* This post was originally posted on February 6, 2012, and has been updated for accuracy. Pointing two URLs to the same website is a good way to direct traffic to your site from several different domain names. You can accomplish this in two ways: either redirect one of the URLs to your primary domain, or create an alias for one of the URLs. The alias would point that domain towards your primary …
UPDATE! On February 8th Google announced on their blog they’re going to start alerting in July 2018 for non-SSL sites. Get your SSL today! As TLS and SSL set a new benchmark for securely browsing the internet, devices and web browsers are equally raising the bar for presenting users a safe experience. As part of this effort, Google Chrome now displays a “Not Secure” warning in the web address bar when users visit a website without …
Let’s be honest, no one likes spam; not hosting providers, not web users, and certainly not us. That’s why it has become a reccurring subject on the cPanel Blog. Using one of our favorite features, Apache SpamAssassin, we want to equip you, the cPanel user, with a nifty trick to keep spam out of your inbox. Apache SpamAssassin™ Preloaded into the cPanel dashboard, Apache SpamAssassin is an open-source tool built to filter and …
This post was originally posted on November 17, 2015, and has been updated for accuracy. Some images of the cPanel interface may have been updated. cPanel & WHM is a tool that has become synonymous with web hosting. However, while hosting providers around the world use this software to offer their customers the freedom to manage their websites, email accounts, databases, and more, they have also been given very few options when it came …
* This post was originally posted on February 9, 2016, and has been updated for accuracy. The job of the hosting provider is a unique one. You are both a business owner, responsible for your own day-to-day operations, and a service provider that’s responsible for many of the online operations of other companies. Occasionally, when dealing with clients and customers, this means changing, altering, or modifying their permissions and
* This post was originally posted on November 28, 2014, and has been updated for accuracy. Purchases happen with the click of a button, a swipe of a finger, or simply, no human interaction at all. Whether it’s our monthly subscription to Netflix, the plane tickets that just went on flash sale, or the book that we purchased with Prime shipping, our request for immediacy and automation has placed our credit card information all over …
* This post was originally posted on July 12, 2016, and has been updated for accuracy. Over 100 billion emails get sent per day. Everything from out-of-office alerts to billing summaries gets transferred across the web, from server to server. While we expect the things we send and deliver to remain secure, we know it isn’t always the case. There are various ways mail servers can be compromised, however, there are also …
* This post was originally posted on May 9, 2016, and has been updated for accuracy. Greetings from the Customer Service Team! Given the nature of most Customer Service departments, they are typically the first line of communication you will have with any given company. Here at cPanel, things are not much different. Being that we have the opportunity to connect with such a wide and diverse range of …
* This post was originally published on December 23, 2015, and has been updated for technical accuracy. Webmail is one of the most commonly used features in cPanel. As opposed to having email delivered from the server to a desktop application, Webmail allows users to check their messages from their browsers. Currently, there are three different Webmail applications available, each with their own subtle differences, but all with the same power to deliver secure email …
Being a hosting provider isn’t easy. We get that. There are many unforeseeable occurrences that can put a damper on your service — however, spam email shouldn’t be one of them. Ways to fight spam email with cPanel & WHM: We’ve highlighted these add-ons that can be used to combat incoming spam, malware, and viruses on your server and, ultimately, offer your customers a better experience. SpamStopsHere ASSP Deluxe for cPanel SpamExperts cPanel Add-on SpamStopsHere …