Setting the hostname and time zone

Correct times in logs and a clear server name.

hostnamectl set-hostname server1.example.com
timedatectl set-timezone Africa/Cairo     # or Asia/Riyadh, Asia/Kuwait, Europe/Berlin…
timedatectl

If the server sends email, set its reverse DNS to the same hostname.

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