Backup Wizard
The Backup Wizard is a user-friendly interface for creating a backup of the entire site, a partial backup, or allowing a site restoration from the last backup saved. This tool may be useful to new users. Using the Backup Wizard, it is possible to back up and save your entire website or a portio ...
- Backups
The Backups area provides a basic interface for downloading and storing all or some of the website’s files, databases, forwarders and filters. This tool may be useful for more experienced users who wish to expedite the backup process. Note: Newer users may prefer the Backups Wizard. Full ...
- Email Authentication
To combat spam, or unwanted email, cPanel’s email authentication features attempt to provide information so that recipients know the nature of incoming messages. This enables you to discard unnecessary messages. Set up DomainKeys This authentication function works to verify the origins of ...
- MX Entry
This feature allows you to change the domain to which mail is delivered, allowing one domain’s mail to be sent to another domain. Please note that changing the MX entry will result in the DNS records being changed. This feature can be useful in creating a backup mail exchanger to handle ma ...
- Account Level Filtering
cPanel lets you filter all email for an entire domain. This can be useful for discarding spam, redirecting mail, or piping messages to a program. Add an Account Level Filter It is important to give the filter an appropriate name, as it will make the task of managing existing filters easier in th ...
- User Level Filtering
cPanel lets you filter email sent to a specific user’s address. This can be useful for discarding spam, redirecting mail, or piping messages to a program. Add a User Level Filter It is important to give the filter an appropriate name, as it will make the task of managing existing filters e ...
- Auto Responders
This feature can be configured to automatically send response messages. This can be useful when the recipient is unavailable. To view auto responders for a specific domain on your account, click the Managing: menu and choose a domain. The cPanel interface provides a table where links can be use ...
- Forwarders
This feature allows a copy of any email sent to one address to be forwarded to another address. This lets you use one account to check mail sent to several email addresses. You can also discard email or send (pipe) mail to a program. Please note that any email account with BoxTrapper enabled sh ...
- BoxTrapper
BoxTrapper functions as a spam filter for email addresses. The filter works through “challenge-response” verification. When an email is sent to an account that has enabled BoxTrapper, a verification email is automatically sent in response. This verification email requires the origin ...
- Email Accounts (cPanel - Horde Webmail)
Email Accounts This set of features allows you to add and manage email accounts associated with your domain. cPanel -- > Mail -- > Email Accounts Add an Email Address To add a new email address: Enter the email address to be created in the Email field. If you manage more than one domai ...
- MIME Types
MIME types relay information to the browser about how to handle file extensions. Adding MIME types is useful for enabling visitors’ browsers to handle new technologies as they come out. cPanel lets you add new MIME types to your web server by defining a name, directory, and corresponding f ...
- Index Manager
When accessing a directory (rather than a page) on your site, a visitor will typically see the index page for that directory. If no index page exists, the browser will display a list (or index) of the files in that directory. Using the Index Manager, it is possible to define how a specific dire ...
- phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin is a third-party tool included with cPanel, used for maniuplating MySQL databases over the Internet. Using phpMyAdmin, you can add and drop databases, create, alter, and delete tables, add, edit, and delete fields, execute SQL statements, and manage users, keys, and permissions. For ...
- Parked Domains
Parked domains function as pointing devices. When a user enters the address for a parked domain, it redirects to the main domain on which it is parked. For example, if example1.com is parked on example.com, example.com will be accessed when example1.com is entered into the web browser. Once the ...
- Subdomains
A subdomain is a subsection of your website that exists as a subdirectory in your public_html folder. Subdomains use a prefix in conjunction with the domain name. For example, if the registered domain name was example.com, the subdomain will be prefix.example.com. It is important to remember th ...
- Error Log
This features displays the last 300 errors that have occurred on your website. This can be useful for finding and fixing broken links and misconfigured web applications. Checking it often will aid in keeping your website running smoothly.
- Email Delivery Route
This feature shows the specific path that will be taken by an outgoing message, which can be useful for locating problems with email delivery. Test a Delivery Route To see your mail delivery route: Key-in the desired email address. Click Show Route. The resulting screen will show the deliver ...
- Webmail (for add-on domains)
Webmail allows you to access your email accounts through a web browser such as Firefox, Internet Explorer® or Safari®. The main advantage to checking your email via the web, rather than an email application on your computer, is that you can easily access your email account from any comp ...
- Redirects
This feature allows for the redirection of users visiting a particular page. This can be useful when redirecting a short URL to a necessarily long URL. Create a Redirect To add a redirect: Use the pull-down menu to select the type of redirection needed; temporary or permanent. The Temporary 30 ...
- Webalizer FTP
Accessing this feature will display stats regarding the use of your FTP site. The information is displayed in bar graphs relating to a key below the graph. The data is divided into monthly and daily averages. To begin using Webalizer FTP: Select the link corresponding to the domain you wish to ...
