If you need to use a separate php.ini file for a particular domain in Plesk, the easy way is to copy the php.ini file into the current domain’s bin folder, and then restart the server using the below commands. The php executable looks in it’s own directory first for a valid php.ini file before looking in the other locations, and before the default php.ini file is loaded.

In our case, we needed to do this because we needed to specify a unique session.save_path for each domain, but there are certainly countless other reasons why you would want to use a special php.ini file per domain.

Create local version of php.ini for this domain
cp /opt/php51/etc/php5/fastcgi/php.ini /var/www/vhosts/example.com/bin/php.ini

Restart Plesk web server
/usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/websrvmng -a -v

It’s the multi-part mime bit that got me thinking… with all the emails we send in multi-part mime, there must be an easy way to work with these files.

Outlook Express to the rescue! It just so happens that the “.eml” file format for saved outlook express emails is straight multi-part mime. (Fingers crossed this works with the new Windows Mail in Vista and Windows 7, if not you might need to dust off one of your old XP boxes).
Here’s how it works:

Extract your backup file with WinRAR
I hear there are other tools out there (someone said anything that supports .gz will do the trick), but I think WinRAR is the best.

Change the file extension to “.eml’
Rename the extract file by adding a “.eml” file extension. This assocates the file with Outlook Express.
Open the .eml file with Outlook Express
Sometimes I get a nasty warning message on this step, but it still opens just fine. All the individual files are neatly organised as attachments to the email. Drag whichever files you need to your desktop and you’re home free.

Warning: sometimes this .eml files can get very large. I managed to open one that was over 1gb, but please be careful when you do this because Outlook Express isn’t exactly designed to be bullet proof on large files.

The steps below are directly from the PLESK User’s Guide:

All connections to the Web server and requests for files that were not found on the server are registered in log files. These log files are analyzed by the statistical utilities running on the server, which then present graphical reports on demand. You may want to download these log files to your computer for processing by third-party statistical utilities, or view their contents for web server debugging purposes.

To prevent these log files from growing too large, you should enable automatic cleanup and recycling of log files:

1. Go to Domains > domain name > Log Manager > Log Rotation and click Switch On. If you see only Switch off there, this means that log recycling is already switched on.
2. Specify when to recycle log files and how many instances of each log file to store on the server. Also specify whether they should be compressed and sent to an e-mail address after processing. Click OK.

To view the contents of a log file or download it to your computer:

1. Go to Domains > domain name and click Log Manager in the Hosting group. A list of log files will show.
* To specify the number of lines from the end of the log file that you would like to view, type a number into the input box under the Preferences group.
* To view the contents of a log file, click its file name.
* To download a file to your computer, click an icon corresponding to the file you need.
* To remove a processed log file from the server, select a corresponding check box and click Remove Selected. Confirm removal and click OK.