Overview Default PHP settings may be viewed either as a standalone page or within an application using phpinfo() or ini_get(). Default Environment Settings To view your default environment settings, create a file named phpinfo.php inside your document root. Inside this file, include the following line: <?php phpinfo(); ?> Access the URL phpinfo.php from your web…
Overview POP3 and IMAP are two separate protocols to access e-mail stored on the server. POP3 originated first in 1996 and IMAP in 2003. POP3 is designed for devices that have limited Internet connectivity and limited storage available on the mail server. POP3 is suitable for a dial-up connection or situations in which limited storage is available…
Overview All CGI and FastCGI requests operate as the owner of the file and require heightened security to limit malicious behavior. There are a few guidelines that must be adhered to when a CGI or FastCGI script, ending in .cgi, is accessed on your hosting account: File permissions must be 755 (u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx) Group, Other cannot have write…
Overview By default, MySQL permissions only permit same-server access for clients. This protects your database by preventing external access, but also precludes desktop database utilities like Navicat, MySQL Workbench, and Eclipse from managing your database schema. Solution Create a new MySQL user within the control panel under Databases > MySQL Manager. Enter a user under Name Remember:…
Overview Some applications require persistence to continue to run after a page view has concluded. Node.js or other backend socket/server pairs connect a front-end process, like a web page view, with a backend process such as data crunching. For such circumstances, clients with Developer+ packages may run daemons necessary for their web site to operate – please no…
Overview Custom programs may be compiled on Developer+ accounts, which is also bundled with terminal access. Custom programs may be installed under /usr/local. Per-Language C/C++ For C/C++ applications, supplying a –prefix=/usr/local during ./configure, i.e. ./configure –prefix=/usr/local && make && make install. In particular, this is negotiated not by C itself, but rather make/gmake and autoconf applications that are used in…
Introduction First off, thank you personally for deciding to host with Apis Networks. Now that you have a spot to host your domain, there are some steps to take to attach your domain to your hosting. It’s painless, and takes between 10 and 15 minutes, depending if you are a slow reader like the author.…
Overview Your “Spam” folder is an e-mail folder on all e-mail accounts that quarantines e-mails that have an above-average probability of being spam, but are not clearly spam. In SpamAssassin scoring terms, these are messages that score between 5 and 10. Accessing the Spam folder There are 2 ways to access your Spam folder: from a…
Overview E-mail that flows into the server goes through several phases of filtering before final delivery, including: DNSBL lookups on handshake Deep protocol inspection DomainKeys/SPF validation SpamAssassin filtering Whitelist management Hash-sharing systems (DCC & Razor) Token-based regex matching Markup filtering Bayesian filtering All steps in the filtering process are automated, except for Bayesian filtering that works by…
Overview Whenever a user exceeds his or her storage, an e-mail client may report zero e-mails present despite there actually being mail in the mailbox. Cause The mail server, Dovecot, uses a few cache files to speed up mailbox access on your account. In certain circumstances, these caches can become corrupted due to lack of storage.…