How to verify multiple SPF records
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Digitally signing your email with DKIM
It’s easy for some people to spoof email — that is, send email that pretends to be from somebody else. To combat spoofing, you can digitally sign outbound email from Zendesk to prove that an email actually came from somebody in your organization and not somebody pretending to be from your organization. Digitally signing outbound … Read more
Authenticating incoming email (SPF, DKIM, DMARC)
To decrease the number of spoofed email and spam you receive, you can add an additional layer of security on your inbound emails by enabling authentication with SPF, DKIM, and DMARC alignment. Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC) is a technical specification that allows email message senders and message receivers to cooperate and better … Read more
GoDaddy: Add an SPF record
An SPF (Sender Policy Framework) record is a type of TXT record in your DNS zone file. SPF records help identify which mail servers are permitted to send email on behalf of your domain. Adding an SPF record can help detect and prevent email spoofing. Log in to your GoDaddy Domain Control Center. (Need help logging in? Find your username or password.) … Read more
Allowing Zendesk to send email on behalf of your email domain
If you want to use your own email address to receive support requests, and you’ve added your email address as a support address in Zendesk, then you can set up your custom email domain to verify that Zendesk can send email on behalf of your email server. For example, if you receive email from your customers at [email protected], … Read more
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How to Disable the Control Panel and Settings Interface in Windows
The Windows Control Panel and Settings interface both expose a lot of settings that you might not want some users messing around with. Here’s how to disable them in Windows 7, 8, and 10. Why disable the Control Panel and Settings interface? Perhaps you share a computer and want certain users not to have access to settings. … Read more
SQL Server: I’m getting a login failed error
Solution: In SQL Server Management Studios, go to the database and reset the user’s password. Simple.
What is rclone?
Rclone is a command-line program that supports file transfers and syncing of files between local storage and Google Drive as well as a number of other storage services, including Dropbox and Swift/S3-based services. Rclone offers options to optimze a transfer and reach higher transfer speeds than other common transfer tools such as scp and rsync. It is written … Read more
How to setup and use rclone to sync data between HPC clusters and Google Drive
This guide explains how to setup and use rclone to sync data between HPC clusters and Google Drive. Rclone can be used with a wide variety of cloud services including box, but this example deals specifically with Google Drive. Full documentation on using rclone can be found here: https://rclone.org/ We recommend using rclone with your ISU Google account which … Read more