# Hacks / Tools / Tips / Tricks

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## [About the Hacks / Tools / Tips / Tricks category](https://forums.interworx.com/t/about-the-hacks-tools-tips-tricks-category/8855)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forums.interworx.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/about-the-hacks-tools-tips-tricks-category/8855 "2023-05-03T10:43:13Z")

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Hack NodeWorx to do something neat or have a hack/advice you’d like to distribute to other NodeWorx users. Tells us about it here.

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## [Setup and use MultiPHP, including ioncube](https://forums.interworx.com/t/setup-and-use-multiphp-including-ioncube/14195)

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**Author:** [@d2d4j](https://forums.interworx.com/u/d2d4j)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/setup-and-use-multiphp-including-ioncube/14195 "2019-11-02T16:14:51Z")

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Hi Kudos to Justec and Interworx for developing multi php. To use multi PHP versions in Interworx v6.0.4, you need to first install versions of PHP yum install php54 yum install php55 yum install php56 yum install …

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## [setup cron using php -f (or g)](https://forums.interworx.com/t/setup-cron-using-php-f-or-g/14189)

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**Author:** [@d2d4j](https://forums.interworx.com/u/d2d4j)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2017, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/setup-cron-using-php-f-or-g/14189 "2017-07-13T07:13:22Z")

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Hi I thought I would post over setting up a cron path, so users find it easier as follows: php -f /chroot/home/siteworx-name/yourdomain.url/html/path/to/cron.php (you do not have to use /chroot, and some may not have …

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## [Event Hooks Setup](https://forums.interworx.com/t/event-hooks-setup/13560)

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**Author:** [@d2d4j](https://forums.interworx.com/u/d2d4j)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/event-hooks-setup/13560 "2020-01-27T19:45:28Z")

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Hi Please find below the setup instructions for enabling Event Hooks and setup a simple event Hook to change SSL for siteworx accounts using SSL (please note all thanks to IW Team where this information has been taken f…

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## [HOW TO: Install PHP 5.2 through yum](https://forums.interworx.com/t/how-to-install-php-5-2-through-yum/12592)

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**Author:** [@IWorx-Jon](https://forums.interworx.com/u/IWorx-Jon)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/how-to-install-php-5-2-through-yum/12592 "2020-02-25T22:49:56Z")

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As many of you know, the version of PHP that ships with CentOS 5 is very outdated. One question we are constantly asked is “How can I install PHP 5.2 on my InterWorx server?”. Wouldn’t it be a lot easier if you could j…

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## [webmail.domain.ext mirror domain.ext/roundcube](https://forums.interworx.com/t/webmail-domain-ext-mirror-domain-ext-roundcube/13479)

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**Author:** [@scubes13](https://forums.interworx.com/u/scubes13)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/webmail-domain-ext-mirror-domain-ext-roundcube/13479 "2023-01-14T13:48:11Z")

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Sorry for the potentially odd title. In short, what I would like to accomplish is that anyone visiting webmail.domain.com would see the content of domain.ext/roundcube (while remaining on the webmail.domain.ext URL). Is…

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## [BFD Custom Rule to check apache logs for Wordpress failed logins](https://forums.interworx.com/t/bfd-custom-rule-to-check-apache-logs-for-wordpress-failed-logins/13681)

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**Author:** [@Justec](https://forums.interworx.com/u/Justec)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/bfd-custom-rule-to-check-apache-logs-for-wordpress-failed-logins/13681 "2020-06-11T13:44:20Z")

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I’ve setup plugins on Wordpress to ban IPs, move the wp-login.php / wp-admin to another location (gives a 404 when trying the default), etc. This really helps protect the site itself, but with all the continuous request,…

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## [Increase Import size phpmyadmin](https://forums.interworx.com/t/increase-import-size-phpmyadmin/14069)

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**Author:** [@d2d4j](https://forums.interworx.com/u/d2d4j)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/increase-import-size-phpmyadmin/14069 "2016-11-29T07:26:39Z")

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Hi Just a quick post to help anyone wanting to increase the phpmyadmin upload to greater then 128Mb You need to SSH into your server and edit as root or use sudo vi ~iworx/etc/php.ini change the following settings p…

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## [qmail interworx  Resubmit mail  Queue](https://forums.interworx.com/t/qmail-interworx-resubmit-mail-queue/14751)

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**Author:** [@foxy202](https://forums.interworx.com/u/foxy202)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/qmail-interworx-resubmit-mail-queue/14751 "2018-04-26T00:58:09Z")

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Hi All is it any way to resubmit mail queue , I try to stop / start smtp service but doesn’t help. Best Regards Emil

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## [Internet Explorer not displaying Control Panel correctly](https://forums.interworx.com/t/internet-explorer-not-displaying-control-panel-correctly/14229)

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**Author:** [@d2d4j](https://forums.interworx.com/u/d2d4j)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/internet-explorer-not-displaying-control-panel-correctly/14229 "2019-09-20T05:26:25Z")

