Can I get a CD of all my web site files?

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If you’re not comfortable backing up your own web files to a CD, ConnectNC can do that for you.

Each instance is $75. ConnectNC will provide the CD or CDs, which will contain all web files, email and database files that exist at that precise moment in time. If you make changes to your web site after ConnectNC has copied your site to CD, those changes will not be on the CD.

Please add $3 for each additional CD used. Only the first CD is included in the $75 fee.

ConnectNC makes nightly backups of every web site hosted here. If you need to have your web site restore from a backup, please call us.

11/03/2010

Accessing webmail

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If you ‘d like to use webmail to read and respond to your e-mail, here’s the quickest way to get started.

please enter a vaild domain name hosted by ConnectNC.

1. Go to http://webmail.yourdomain.com (use your real domain name!)
Login to webmail
2. After logging in, choose one of the three webmail programs. Squirrelmail is very simple. Horde has more features. Roundcube has a great user interface. Pick one and see what you think.

Choose a webmail program

As you can see, other actions can be completed from your mail administration screen. We’ll cover these in other posts.

Configuring Apple Mail for your domain

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Setting up Apple Mail can be accomplished in just a few easy steps.

1. Click on Mail and then Preferences from the menu at the top of the Mail screen.

2. Click on the Accounts icon and then click the + sign in the lower left corner.

3. The General Information window will appear. Fill in your information, based on the example below. Please use your actual email address and information.

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4. Click Continue.

5. In the Incoming Mail Server window, complete the required information. Refer to the example below, but replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name.

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6. Click the Continue button on the Incoming Mail Security window without clicking anything else.

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7. Click Continue on the Outgoing Mail Security window.

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8. Review the information in the Account Summary Window. If everything is correct, click Continue. If you see any errors, click Go Back.

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9. Click on Done, if you’re done! If you want to create another email account, you may do so by clicking on the Create Another Account button.

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For more information about setting up Apple Mail, please visit Apple.com.

Why you should subscribe to our e-mail spam and virus filtering service

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When analyzing how much of the email that comes into web hosting accounts, we discovered that it’s 94% spam and viruses. Thanks to our mail filtering device, most of that is blocked or quarantined. I went to google to look for stats, and found that our figure agrees with what’s reported by most other ISPs. A graph from one of our mail filters shows the severity of the spam problem, which is universal.

Spam or junk mail is out of control

Increases in junk mail has required us to invest in mail filtering appliances and software, which is the case for many large companies and universities. However, not all companies can afford to make this investment. We offer mail filtering for web sites whether they are hosted with us or not. For a low monthly rate, your domain’s email can be protected. Pricing starts at $15.00 per month, for up to 10 mail accounts.

Using the service is easy. A simple change is made to your DNS. No software needs to be installed on any of your systems. We do still recommend that each of your machines has an anti-virus application installed. While most viruses are email borne, there are still risks associated with simply being connected to the Internet.

For more information, or to sign up, please contact us.

Please keep your passwords private!

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There are individuals who may send email to you, asking for your account password, or asking you to login to a web site to change your password. These people are posing as technical support people in an attempt to get your account password from you. Once they have your account password, they login to webmail and use your address to send out thousands of “spam” messages across the Internet.

There are a few steps you can take to make sure your account isn’t “hijacked” to use for spamming (sending junk email). First, and most important, never give your password to anyone who is requesting it by email. Don’t login to any web site to change your password or enter your current password on the request of anyone by email. If we feel your account has been compromised we’ll change your password for you. We’ll never email to ask you to do it.

You can read more about this kind of activity, called “phishing,” by going to the following URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing

Second, please make sure your password is strong enough to prevent someone from guessing it. If your username and password are the same, you’re a potential target for account hijacking. Your password should contain upper and lower case letters, numbers and some other character(s), such as symbols or punctuation. Here are a few examples of good and bad passwords.

GOOD passwords
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M9ADu%3wQ! (good)
NtiL@e_D5o1sig (even better – more characters)

BAD passwords
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1234 (one of the most commonly used and easily guessed passwords)
spaniel (a word in the dictionary)

Please check your password here:
https://howsecureismypassword.net/
If your password strength is not rated “strong” or “best,” it should be changed immediately!

If you have ANY reason to believe that someone has guessed your password, please call us to change it immediately.

Password Policy

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User Password Policy

For your protection, we require you to create passwords with a combination of alpha (mixed upper and lower case), numeric and special characters.

Passwords comprised entirely of common words in the dictionary, numbers only, names or identical to your ConnectNC userid are not acceptable.

New accounts with insecure passwords will be disabled until the insecure password is changed.

Bad Passwords:

  • Pinehurst
  • Cat88
  • secret
  • 121212

Good Passwords:

  • 975P’nhU
  • 3F4Ub$fx
  • X_Sec2r3t!

Remember, if your password is identified by someone else, your Internet access account can be used to deface a web site or engage in other malicious activity. This isn’t only for your protection, it’s to protect our entire network and all of our customers!

If you have trouble thinking up a secure password, you can generate strong passwords online at http://www.safepasswd.com/ or here https://my.norton.com/extspa/idsafe?path=pwd-gen#

Please read more here:  https://connectnc.com/clients/knowledgebase/128/Using-Strong-Passwords.html