A shared IP is often shared among several other users on a single server. A dedicated IP cannot be utilized by other customers using the same server. The most common cases when a dedicated IP is needed is when you need to install a security certificate (SSL) or just want your own IP space. If…
An SSL Certificate is used for encrypting information that’s passing between the server and user’s PC. SSL Certificates are required to be PCI compliant, and when accepting credit cards online. Without an SSL Certificate, communications passing between the server and user are open, and personal / mission critical information could be compromised while in transit…
SSH stands for Secure Shell, and is a secure method for logging remotely into a server. SSH makes it easy to manage servers without having physical access to the actual server. Most hosts don’t offer SSH as an option, and for good reason considering the security risks. Dedicated hosting often has SSH available as an…
SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. It’s a standard for sending electronic messages over the internet between servers. SMTP is a delivery protocol only, it does not pull messages from a remote server. For receiving messages, you’ll need to utilize either a POP3 or IMAP client.
FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol and is used by webmasters to transfer many files at once to and from a server / hosting account from their local computers. In order to setup an FTP account, you’ll need a computer, an FTP client and a web hosting account with an FTP account setup.
DNS (Domain Name System) is a service that translates domain names into IP addresses. When you visit a website, you’re not actually visiting the domain name, rather you’re visiting the IP address the domain is pointing at. Without DNS, we’d have to type IP addresses rather than domain names. It’s all thanks to DNS that…
A cron job is an automated way for users to execute scripts without any intervention. Many scripts rely on cron jobs to perform common maintenance tasks such as clearing caches, optimizing database tables, sending email and more.
Step 1 – You need to setup “Split domains” for your email to do this you will need to contact your old host. This will allow you to migrate clients on a per mailbox basis without interrupting other users, and this allows your mail to function with little to no downtime of services. All the traffic…
webmail error connection timed out 110 Can’t open SMTP stream If the webmail on cPanel server is giving error as bellow ======================================= ERROR: Message not sent. Server replied: Connection timed out 110 Can’t open SMTP stream. ======================================= If this error occurs when you try to send e-mails using webmail it is a possibility that…
Changing your password in cPanel is easy, and takes only a minute. First, make sure you’re logged into cPanel. Find, and click Email Accounts. Find the email you wish to modify, and in the same row, click Change Password. Type in your new password twice. You can optionally generate a secure password. Click the Change Password button. Your new…