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31 Aug 10 Collaboration Data Objects for Windows NT Server (CDONTS)

 

Collaboration Data Objects for Windows NT Server (CDONTS) component is a very old component shipped mainly with Windows 2000 server. Like Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), this too can be used to accept feedback from visitors via an online form which on submission would send you an Email about the information filled in by the visitor.

IMPORTANT 

Now with the arrival of Windows 2003 this component has been deprecated. Gossimer suggests that you upgrade your scripts to CDO.

 

 

You may use the sample script provided by Gossimer, and customise it to your needs. You would need to change the From Email address in the field objMail.From to any Email address on the same domain name where you are incorporating this script. For example, if your Domain Name is abc.com, then you may define the From Email address as some-name@abc.com. This Email address need not be existing on the Mail Server of abc.com, however, the domain name in the objMail.From has to be yours. You may use an Email address like Do_Not_reply@abc.com.

The Email address in the objMail.To field needs to be changed to your Email address, where you wish to receive Emails submitted through the form.

Sample Script 

 

<%

Set objMail = Server.CreateObject(“CDONTS.NewMail”)
objMail.From = “some-name@abc.com”
objMail.Subject = “Testing Mail”
objMail.To = “user@abc.com”
objMail.Body = “Testing ….”

objMail.Send
Response.Write “Mail Sent …..”
Set objMail = nothing
%>

 

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31 Aug 10 How do I specify moderators for a mailing list?

A moderator is someone who monitors the quality of the content mailed to your mailing list. It is generally considered a good practice to employ moderators for a Mailing list, who ensure that there is no abuse of the mailing list and that the content which is posted does not antagonize any members.

The owner of the list is also its primary moderator. To add moderators for your Mailing list, follow the process given below:

1. In the Email management interface, go to Mailing Lists -> List.

2. The following page bears a list of all Mailing lists associated with your Email Hosting package. Click on the mailing list for which you wish to add members.

3. In the details view that follows, click on Moderator List.

4. On this page, you can enter the moderator email addresses in the text-box provided. Each email address must be entered on a separate line. You may also enter the moderator’s name after their email address separated by a space.

5. Once you have added the moderators, click on Save Changes.

 

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30 Aug 10 ERROR: Trying to fetch Admin Contact E-mail Address

You may get this error when you execute a Transfer for a Domain Name (except a .EU Domain Name) from another Registrar to Gossimer.

In order to ensure that, an Authorised person is placing this Transfer Request, we send an email to the Administrative Contact of the Domain Name for authorising the transfer. We need to fetch the e-mail address of the Administrative Contact from the Current Whois Record from the Losing Registrar.

If for some reason we are unable to contact the Whois Server of the Current Registrar you will get this message. There are two things you can do at this stage -

1. You would have received an e-mail with instructions on sending a Fax authorisation for these transfers. You can use that fax authorisation to action the transfers.

2. You can simply wait for upto 48 hours. We would attempt to contact your Registrars Whois server for the Administrative contact details every hour for 24 hours, and even try the same manually. In almost all cases we will be able to send the Administrative Contact E-mail within 48 hours.
 

IMPORTANT

This process would not be applicable for a .EU Domain Name, since the Authorization mail is sent directly from the Registry to the Registrant Contact’s Email Address.

 

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30 Aug 10 Exporting a List of your Sub-Resellers as a CSV Report

You can export a list of all or some of your Sub-Resellers, as Comma Separated Values (CSV) for your use, by following the below mentioned process:1. Login to your Reseller Admin Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller

2. Click on Sub-Resellers -> Export

3. You can streamline your list based on either or all, of these criteria

  • Sub-Reseller City – Specify a City name to narrow down your list results. Leaving this field blank will result in listing Sub-Resellers from all cities.
     
  • Sub-Reseller Country – To get a list of Sub-Resellers from a particular Country, select it from this drop down, otherwise choose Select a Country to search for Sub-Resellers from all countries.
     
  • Sub-Reseller Status – Select Active or Suspended to narrow your criteria or leave as Any to select all.
     
  • Creation Date Between – By default, this field displays a date range beginning from the last week. You may select the beginning date as per your desire by toggling the appropriate drop downs.
     
