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    Handling clients when you can't provide something (mail to MS)

    So, you've got a mail server, everything's working nicely with all major providers and a lot of small providers but you get persistent problems with Microsoft (outlook/hotmail addresses). Let's disregard why you (and a lot of other people) are having persistent problems with MS (even though...
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    ISPConfig3 - creating accounts faster

    I've been using ISPConfig3 for a while now. It kinda got annoying everytime I had to add a new domain to VPS, where I would have to manually add an associated client, FTP account, DB, Db account, email domain, email username. I decided to script stuff up and have a simple web form where I would...
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    Bash + DigitalOcean API

    I've been using the DO API to automate some things like  VPS reboot and snapshoot adding DNS records to configure email with Zoho You can find the scripts on my github. Feel free to fork away / come with other examples / use cases that you've automated or need automation.
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    How to improve your VPS service?

    1. Integrated and free of charge backup/snapshot system .  APIs - can save some time especially when using external services like email, where you need certain DNS records / configurations for each of the domains hosted 2. We should put more words on "secure way" but I would go for IRC. 
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    Who was your first VPS provider?

    I went with DigitalOcean and mostly because I had no idea on VPS's. Their 10$ free credit was what got me, because I wanted to pay as less as possible before I knew what I was doing.
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    What Backup Software Do YOU Use?

    CLI tools like rsync and tar. Dirvish is also interesting to look at (still based on rsync)
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    Starting a VPS business with $10,000. How would you spend it?

    Agreed. Using a reseller will eliminate the headaches associated with what you enumerated there, of course including technical work around setting up and maintaining a VPS, especially if there is not prior experience with that. It also makes it easy to form a customer base. 
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