How To Deal With Disk Usage Warning Emails — Part 2

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Managing Files

In “Part 1″ of how to deal with emails from the server warning that you are approaching your file limit, we looked at how to figure out why you were approaching your limit. We also looked at one likely culprit: email. Causes other than email accounts might be the problem. In this post, we look [...]

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Install phpBB Forum By Using cPanel

When you want to add a low-cost or free forum to your site, you can install phpBB by using cPanel. Most setups of cPanel let you install, delete or upgrade phpBB and other software from within cPanel. Click the link called “Scripts Library” on the main cPanel page. This takes you to links to the [...]

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How To Change a File’s Permissions

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Managing Files

Sometimes you will have to change the permissions of a file. I had to do this recently to get an installation of WordPress blog to run. Here is how to change file permissions using cPanel: log into cPanel look for File Manager and follow the link you will get a window that says Please select [...]

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Avoid Common Errors When Trying to Blackhole Spam

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Email Tips

It’s easy to make errors that prevent spam from being blackholed. (An earlier post, described how to blackhole spam with email filters.) Several people recently swore to me that SpamAssassin was broken. I checked the email filters they had set up and found some peskly self-inflicted problems. Here’s the problem so that you can hopefully [...]

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cPanel Simplifies Dedicated Hosting and VPS

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General Tips

Someone asked me about moving up to dedicated hosting and how in the world can someone who is not a certified system administrator or IT person run such a thing.  cPanel makes it do-able. cPanel has capabilities beyond what the owner of a website sees.  cPanel is not just for accounts on shared hosting or [...]

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Run a Backup Before Upgrading WordPress

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Databases, General Tips

When you run WordPress, cPanel backup utilities are useful and easy to use.  Back up your site and your database From the WordPress readme: Before you upgrade anything, make sure you have backup copies … This quote is from the WordPress readme.html file in the section “Upgrading Manually.”  Even if you use the automatic upgrader, [...]

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Default Email Address For Your Account & Why You Should Check It

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Email Tips

Many people do not know that you have an email address that is sometimes called “default address” or “main account.” It is a functioning email address and you can use it. The address is of the form your_cPanel_username@yoursite.com. Many times, however, your login is not very user friendly because it can be no more than [...]

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How To Track Down Disk Usage Warnings

“Disk Space Usage” functionality in cPanel is a handy way to help you determine what files are taking up so much space.  It can be hard to track down where the problem is because your total usage includes email, databases, log files and more in addition to the files associated with your website. You may [...]

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Enable AutoLoad

When you log into your webmail, there is now a link that says [ Enable AutoLoad ] under each webmail client. Click the AutoLoad link under your preferred webmail client and when you log in in the future, that webmail client will automatically load instead of giving you the option to select webmail client.

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How To Deal With “Disk Usage Warning” Emails

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Email Tips, Managing Files

At some point you will likely receive an email from your web hosting server with the subject “Disk Usage Warning (warn).” The contents of the email will be something along the lines of: The account with the username ‘yoursite’, is running out of disk space. Please remove some files from this account, or ask the [...]

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