  • Total Receipts Between – By specifying the Total Receipts figure in these text boxes, you can target a specific set of your Sub-Resellers.
     
  • Products – You can list Sub-Resellers who have signed up for or have not signed up for a particular Product, by selecting it from the drop down. By not selecting any Product, you would end up with a list of Sub-Resellers who have signed up for all Products.

Upon clicking on the Submit button, Gossimer would be emailing you a list of all your Sub-Resellers that satisfy the criteria you mentioned, at your Reseller Username (email address). You may also mark a copy of the exported CSV file to one or more custom email address by specifying the same under the Mark a copy of the Export to (Email Addresses) field. Multiple email addresses should be separated by a comma (,).
 

IMPORTANTThe system will accept only one Export request at a time and you will not be allowed to submit another request, untill you have been emailed the results of your previous action.

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29 Aug 10 What is an Email Forward or Alias?

To understand the concept of Email Forwards / Aliases, lets consider an example:

 

Assume you have just created an Email address, say sales@yourcompany.com where you wish to entertain all sales queries from your clients. Now, you desire that all mail being sent to this email address not be collected in a single mailbox, but instead be directed to the individual email addresses of all your sales team members.

This is where Email Forwards / Aliases are useful. You can setup all email for sales@yourcompany.com to be forwarded to any other single or multiple email addresses. This implies that sales@yourcompany.com is an alias for multiple email accounts or other aliases.

You can forward email to a specific address to either a local destination, or a remote one. Hence, mail sent to sales@yourcompany.com can be forwarded to either john@yourcompany.com, or john@hotmail.com, or both! Apart from this, you can also specify wild-carded destinations for your Email.

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29 Aug 10 Viewing details of your existing WordPress installation

Once you have installed WordPress on your website, you may glimpse information about the installation from the Power Tools interface. Follow the below mentioned process to do so:

1. Login to your Control Panel and search for the domain name for which you have purchased a Linux hosting package. Click here to know how >>

2. In the search results view, click on the domain name. This will take you to the Order details view.

3. Click on the Manage Web Hosting Service button in the lower toolbar.

4. Go to Manage Website -> Power Tools.

5. Here click on the View link under the Status column, besides the WordPress Power Tool.

6. This would present you the following details about your current installation

  • WordPress Version
  • WordPress Space Utilization
  • Database Name
  • Database Username
  • Installation Directory Name
  • Admin Name (provided at the time of installation)
  • Admin Email Address (provided at the time of installation)
  • WordPress URL
  • Admin URL

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28 Aug 10 Managing a Mail Forwarding Service

Once you have bought the Mail Forwarding Service for a particular Domain Name, you will have to specify the destination email address i.e. the email address to which the Mails are to be forwarded. This can be achieved by following the steps mentioned below - 

1. Login to your Control Panel and search for the Domain name for which you have purchased this service. Click here to read how >>

2 . In the Order List View that appears, click on that particular Domain Name.

3. Now click on Manage Service, where you would be presented with various options as explained below –

a. Add Forwards – If you have bought the Mail Forwarding Service for mydomain.com, then here you can add Forwards like sales@mydomain.com, support@mydomain.com etc and specify the destination mail box for each of the Forwards. Thus, you can forward sales@mydomain.com to sales_12@yaoo.com and support@mydomain.com to allsupport_22@hotmail.com and so on.

You can also use wildcards like * here. By doing so, mail sent to any email address at mydomain.com would be forwarded to the Email Id of your choice.

b. Wild-Carded Forward Preferences – Here you can select the fate of mails sent to email addresses other than those for whom Forwards have been created explicitly.

Thus, if you have created Forwards for sales@mydomain.com and support@mydomain.com, then mails sent to all other email addresses on mydomain.com can be either bounced back by selecting the 1st radio button or can be forwarded to some other email address, by selecting the 2nd radio button. In the 2nd option, you can provide email address(es) and/or domain name(s) separated by commas in the destination box.

