How Do I Enable SMTP Authentication in Outlook 2003

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  1. Open Outlook
  2. Click on Tools
  3. Click on Email Account
  4. Select View or Change Existing Email Account
  5. Click Next
  6. Select your Email Account
  7. Click Change
  8. Click on More Settings
  9. Click on Outgoing Server Tab
  10. Select My Outgoing Mail Server Requires Authentication
  11. Select Use Same Settings as My Incoming Mail Server
  12. Click Ok
  13. Click Finish

How Do I Configure My Computer For Dial Up Connection

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Please note we only provide technical support for computers running services using Windows XP, Vista and 7.

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Windows XP

  1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Network and Internet Connections.
  2. Click Create a connection to the network at your office.
  3. In the Location Information dialog box, enter the appropriate information. Click OK, and then click OK to close the Phone and Modem Options dialog box and start the New Connection wizard.
  4. In the New Connection Wizard, click Dial-up connection, and then click Next.
  5. Type a name for the network to which you are connecting (such as “My Office Network”), and then click Next.
  6. Type the phone number for the network to which you are connecting, including, if necessary, the area code and “1” prefix.
  7. Specify whether you want this connection to be available for anyone’s use, meaning for any user on this computer, or for your use only, meaning only for the user who is now logged on.
  8. Specify whether you want a shortcut to the connection on your desktop.
  9. Click Finish.

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Windows Vista

  1. From the Windows Vista default Start menu, click Connect To.
  2. In the Connect to a network dialog box, click Set up a connection or network.
  3. In the Connect to a network dialog box, click Set up a dial-up connection.
  4. In the Set up a dial-up connection dialog box, enter the appropriate information, and then click Connect.

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Windows 7

  1. Click Start
  2. Click on Computer
  3. Click on Network and Internet
  4. Click on Network and Sharing Center
  5. Once you are in the Network and Sharing Center, click on the Set up a new connection or network option
  6. Click on connect to the internet
  7. Click on the Dial Up option
  8. Enter the appropriate information provided by your ISP
  9. Click connect

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Web hosting is more than just website rental space

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At our company, where customer service and doing it right the first time is our foundation, web hosting in North Carolina means your business can rest assured its web site is hosted with care and passion. We’re not Godaddy. We’re not Network Solutions. We’re not Dreamhost. We’re not BlueHost or any of the web hosting companies that are only $6.99 per month. We don’t even try to be, because we offer quality and not quantity as our way of business. Although we are proud to have a lot of customers with web hosting in North Carolina, we also host sites for individuals and businesses in dozens of US states and countries around the world.

Whether you call and talk to Torri, Monica, Gregg, Rick, Beth, Brenda or our 24/7 technical support team, you are talking to people who care about you. We care about your web site uptime, whether you can login or read your Webalizer web stats. We offer one on one training on how to interpret web stats such as Webalizer, in addition to offer consulting with ideas on improvements to help increase traffic and actions on your web site.

Our web hosting is mainly on Linux servers, as those stay more secure than Windows. We do offere Ensim Windows Hosting as an alternative. Another good platform is Plesk that we can offer. For the customer, it’s usually the hosted mail that is the most crucial to everyday life.

We also offer web design in North Carolina and throughout the United States. If interested please contact us for a custom quote. We have no high pressure sales.

Using mod rewrite to redirect someone based on their search phrase

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Blogging is really fun and can provide people with lots of useful information. When you’ve had a blog for as many years as I have, you see trends evolve. My blog is mainly about myeloma, but a lot of people go there to read about shingles.

People find the blog by searching on a variety of phrases, but they may find just one of my many pages about the experiences I’ve had with shingles. What if I want them to land on my main shingles post that has a link to all the other pages? This bit of code from my .htaccess file ensures that folks who searched on “shingles” alone or in addition to “picture,” “treatment” or “rash,” will be sent to the main blog post about shingles.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} [?+&]?shingles[?+&]? [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} [?+&]?(picture|treatment|rash?)[?+&]? [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^alternate_page\.html$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^([^/]+/)*[^/.]+\.[^/.]+$
RewriteRule .* http://myelomablog.com/shingles.php  [R=302,L]

You must be sure that RewriteEngine On is included and that your server (Apache) is allowing mod rewrite. I have no idea how this would be accomplished using IIS, since I don’t use or care for IIS at all. I’ve been using Apache since 1995 (on linux or some *nix), and will stick with what I know best (and what works best!).

Keep in mind that other rewrites put in place by programs such as WordPress might interfere with your own code. If you end up with errors, try another way.

