cPanel
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URLs to directly access each cPanel webmail client
Posted on 01 Jun 2011 by Alan Burns
Responding to my article Setting a preferred cPanel webmail client a blog reader and a WHB forum member each asked whether it’s possible to entirely bypass the countdown to go directly to a particular client. Yes, it is. Instead of ac...read more
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Set a preferred cPanel webmail client, part 2
Posted on 30 May 2011 by Alan Burns
I gave you some incompleteinformation in my last post. I said that once you set a preferred webmail client in cPanel, you would no longer see the selection screen displaying all three webmail clients. That’s not exactly correct. On th...read more
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Set a preferred webmail client in cPanel
Posted on 29 May 2011 by Alan Burns
Recently I wrote about cPanel’s three webmail interfaces. As I wrote, you can use any or all of the three, and it’s good to try all of them out to judge for yourself which one you prefer. Once you find your favourite, it can be ...read more
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cPanel includes three webmail interfaces
Posted on 22 May 2011 by Alan Burns
Webmail is a useful tool, even if you rarely need it. Perhaps your regular e-mail method is to have your new mail downloaded into a mail client on your computer, such as Eudora, Windows Mail, or Apple Mail. When you’re away from your ...read more
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Secure your web hosting account logins
Posted on 12 May 2011 by Alan Burns
If you’re a security conscious Internet user, I’m sure you look for an https connection and padlock icon when using your on-line banking or making purchases. What about your web hosting account? Regular http traffic can be inter...read more
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What is a LAMP server?
Posted on 10 May 2011 by Alan Burns
If you are using or shopping for a web host, you may have come across the term “LAMP server”. It’s not a type of hardware but, rather, a web server based on open source software. LAMP is an acronym formed from the first le...read more
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How to install a self-signed SSL certificate
Posted on 03 May 2011 by Alan Burns
Have you ever wanted the security of SSL (Secure Socket Layer) for your web site, but didn’t want the cost of a certificate? If you need only the security and not the stamp of approval from the big issuers, then you can create your ow...read more
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Backup your web site
Posted on 23 Apr 2011 by Alan Burns
It must be a truism that you never need a backup so much as when you don’t have one. More than once I’ve received a panicked call from a friend, client or co-worker after they’ve suffered a drive failure or other data loss...read more
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Manage cPanel mail forwarders via SSH
Posted on 23 Mar 2011 by Alan Burns
In an earlier article I described how mail forwarders work. They are a useful feature. So much so that some of us have long lists of forwarders for our domains. Creation and editing of mail forwarders is normally handled via cPanel’s ...read more
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“Password” is not a good password
Posted on 05 Mar 2011 by Alan Burns
Many studies have found that one of the most common passwords is “password”. This is likely because it is the default in many systems. A very bad default, in my opinion. We’re overwhelmed by passwords, so it’s not su...read more
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