Email servers and clients

Email servers and clients Using email requires two things: an email server and an email client. The email server is a piece of software that runs on the server (computer) and is constantly connected to the internet. It receives and processes any mail sent to it, and sends any mail you tell it to...

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Email protocols: POP and IMAP

Email protocols: POP  and IMAP The two dominant email protocols are POP andIMAP. (A protocol is a standardized way of moving information from one place to another.) POP stands for “Post Office Protocol.” You will sometimes see it written as “POP3,” because the protocol is in its...

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Email, Webmail, and Mail Servers

 Email, Webmail, and Mail Servers More fundamental than running a website is the importance of reliable email service. You have a number of options in how you set up your own email service for your company. You’ll be better equipped to choose the right option for yourself if you understand...

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Reading anything about SEO and web hosting

Reading anything about SEO and webhosting (Except this, of course.) SEO — Search Engine Optimization — is always a hot topic, and the people who are good at it are the ones you will find when you start searching for information about it on a search engine (funny how that works out). But a lot of...

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Ignore pricing first & Features to Look For in Web Hosting

Ignore pricing first &  Features to Look For in Web Hosting It is easy to look around at available hosting plans and pick the cheapest one, assuming they’re all about the same. The other common option is to pick the most expensive one because it must be the best. Neither of these is a...

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Internet Connection & Technical Support

Internet Connection Web hosting companies are not internet service providers — they have to purchase internet connectivity just like you do, and run their connections over someone else’s cables. Actually, it’s worse (more expensive) than your own internet service because web hosting data centers...

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What is website?

To understand where a website is located, it’s helpful to understand what it is. We can roughly divide websites into three types (there is some overlap here — these are not strict categories, but they are helpful for thinking about this): Collection of documents or pages — This is the original...

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Ultimate Guide to Web Hosting

Ultimate Guide to Web Hosting Chapter 1: What is Web Hosting? Most people never really think about where a website is, or even what a website is. I turn on my computer, open a browser, and go to Google or Amazon or Yahoo. But what am I doing when I “visit” a website? If I’m a visitor, where have...

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