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DevOps-Notes 3.0.12-20241230 documentation

Basic-Concepts

  • Boot Process
  • CPU
  • Memory
  • Swap
  • Storage
  • File Systems
  • Provisioning
  • Package-Management
  • Hardware
  • SSH
  • Editors
  • Utilities

Web Servers

  • Web-Servers
  • Apache
  • Nginx
  • HAProxy
  • SSL

Uptime

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Internet

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Programming

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  • Python
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Version Control

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Configuration Management

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Virtualization

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Databases

  • MySQL
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Mail Servers

  • Email
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  • Dovecot
  • Milters
  • SPF & DKIM
  • ClamAV

Domain Name Servers

  • DNS
  • .rst

Milters

Contents

  • Concepts
    • Email RBLs (real-time block-hole lists) Primer
  • Configuration
    • Check multiple global RBLs online
  • Troubleshooting & Log Parsing

Milters#

This section covers the basics of how Milters works

Concepts#

Email RBLs (real-time block-hole lists) Primer#

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNSBL

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_DNS_blacklists

  • https://www.spamhaus.org/whitepapers/dnsbl_function/

  • https://kb.mailchimp.com/delivery/spam-filters/how-blacklists-work

  • https://www.pinpointe.com/blog/how-do-i-know-if-im-on-a-spam-blacklist

  • https://rbltracker.com/blog/2015/07/what-are-rbls-and-how-do-they-work-part-1/

  • https://blog.returnpath.com/blacklist-basics-the-top-email-blacklists-you-need-to-know-v2/

  • https://techtalk.gfi.com/dns-blacklists-work/

  • https://sendgrid.com/blog/email-blacklist/

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Configuration#

Check multiple global RBLs online#

  • http://multirbl.valli.org/lookup/

  • http://mxtoolbox.com/

  • http://www.dnsbl.info/

Troubleshooting & Log Parsing#

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SPF & DKIM

Contents
  • Concepts
    • Email RBLs (real-time block-hole lists) Primer
  • Configuration
    • Check multiple global RBLs online
  • Troubleshooting & Log Parsing

By Vinay Hegde

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