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http://serverfault.com/questions/64411/whats-the-best-way-to-check-if-an-smtp-server-is-ssl-enabled-or-not

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What's the best way to check if an SMTP server is SSL-enabled or not?

Follow-up question: How do I make it SSL-enabled if it's not yet SSL-enabled.

A simple thread discussing these questions.

Category:Diagnostics
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https://support.sendgrid.com/hc/en-us/articles/200182038-Testing-your-connectivity-to-Sendgrid-s-SMTP-relay-using-Telnet

support.sendgrid.com/hc/en-us/articles/200182038-Testing-you...

Use these instructions to test the connection to your email server. The instructions are geared to SendGrid's servers but the method can be applied to any email Server.

Category:Diagnostics
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https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa995718%28v=exchg.65%29.aspx

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Telnet is an extremely useful tool for troubleshooting issues related to SMTP and mail flow. For example, you can use telnet to:

  • Verify that SMTP is installed properly, and that it has all the necessary commands.

  • < ...

    Category:Diagnostics
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http://iserversupport.com/find-spammer-on-cpanel-exim-server/

iserversupport.com/find-spammer-on-cpanel-exim-server/

This is very important to you to know how you can Find Spammer on cPanel exim server. Just go through our post to get information about it.

Category:Diagnostics
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https://tools.verifyemailaddress.io/Articles/Ping/How_To_Ping_Email_Address/

tools.verifyemailaddress.io/Articles/Ping/How_To_Ping_Email_...

Pinging an email box is a way to see if an email address is valid or not. Learn how it's done.

This article gets into the technical meat of how to ping email boxes. It's target audience assumes a basic level of computer and networking understan ...

Category:Diagnostics
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http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77689

mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=77689

To set up your Outlook 2007 client to work with Gmail

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https://www.arclab.com/en/amlc/list-of-smtp-and-pop3-servers-mailserver-list.html

www.arclab.com/en/amlc/list-of-smtp-and-pop3-servers-mailser...

This is a list of all the major email provider's email settings which also includes UK ISP settings.

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http://kb.worldsecuresystems.com/kb/configure-ssl-encryption-your-email.html

kb.worldsecuresystems.com/kb/configure-ssl-encryption-your-e...

With today's email clients, it's possible to use secure SSL connections for added security. Doing so ensures that if another person somehow has the ability to eavesdrop on your Internet connections, that person won't be able to view your password or th ...

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https://support.terranetwork.net/web/knowledgebase/169/Secure-Email-Email-over-SSL-with-Outlook.html

support.terranetwork.net/web/knowledgebase/169/Secure-Email-...

This article explains how to set up email over SSL. Email over SSL is an optional feature on our standard hosting packages; and a compulsory feature on our Secure (PCI compliant) hosting packages.

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http://sils.unc.edu/it-services/email-faq/outlook

sils.unc.edu/it-services/email-faq/outlook

This article explains how to enable the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol for the Microsoft Outlook email program. Enabling TLS in Outlook will improve the security of your email communication by encrypting the way Outlook communicates with your ...

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https://www2.suresupport.com/faq/79/471

www2.suresupport.com/faq/79/471

This is a simple to follow tutorial on how to setup outlook 2010 with SSL.

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15796530/what-is-the-difference-between-ports-465-and-587

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These ports 465 and 587 are both used for sending mail (submitting mail) but what is the real difference between them?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DNS_record_types

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DNS_record_types

This List of DNS record types is an overview of resource records (RRs) permissible in zone files of the Domain Name System (DNS). It also contains pseudo-RRs.

Category:DNS
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https://www.bestvpn.com/blog/5184/4-ways-to-prevent-a-dns-leak-when-using-vpn/

www.bestvpn.com/blog/5184/4-ways-to-prevent-a-dns-leak-when-...

In addition to VPN connection failures (see our full article on protecting yourself against these here), the other big threat to your anonymity when using a trusted VPN service is that of DNS leaks, which can result in your ISP being able to 'see' and ...

Category:DNS
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https://www.rackaid.com/blog/email-dns-records/

www.rackaid.com/blog/email-dns-records/

Bad DNS settings can undermine your email marketing campaigns. Fix up your DNS records and improve email open rates with these DNS tips.

Category:DNS
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http://social.dnsmadeeasy.com/blog/authoritative-vs-recursive-dns-servers-whats-the-difference/

social.dnsmadeeasy.com/blog/authoritative-vs-recursive-dns-s...

These essays are part of a series about the mechanics behind the Internet. They will be used as building blocks with the aim of helping a broader audience, i.e., non-IT experts, understand how all this “stuff” works when it comes to lines o ...

Category:DNS
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http://forums.eukhost.com/f42/how-secure-optimize-websites-linux-host-12020/

forums.eukhost.com/f42/how-secure-optimize-websites-linux-ho...

An article on how to restrict your hosting environment using your php.ini and disable_functions to restrict uneeded and functions and security wholes.

In this post I’m not focusing how to harden server security but a hosting account with proper ...

Category:Security
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http://www.petefreitag.com/item/505.cfm

www.petefreitag.com/item/505.cfm

Here are 20 things you can do to make your apache configuration more secure.

Disclaimer: The thing about security is that there are no guarantees or absolutes. These suggestions should make your server a bit tighter, but don't think your server ...

Category:Security
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