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Hi I hope this may help other users who experience similar issues. One of our servers was updated in IW RC channel, but upon checking using Internet Explorer (11), from 3 different computers, the control panel was not …

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## [RoundCube password plugin](https://forums.interworx.com/t/roundcube-password-plugin/12882)

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**Author:** [@ghost1227](https://forums.interworx.com/u/ghost1227)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/roundcube-password-plugin/12882 "2019-07-31T23:26:27Z")

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I’m setting up a RoundCube instance for one of my domains, and I would like to add the password plugin (http://trac.roundcube.net/browser/trunk/plugins/password). It supports several different protocols for changing pass…

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## [Problems with qmail](https://forums.interworx.com/t/problems-with-qmail/15405)

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**Author:** [@marco3189](https://forums.interworx.com/u/marco3189)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2019, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/problems-with-qmail/15405 "2019-11-20T07:07:30Z")

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Hi. I was a cPanel user. In the past I’ve used to configure my accounts to use remote mail server for sending emails. I would do something similar also on my server with Interworx because all mailboxes are under the dom…

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## [Secure EMAIL](https://forums.interworx.com/t/secure-email/15154)

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**Author:** [@omelin](https://forums.interworx.com/u/omelin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/secure-email/15154 "2020-06-10T03:09:55Z")

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hi, we are having a lot of email accounts hack , what are your best practice to secure email server and to mitigate hack email accounts? I have tried to add multiple RBLs , many clients ips are listed and that generate…

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## [How To Upgrade PHP / MySQL](https://forums.interworx.com/t/how-to-upgrade-php-mysql/13932)

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**Author:** [@griffiti](https://forums.interworx.com/u/griffiti)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/how-to-upgrade-php-mysql/13932 "2015-12-06T13:41:50Z")

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I setup my first Interworx controlled server about 2 months ago. I’m still learning as I go, but so far I’ve been very pleased with my decision to go with Interworx over the alternatives. As I begin to roll out new websi…

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## [Lowering only specific DNS records TTL](https://forums.interworx.com/t/lowering-only-specific-dns-records-ttl/14183)

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**Author:** [@mdeinhardt](https://forums.interworx.com/u/mdeinhardt)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/lowering-only-specific-dns-records-ttl/14183 "2017-05-27T02:27:59Z")

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Hi all, there is this very old but still valid (I hope) great post about how to lower the TTL for all DNS records prior to a migration: http://forums.interworx.com/threads/1582-Advice-Needed-IP-Migrations?p=9815#post981…

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## [Inotify and a huge logfile \[not in log-rotation\]](https://forums.interworx.com/t/inotify-and-a-huge-logfile-not-in-log-rotation/17115)

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**Author:** [@Nico](https://forums.interworx.com/u/Nico)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/inotify-and-a-huge-logfile-not-in-log-rotation/17115 "2020-03-03T02:04:34Z")

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Hi All, A few weeks ago we had some servers going really slow in response, a real weird behaviour never seen, as I have been using the same sort of configuration as on the previous cPanel servers \[Maldet and Inotify\] I …

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## [InterWorx a DNS and Windows Server](https://forums.interworx.com/t/interworx-a-dns-and-windows-server/15402)

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**Author:** [@Chakusin](https://forums.interworx.com/u/Chakusin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/interworx-a-dns-and-windows-server/15402 "2019-11-20T02:56:09Z")

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Hello everyone, I would like some feedback. I have made the decission to go with a Windows Server for all my clients that wish to use FrontPage with Extensions, etc. (I know, I know, no M$ wise cracks…lol) Well what I…

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## [Find out which PHP versions are used by accounts](https://forums.interworx.com/t/find-out-which-php-versions-are-used-by-accounts/15400)

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**Author:** [@Nico](https://forums.interworx.com/u/Nico)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2019, 2:42am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/find-out-which-php-versions-are-used-by-accounts/15400 "2019-11-16T02:42:46Z")

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Hi all, Is there a simple way to find out which PHP versions are in use and/or enabled for the accounts on server? Kind regards, Nico

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## [MariaDB 10 Guide.](https://forums.interworx.com/t/mariadb-10-guide/14046)

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**Author:** [@system](https://forums.interworx.com/u/system)\
**Replies:** 32\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/mariadb-10-guide/14046 "2019-06-17T18:03:17Z")

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All: I could not find a solid guide on how to upgrade Interworx 5.X Mysql to MariaDB 10.x. So a few caviots MariaDB 10 is not supported currently by Interworx OR Me for that matter. BACKUP YOUR SYSTEM AND DB’S. I war…

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## [The new php mailer inbox delivery of 2017 (works)](https://forums.interworx.com/t/the-new-php-mailer-inbox-delivery-of-2017-works/14226)

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**Author:** [@malcolm555](https://forums.interworx.com/u/malcolm555)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/the-new-php-mailer-inbox-delivery-of-2017-works/14226 "2017-10-25T07:02:41Z")

