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I just set up my new VPS, which included getting Apache/Wordpress/Postfix/Dovecot set up and secured, along with integration of StartSSL free cert.

site: https://crankylinuxuser.net

And I secured it down appropriately whilst also using multitude of external scanners to verify what I thought I did. It was somewhat problematic, mainly with the AUTH between dovecot and postfix.

And then I do a RBL search. Some idiot spammer did the dirty deed back in September. 3 RBLs, all lesser known ones. So, I responded as they requested, with a justification of why I should be removed. I did that today around noon.

I'm now on none of them. So the whole "shakedown" issue, at least for me, seems not to be the case.




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