Overview In certain situations, an e-mail address that delivers to an account on the server may want to be converted to an e-mail address that forwards externally to another address and vice-versa. Solution Login to the control panel Visit Mail > Manage Mailboxes Under Change Mode, select View/Edit Mailboxes Select the mailbox to edit by the edit icon within the Actions…
Overview Forwarded e-mails are e-mails that arrive on the server, but instead of delivering to a local user, these messages are passed off to an external e-mail address hosted elsewhere. Setting up a forward Visit Mail > Manage Mailboxes within the control panel Enter a new e-mail address name under Add a New Address Select one or…
Overview Your control panel is a comprehensive control center that allows you to do everything from create e-mail accounts, add new domains to your account, update billing information, and even get support. Access is easy. You can do it through a few different processes: https://cp.hostineer.com Login by accessing hostineer.com > CP Login By server name. Visit…
Overview Inbox Zero is a rigorous approach to keep your inbox free of e-mail – or at least nearly empty. Any mail that is read will be migrated to an Archives IMAP folder after 5 minutes. Any mail that is starred in an e-mail client will, however, remain in the inbox until unstarred. Solution This can be achieved…
Site statistics can be viewed, in raw form, through access logs available via /var/log/httpd/access_log. Likewise, errors that may arise from improperly-configured PHP scripts or general diagnostics are available in error logs via /var/log/httpd/error_log. These errors are typically manifested as 550, 500, 403, or status codes also more commonly referred to as “Internal Server Error”. Java…
Overview Your terminal is a command-line interface to your hosting account on the server. It provides a quick, efficient means to make permission changes, edit files, and even run services like MongoDB and node.js. Terminal access is provided with certain qualified packages. Logging In Terminal access follows general login guidelines: Login consists of <username>@<domain> Alternatively, <username>#<domain> is…
Overview Your server name is the server on which you are hosted. Your server name can be ascertained in a few different ways: Visit Server Lookup. Enter your domain name. In rare situations, a domain may exist on more than 1 server during a server migration in process. See alternative solutions below: Login to the…
Overview Yes, terminal access is included depending upon the hosting package. Baseline Essential packages (formerly called “Minimalist”) prior to June 22, 2016 do not include terminal access. Essential packages on or after June 22, 2016, Developer (formerly “Basic”) and higher packages do include terminal access over SSH. This may also be viewed within the control…
Hosting platform may be located within the control panel under Account > Summary > Development > Platform Version. Different hosting platforms use, relatively, slightly different architecture and hardware. Release Announcements Certain platforms come with release announcements providing an overview of features. Platforms prior to 4, introduced with the data center migration from Texas to Atlanta in 2007, were unremarkable and consequently, not…
Site content for a given domain or subdomain is served from its document root. A document root is the base folder from which all content is served. All accounts have a document root for the primary domain under /var/www/html. mainwebsite_html/ is a link to this location. Sample Home Directory $ ls ~ drwx—— Aug 21 12:15 Mail…