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Hello everybody; I?d like to share with you one of most PHP Mailer wanted in the world, I love it personnaly because it’s edited with a last scripts of this year (02-03-2017) I was looking for a long … long… time, the…

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## [Local php.ini for each account](https://forums.interworx.com/t/local-php-ini-for-each-account/13145)

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**Author:** [@Evanion](https://forums.interworx.com/u/Evanion)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/local-php-ini-for-each-account/13145 "2017-10-12T11:55:00Z")

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Yesterday I figured out how too add local php.ini files to change settings localy in a siteworx account. And I figured someone here might find it usefull. This have only been tested on a suPHP setup. If you start with …

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## [CloudFlare, SPDY protocol](https://forums.interworx.com/t/cloudflare-spdy-protocol/14149)

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**Author:** [@Keiro](https://forums.interworx.com/u/Keiro)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/cloudflare-spdy-protocol/14149 "2017-03-20T05:18:05Z")

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So, I’ve got a customer who’s using CloudFlare. He’s now having issues because CloudFlare apparently insists on having access to SPDY on the server. Recommendations and/or best practices? I’ve tried installing the thing…

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## [SNI issue on shared IP with non-SSL sites](https://forums.interworx.com/t/sni-issue-on-shared-ip-with-non-ssl-sites/14148)

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**Author:** [@Justec](https://forums.interworx.com/u/Justec)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/sni-issue-on-shared-ip-with-non-ssl-sites/14148 "2017-03-08T16:42:08Z")

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I noticed Google crawling a page by the wrong domain name. This is when I realized that if a site is contacted via HTTPS, which doesn’t have SSL setup it will default to the first domain alphabetically that has SSL setu…

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## [Qmail Acceptance of address literals](https://forums.interworx.com/t/qmail-acceptance-of-address-literals/14142)

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**Author:** [@d2d4j](https://forums.interworx.com/u/d2d4j)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/qmail-acceptance-of-address-literals/14142 "2017-02-09T02:46:52Z")

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Hi I thought I would post over RFC1123 Section 5.2.17, for anyone interested in enabling this RFC It refers to acceptence of Address Literals, which maybe an old RFC concept, which many may consider not worthy of accep…

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## [Spamassassin bayes and sa-learn](https://forums.interworx.com/t/spamassassin-bayes-and-sa-learn/14108)

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**Author:** [@aos](https://forums.interworx.com/u/aos)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/spamassassin-bayes-and-sa-learn/14108 "2017-01-04T01:29:56Z")

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We are wanting to make use of some features of the sa-learn command, such as --backup and --restore, but there seems to be an issue with the user it’s running as. Does anyone know what user has access to the global baye…

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## [\[GET\] The Best Cloud Auto-Backup Solution For Interworx](https://forums.interworx.com/t/get-the-best-cloud-auto-backup-solution-for-interworx/14051)

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**Author:** [@Synthetisoft](https://forums.interworx.com/u/Synthetisoft)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/get-the-best-cloud-auto-backup-solution-for-interworx/14051 "2016-08-25T17:44:52Z")

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I’ll make this as simple as possible. If you want the most secure and reliable way of backing up your accounts and Interworx configs, here it is… Step 1) Sign up for SpiderOak (It’s a cloud backup solution). Their zero-…

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## [Limit the numer of emails send](https://forums.interworx.com/t/limit-the-numer-of-emails-send/13222)

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**Author:** [@omelin](https://forums.interworx.com/u/omelin)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/limit-the-numer-of-emails-send/13222 "2016-05-23T05:21:06Z")

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Does some one have a tip on how to limit the number of emails sent ?

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## [Limit incoming email](https://forums.interworx.com/t/limit-incoming-email/13948)

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**Author:** [@Katronix](https://forums.interworx.com/u/Katronix)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/limit-incoming-email/13948 "2016-01-08T01:02:58Z")

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Hi all, So I have configured ScrolloutF1 on a separate machine, and it does a wonderful job. However I’m now faced with the issue that some people seem to be emailing the main server directly instead of going through em…

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## [CentOS 6 -\> 7 In-Place Upgrade](https://forums.interworx.com/t/centos-6-7-in-place-upgrade/13942)

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**Author:** [@Keiro](https://forums.interworx.com/u/Keiro)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2015, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/centos-6-7-in-place-upgrade/13942 "2015-12-18T11:43:19Z")

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IN-PLACE UPGRADE FOR CENTOS 6 -\> 7 Create a Repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d/, named something like upgradetool.repo Add the following lines to the repo file: name=CentOS-$releasever - Upgrade Tool baseurl=http://dev.…

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## [Scrollout F1](https://forums.interworx.com/t/scrollout-f1/13924)

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**Author:** [@Katronix](https://forums.interworx.com/u/Katronix)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2015, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.interworx.com/t/scrollout-f1/13924 "2015-11-25T05:36:48Z")

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Hey all, As I’m sure many of you are, always looking for something better than SpamAssassin. I was curious if anyone has used Scrollout F1? Does it work with IW? is it better than SpamAssassin? Thanks, Chris

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