk
cPanel, DirectAdmin and Plesk list prices for 2026, how per-account and per-server licensing scales, and total licence cost at 10, 100, 500 and 1,000 hosted accounts.
October 7, 2026
Best cPanel Alternatives in 2026: Free and Paid Panels Compared
Nine cPanel alternatives compared for 2026: DirectAdmin, Plesk, Enhance, Virtualmin, ISPConfig, HestiaCP, CyberPanel, CloudPanel and aaPanel, with prices, OS support and security records.
October 7, 2026
Free MxToolbox Alternatives: Email and DNS Tools Compared (2026)
Free MxToolbox alternatives compared from their own pages (7 Oct 2026): dnschecker.org, EasyDMARC, PowerDMARC, dmarcian, mail-tester and more, plus which srvScripts tool covers each task.
October 6, 2026
“Cannot Manage PHP Versions When CageFS Is Disabled”: PHP Selector Fix
Fix "Cannot manage PHP versions when CageFS is disabled" and related CloudLinux PHP Selector errors on cPanel and DirectAdmin.
October 6, 2026
Restic Backup for cPanel and DirectAdmin: Files, Databases, Retention
Back up cPanel and DirectAdmin servers with restic: home directories, database dumps via stdin, panel config, retention with forget/prune, and restore tests.
October 6, 2026
WordPress CVE-2026-64638 Patch: Find and Update Every Vulnerable Site
WordPress CVE-2026-64638 (XSS2Shell): what is affected, which versions fix it per branch, and how hosts find and update every vulnerable site.
October 6, 2026