For example, if the 2nd option is selected and an email address is specified in the destination box, mails sent to any other email addresses on mydomain.com other than sales@mydomain.com and support@mydomain.com will be forwarded to this email address. If a domain name is specified, it will be treated as a Wild Carded Forward. Thus, mails sent to admin@mydomain.com will be forwarded to admin@destinationdomain.com and mails sent to webmaster@mydomain.com will be forwarded to webmaster@destinationdomain.com.

How many Forwards can I create after I have purchased Email Forwarding?

Unlimited. We do not meter the number of Forwards you create once you have purchased an email forwarding package from us. However, we may take steps to ensure that the number is not UNREASONABLY high :)

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27 Aug 10 Changing your Control Panel Username [Email Address]

In our System the Customer Username for Logging in is an Email Id. You will receive all mails from the System on this Email Id. Hence, it is very important to keep this as a valid Email Id. You can change this Username from the Control Panel by following the below mentioned steps - 

1. Login to your Customer Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/customer.

2. After Logging in go to Settings -> Primary Profile.

3. There you can change your Email Address and then Submit. You would have to use this as your Username the next time you Login.

 

 

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26 Aug 10 Cancelling Domain Name Transfer

At any time after placing a Transfer Order you may want to cancel the same. Depending on the Transfer status, you would have the following methods to cancel the Transfer Order (except for a .EU domain name) -

I. If the status is showing as Transfer waiting for Admin Contact Approval:

In this case,

  1. You can disapprove the Transfer from the mail that you receive from the us. In this mail,
     

    1. you have to click on the link that appears or copy-paste the link in the Browser Address Bar.
    2. in the page that comes up, select Cancel Transfer.
    3. copy-paste the key from the mail into the Key field in this window.
       
  2. If you have not got the mail for authorization, you can have it Resent to the Admin Email Address, by following the below procedure: 

    1. Login to your Control Panel and search for the domain name for which you have placed the Transfer request. Click here to read how >>
    2. Click on the Domain Name from the list.
    3. In the Order Details View, you would find the Resend Authorization Button. Clicking on this would re-send the mail to the Admin contact.
       

  3. If you still do not receive the mail for authorization, you would have to contact our Support Team at – support@gossimer.com 

II. If the status is showing as Transfer waiting for Losing Registrar Approval:

In this status, you have already approved the mail from Gossimer, however you have not received/responded to the mail from the current Registrar. In such case, you can follow the steps below to cancel the Transfer -

  1. Login to your Control Panel and search for the domain name for which you have placed the Transfer request.Click here to read how >>
     
  2. Click on the Domain Name from the list.
     
  3. In the Order Details View you would find the List of Actions, whose status would read as ‘ Transfer waiting for Losing Registrar Approval’.
     
  4. Click on the description where you would be able to see the Cancel Button. Clicking on this would cancel the Transfer Request.

On canceling the Transfer from the Control Panel, the funds for the same would be available back in your Debit Account.

 

IMPORTANT

The Transfer of a .EU Domain Name can only be Cancelled through the option provided in the mail sent to the Registrant by the Registry.

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26 Aug 10 Listing / Searching your Customers

You can any time have an entire list of the Customers under you, or you can even search for a Customer under your Resellership. You need to follow the steps mentioned below to achieve the same - 

1. Login to your Reseller Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.

2. Go to Customers -> List to view the entire list or go to Customers -> Search, if you are searching for a particular Customer.

Search operation can be performed according to one or more of the following criteria:

  • Customer Ids (comma-separated) – If you wish to search for a specific set of your Customers, then you need to specify their Ids as comma separated values. Leave this blank if you do not want to narrow your search.
     
  • Name – You can specify the Customers Name you wish to search by entering data in this box. Leave this blank if you do not want to narrow search.
     
  • Username (Email Address) – You can specify the Customers Username (Email Address) you wish to search by entering data in this box. Leave this blank if you do not want to narrow your search.
     
  • Company – You can specify the Customers Company Name you wish to search by entering data in this box. Leave this blank if you do not want to narrow your search.
     
  • Country – You can specify the Customers Country you wish to search by selecting the name of a Country in this box. Leave this field at the Select a Country option, if you do not want to narrow your search.
     
