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    Common Spam email senders

    Are you ever wondering why you random get large amount of spam? This is caused because somehow common spammers get ahold of your email address and add it to an automatic senders list. Annoying right? At your webhosting company (or wherever you host your email) you should have the ability to...
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    DNS error with Add-on Domains

    If you are getting an error saying DNS records needs to be remove after trying to add an add-on domain in your control panel. Follow the steps below: A. Confirm who you are current hosting your website with B. Contact your hosting company and ask them to check for any existing DNS...
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    Running a Traceroute to check for connection issues

    If you are having connection issues and want to pinpoint where the cause is. You can follow the different instructions below (depending on the type of Operating System you have) to run a traceroute. .:|Traceroute|:. You can perform a traceroute by performing the following steps: Windows...
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    Transferring a Domain Name

    When you are transferring a Domain name from one registrar (a place where you have bought the registration for your website name) to another, you need to follow these steps: 1. Confirm the place where you have your domain registerred at 2. Contact your registrar and ask them to make sure the...
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    Propagation Times for DNS settings

    Alot of times you change any DNS records and wonder why things are not working right away. Many records you change have a thing called "propagation time." Below we have provided a list of common propagation times for DNS records and nameserver changes. Nameserver changes - 24/48 hours to...
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    Common Email Settings for POP/IMAP connection types

    You are trying to set up your email account after signing up for a new hosting plan and just can't seem to get the settings to work. Whether you are using MAC Mail, Thunderbird, Outlook, etc; these are the settings you want to use: Incoming Mail Server: mail.[INSERT YOUR DOMAIN NAME HERE]...
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    Enabling SSL on your Website

    With the new security protocols and requirements the world is seeing now, SSL certificates are becoming more in demand to keep the site secure. SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a standard security protocol for creating secured links between a web server and a browser in an online communication...
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    Installing or uploading to Wordpress and getting a Memory limit error

    Sometimes when you are installing a new theme to Wordpress or even uploading your edits to Wordpress, there will be times that you get an error that says something like, "You do not have enough memory to complete the task" or something like that. A solution you can try is to increase the...
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    Why am I getting a Poor MTA error when trying to send mail?

    You are trying to send mail to someone that you have always sent mail to, and now you are getting an error that has something in it that says "Poor MTA" or the more dreaded word, "Blacklist." These things do happen more often than you think. People who use their email accounts to send out...
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    Why am I getting something with the error "You have exceeded the Max Defers in your e

    Why am I getting something with the error "You have exceeded the Max Defers in your e Before we can answer this question, we want to ask you another, are you a company that sends out massive amount of emails or do you just use your email for personal use? The reason we ask this question is...
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    Error Establishing a Database Connection

    There will come a time in every website that uses a database life where you will see the error "Error Establish a Database Connection" Don't worry, this is more common than you think. All this means is (and I am sure you can guess by the error) that someone broke the connection from a...
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    Why am I seeing a MySQL error on my Wordpress page?

    You happen to check your page one day and you see an error on your Wordpress site that says the following: "Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress" There is 1 thing to check before searching all over the internet for a solution. 1...
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    Unable to see your website?

    There are alot of times where you get an error saying that your site cannot be reached or just take a long time to load. There are a few things you want to check before thinking that your website is down or broken. 1. There is a chance that your local IP address may be blocked by where you...
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