Getting Bounce Back Messages If you are getting many returned emails and bounce back messages but not sure why, it is most likely "email spoofing". This happens quite often on the most commonly used addresses (info@, sales@, webmaster@, etc.) and also on email addresses that are listed on the website. Unfortunately this cannot be...
Using Entourage to Check Email Entourage is an email client for the Macintosh that is included with Microsoft Office for Mac. All versions of Entourage can be used with our web hosting email service.
To check email with Entourage:
First, open Entourage
Click the Tools menu at the top of the screen
Click New
In the Your Name field,...
Using Thunderbird to Check Email Thunderbird is a free email client, available for download at: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/.
To configure Thunderbird for use with your POP email service:
Open Thunderbird
Click Edit
Click Account Settings
Click Add Account in the bottom left
Select Email Account
Click Next
Enter the following information:
Your Name - What you want your recipients to see
Email address - username@yoursitedomain.comClick Next
Select...
Using Mac OS X Mail to Check Email Mac OS X comes with a built in email program called Mail.
To configure OS X Mail:
First, open the Mail application
Go to the Mail menu and select Preferences...
Click on Create Account
Enter information into the following fields:
Account Type - Select "POP Account".
Description - Enter a name for the mailbox
Email Address - Enter...
Using SSH to Import and Export your Data and Databases You can export your database by using the "mysqldump" command.
From the SSH command line, enter the command:
mysqldump your_db_name > your_db_name.dmp
This will push all data from the specified database into a dump file for backup.
To import data from a dump file you can simply direct it into the MySQL command.
mysql...
Using Eudora to Check Email Eudora is a popular email client that is compatable with OpenSourceHost's VDS Web Hosting sevice. Versions of Eudora are available for both Windows and the Macintosh.
Eudora for Windows
Open Eudora
Go to the Tools pull-down menu and select Options.
In the popup box, enter the following information:
Real name - Enter your real...
Useful Linux Commands for Use in SSH SSH, which is available on IP based accounts, connects you directly to the powerful Linux command line in your account. Here are some helpful commands for beginners (be sure not to include the brackets):
Navigating:
pwd - Shows the full path of the current directory
ls - Lists all the files in...
Using Outlook to Check Email Outlook is a popular email client, available from Microsoft. Your OpenSourceHost VDS Web Hosting account supports all current and previous versions of Outlook.
Outlook 2002
Open Outlook
Go to the Tools pull-down menu and select Accounts
Create a new account
Click
Select POP3 as the incoming...
Preventing Search Engines from Indexing your Site If you wish to prevent Google and other search engines from indexing, or "spidering", portions of your site, you can create a robots.txt file. This text file defines pages or directories on your site that search engines should not enter and attempt to list in their results pages, which can...
Applying Styles, Fonts, and Colors to Text To apply formatting to a text:
On the Edit step, select the desired site page.Select the text fragment you want to edit.You can select the whole text on the page by clicking Select All.
Apply...