Personal
Control Panel
Your SO Hosts account comes with a
Personal Control Panel that allows you to control certain aspects
of your account.
To access your Personal Control Panel
go to http://cp.yourdomainname You will
be asked for your user ID and Password (supplied by SO Hosts). Once
you have gained access you will be able to update or access the
following:
Domain
Setting
This gives you general information
regarding your hosting account, such as IP address, DNS info and
the ability to enable scripts to be run (i.e. ASP or Perl)
FTP
Click the FTP button to amend
your FTP password. Remember to amend the password on your FTP software.
PCP
Password
To amend your Personal Control Panel
password click Change Password. Enter your new password and
then re-enter it to confirm then click Submit Change.
SQL
Databases
Used to administer your SQL Server
7 database configuration (if ordered). Full documentation will be
supplied once this has been ordered.
Email
This area lets you set up email for
the domain. You have four options, you can either add or modify
a POP3 Mailbox, or, add or modify an Forwarder
(Alias).
A POP3 Mailbox is an email account
that you can send and receive mail through. This can be done using
email software such as Microsoft's ‘Outlook’. You can
Edit A POP3 Mailbox by selecting it from the list, or you can Add
A New Mailbox from the option below.
A Forwarder is a virtual address
that forwards the emails it receives to another address. You can
Edit An Alias by selecting it from the list, or you can Add A New
Mail Alias from the option below.
Both a POP3 box, and an Alias will be in the form
of boxname@<your domain name>. e.g. sales@yourcompany.co.uk.
POP3 Mailbox
Adding a new POP email account
Clicking Add
New Mailbox will present this screen. Type in the required
email account in Username (such as sales or enquiries).
Type in a Password of
your choosing. Confirm by retyping it in Confirm Password.
Click
Create and it's done!
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Modifying a POP email account
Click on the account
you wish to amend. You will be able to change your email account
Password, insert or amend an autotransponder
(automated email reply) or set up forwarding to another email
account.
If you amend your password you
must amend your account password that is set-up on your local
email software to the new password.
If you
enter your autotransponder
message, the first line represents the Subject Header of the
email.
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Click Commit Changes to complete
your updates. You can also delete the email account by clicking
Delete Mailbox.
Forwarder
Adding a new email alias for forwarding
To
create a new alias click Add New Forwarder.
Enter the address you want ans then the destination address.
Then click Create Forwarder.
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Modifying an email alias for forwarding
Click
the forwarder you wish to amend or delete.
Amend the destination address.
Then click Commit Changes. If you wish to
delete a forwarder click Delete Forwarder.
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Nobody
You will be supplied with an email
forwarder called nobody@yourdomainname. This is a 'catch
all' for any email with any wording preceding @yourdomainname and
is very useful in collecting email where the address has been miss-spelt
or doesn't actually exist.
To ensure you get email from this account
simply amend the desitination address to one of your existing email
addresses.
ODBC
To
add a new ODBC firstly select driver type then Click Next.
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Then enter the
connection name and the path of where the database is located.
Your database should have been located in the private
folder i.e.: \private\somedata.mdb
Then click Create.
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ODBC's can be modified or removed.
Password
Protection
Used to administer your password protected
areas (if ordered). Full documentation will be supplied once this
has been ordered.
MatixStats
If you have previously ordered MatrixStats
from SO Hosts you will be able to view them by clicking on the MatrixStats
Button.
If you have any queries please contact
us at support@sohosts.com
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