As a general policy at CharlesWorks, we set up email on separate servers from your website. Doing this keeps mail server traffic from affecting website resources and vice versa. The local mail server on the DirectAdmin must be disabled when using a remote mail server....
Sorting Outlook Hosted Exchange based Email using Webmail
Whether you are running a household or a business, it's easy for your emails to ultimately get out of control. Having plenty of space to store them along with fast access to them can save a lot of time and headaches. A number of years ago, we at CharlesWorks switched...
Dealing with Website Form and Comment Spamming
The spamming of web forms has grown tremendously over the past several years. Spamming forms is inevitable with any forms on websites. This has little or nothing to do with where your website is hosted. The problem The main problem is that even though it is, and has...
Discovering Website and Email Addressing with NSLookup
Open Command Prompt window type nslookup and enter set type=any (domain name)
Dealing with “Reply To:” issues in WordPress form outputs
Spam Prevention nightmares Spam prevention has been a nightmare for all involved since even before I began CharlesWorks in 1998. Spammers: they are always trying to find ways around the spam protection. Email users: It is a constant battle trying to sort spam from...
How to Check other email accounts through GMail
On your computer, sign in to the Gmail account you want to import to. In the top right, click Settings, which is a gear icon, then See all settings. Click the Accounts and import tab. In the "Check mail from other accounts" section, click Add a mail account. Type the...
Moving Contact Lists from Smartermail to Microsoft Hosted Exchange
Step One Sign into the Smartermail account you're trying to import the contact lists from. Step Two Click on 'Contacts' icon in the left hand menu, with the image of a person. Step Three At the top of the contacts list above the search bar, there's a blue bar with...
How to migrate email from SmarterMail to Microsoft Hosted Exchange
Step One In your favorite web browser, navigate to https://portal.office.com to log into your Microsoft Hosted Exchange admin account. Step Two Navigate to the Admin area by clicking on the Admin area icon across the top of the page, or by clicking on the grid in the...
Troubleshooting Intermittent Microsoft Hosted Exchange Password Requests
On occasion, Microsoft Hosted Exchange or Microsoft Office 365 email users (or nearly any email users, for that matter) may have an input box pop up requesting that you enter your username or email address and your password. At times this can persist and become most...
Common Bitcoin Phishing Message from online Scammers
The lost revenue to individuals and companies responding to and falling prey to these phishing messages is enormous. We in the web field lose considerable amounts of time that we could be working on websites answering queries about such matters. It is obviously part...