Online Domain Registration – Get your website name

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If you are ready to register a domain name today, Please use our handy domain registration tool. Then when you need help with a WordPress install or WordPress theme customization or another web site setup or web site design, give us a buzz! We’ve been web site professionals since 1995! If you are located in Fayetteville, NC or Raleigh, NC or Pinehurst, NC we can personally guide you. However, we help hundreds of customers all around the world with their web site design. Web Site designers in Raleigh NC or web site designers in Fayetteville NC can also help if you live in California. Technology is wonderful that way! See our portfolio of WordPress web sites and other content management sites today and decide for yourself.

How Do I get rid of spam!

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How do you get rid of spam cluttering your mailbox every day? Most of us would have hundreds of spam and viruss messages each day without some spam and virus filtering. There are many different types of filtering. Some spam filters work on your computer AFTER your email has already come into your computer. So you are taking up tons of disk space and adding more clutter to go through. Others, such as the service we offer for hosted emails, filter at the spam and virus filtering server. Ours is called Barracuda and is state of the art, widely known for its effectiveness in beating spam and viruses. The way it works, in everyday terms, is that your email first travels through our spam and virus filtering server. There, it stays if it is spam or virus! You only get on your computer what is valid. You then have daily email reports from our spam and virus filtering server, showing what was trapped, giving you the opportunity to RELEASE the spam (not the virus though!!!) if you wanted it. How do we get it to work? You simply setup a record in your DNS to tell your email to flow through our spam filtering server. That’s it. If we host your website, we set that up free of charge. If you host elsewhere, just ask whomever controls your DNS to change the setting for you. We have so many customers who are thankful for this service, since it saves HOURS per day, that we are confident you will want it after our 30 day free trial of spam and virus filtering. Fill out this form or call us at 888-290-4601 ext 22 today!! After the 30 days it is only $1.50 per email per month (min 10 emails per domain).

“Testimony is in the numbers. My spam has dropped from well over 100/day to almost none!
– C. Smithson”

How do I send mail through my hosting account?

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ConnectNC hosting customers have a few options for sending e-mail.

  1. We recommend that customers always use the outgoing mail server of the ISP they connect to the Internet through. For example, If your DSL provider is Verizon, we ask that you send using Verizon’s outgoing (smtp) mail server. You will need to call your ISP or check their web site for outgoing mail server settings.
  2. If you are unable, for whatever reason, to send out through your ISP’s outgoing server, we need to have you call them to find out why.
  3. If you’re traveling, you can send out mail through your web server using SMTP auth. However, most hotels and business establishments block port 25 traffic, so you may find that this solution doesn’t work either. If that’s the case, then you should use your company webmail for outgoing messages or ask the hotel concierge or a network administrator what setting you should use.

Web Hosting for WordPress or HTML

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For a limited time, we’ll match your current web hosting price. Just show us your invoice, and we’ll match what you’re paying now! There’s no transfer or setup fee. Give us a call at 888-290-4601 ext 22 or fill out this form and we’ll contact you.

We can give you current web site a facelift or create a brand new design.

The fastest way to get a WordPress website

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What’s the fastest way to get a WordPress website? Have ConnectNC install and configure it for you.

It’s that easy. Why should you use WordPress to publish your web site? WordPress is being used more and more as a content management system (also known as a CMS). ConnectNC can develop a WordPress theme for your company that’s attractive and affordable. By using WordPress as your content management system, you can eliminate the need for a specially trained staff member to maintain the site. There’s no need to learn an html editing program, such as DreamWeaver. There’s no need to use an FTP program. Simply open your browser and access your WordPress dashboard to being editing.

Whether you’re in North Carolina, or on the other side of the world, ConnectNC can help you to achieve your goals. ConnectNC specializes in WordPress hosting and excels in custom WordPress theme design.

How do I add a new email address to my hosting account?

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Log in to the server administration of your web site. This information is located on the document that was sent to you upon setting up your hosting account with ConnectNC, Inc. If you do not have your documentation please contact us here and we will be glad to resend you the information. Once you are logged into the server you will do the following:

  1. Click on mailboxes/users
  2. Click on add user
  3. Give username
  4. Enter name
  5. Enter Password – make sure passwords are atleast 6-8 characters and are alpha numeric
  6. Re-enter password
  7. Give allocated amount of space the mailbox should have
  8. Click add

If you need to set up an alias for a user or set up a mailbox that will forward to another address:

  1. Log in to server
  2. Click on aliases
  3. Click on add an alias
  4. Type in the name of the alias (this will be the name @domainname.com)
  5. If the user is going to be an alias for a mailbox already created select the name from the list in Forward to box
  6. If the alias is for a user @domainname.com that will forward to an outside mailbox such as connectnc.com, hotmail, gmail, nc.rr.com, etc.. enter the full email address in the 3rd box Forward To(outside of domain; comma-separated):