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Here is a quick reference of some common settings for hosting accounts:
Nameservers
- For more information, see main article: DNS
Linux (cPanel) Hosting
| | Hostname | IP Address
|
| Primary DNS | ns1.yourdomain.com | 123.456.789.10
|
| Secondary DNS | ns2.yourdomain.com | 123.456.789.11
|
Email
- For more information, see main article: Email
| Username | Your full email address (you@yourdomain.com)
|
| Incoming Mail Server (POP) | The hostname of the mail server (mail.yourdomain.com)
|
| Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) | Your ISP's SMTP server 1
|
| Webmail access | https://www.yourdomain.com/webmail or http://www.yourdomain.com:2096
|
1 Note: You can use your domain's smtp server (mail.yourdomain.com) however this is not recommended. If you do, make sure you select "server requires authentication" using the same username and password as your email account. If you use your domain SMTP you may be unable to send email on port 25 try using our alternate port 587. Some ISPs such as Telstra, Internode, iiNet block port 25 to third party servers.
cPanel
- For more information, see main article: cPanel
| cPanel Login | http://yourdomain.com/cpanel or http://yourdomain.com:2082
|
| Secure cPanel Login | https://yourdomain.com:2083
|
WHM (Web Host Manager)
- For more information, see main article: WHM
| Reseller Login | http://yourdomain.com/whm
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| Secure Reseller Login | https://yourdomain.com:2087
|
SSH (Secure Shell)
- For more information, see main article: SSH
- You can connect to SSH on port 22.
Note: You will need to e-mail support and request that SSH be enabled on your account before it will work for most hosting company providers.
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