  • Customer  Status – You can specify the Customers Status you wish to search by selecting one of the values (Any {except Deleted}, Active or Suspended) in the drop down menu. Select Any if you do not want to narrow your search.
     
  • Creation Date – The Creation Date indicates the date when a Customer signed up under you. You may select a pre-defined timeframe or specify your own date range. Select All (Slowest Search), to search all of your Customers.
     
  • Order By – You can sort the search results, by selecting one of these options.
     
  • Total Receipts Between – You can search a specific set of Customers who have deposited/done business with you to a specific figure. Leave this blank if you do not want to narrow your search.

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24 Aug 10 Creating a Mailing List

Follow the process outlined below to create a Mailing List:

     

  1. Login to your Control Panel, search for the domain name for which you have purchased this Email Hosting package and proceed to the Order Details view.Click here to read how >>
     
  2. Click on Manage Email Hosting Service in the lower toolbar.
     
  3. In the Email Management interface pop-up that follows, go to Mailing Lists -> Add.
     
  4. Enter the Mailing List Email Address [List Name], which would be the primary Email Address for your Mailing List. When a message is sent to this address, all members of this Mailing List will receive a copy of that message.
      

    IMPORTANT
     
     

    • The Email Address specified in the Mailing List Email Address [List Name] field should not be one of the existing Email Addresses on your domain name. Specifying an existing Email Address will throw an error - This prefix already exists for this order.
       
    • The Email Address specified in the Mailing List Email Address [List Name] field cannot have a dot (.) in the username, whereas a hyphen (-) is allowed. For example, an Email Address as mailing-list@yourdomainname.com is valid, whereas mailing.list@yourdomainname.com is invalid.
       
    • Upon creation of this Mailing List, an Email Address will be automatically created with the value submitted in the Mailing List Email Address [List Name] field.
       

     

  5. Enter the Email Address that you want to employ as the Primary Moderator [List Owner]. This address is treated as the owner of the Mailing List.
     
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  7. Specify the Message Moderation Preferences and Subscription Preferences.Click here to read how to specify Message Moderation Preferences >>
    Click here to read how to specify Subscription Preferences >>

     

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  9. You can also choose to specify some additional preferences, such as automatically blocking mails greater in size than a limit you set, add a specific message at the end of all posts, etc. To do so, click on Advanced Options, make the necessary settings and click on Save.
     
  10. Click on Submit.
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24 Aug 10 How can people Contact me if I enable Privacy Protection for my domain name?

Once you enable Privacy Protection for your domain name, the Contact Details for your domain name in any Whois Lookup query would display generic details. If someone attempts to contact you at these details, this is how they will be greeted:

  • Letters, Couriers delivered at the Postal Address would not be accepted. This implies, that you will not be contactable at the address displayed in your domain name Whois.
     
  • Telephone Callers would be advised to email you at the email address displayed in the whois of your domain name.
     
  • Email sent to the email address listed in the Whois, will get a response specifying an unbranded URL, which needs to be visited by this person. Upon visiting the site, they would be able to mention their query in a secure form, while specifying the type of Contact (Registrant, Administrative, Technical, Billing) they wish to email. The contents of the submitted form will then be emailed to the selected Contact’s (Registrant, Administrative, Technical or Billing) address, as specified in your Control Panel.

Therefore, you are assured of still being contactable, even though your Contact Details are not visible in the Whois of your domain name.

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21 Aug 10 How do I add members for my Mailing list?

Once you have created a Mailing list, you need to specify the email addresses which would be permitted to post to and receive from the mailing list. These email addresses would be termed as members; every Mailing list can have as many as 500 such members.

Follow the process below to add members to your mailing list:

  1. In the Email management interface, go to Mailing Lists -> List.
     

  2. The following page bears a list of all Mailing lists associated with your Email Hosting package. Click on the mailing list for which you wish to add members.
     

  3. In the details view that follows, click on Member List.
     

  4. On this page, you can enter the member email addresses in the text-box provided. Each email address must be entered on a separate line. You may also enter the member’s name after their email address separated by a space.
     

  5. Once you have added the members, click on Save Changes.

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IMPORTANT

Gossimer allows you to create upto 50 Mailing Lists with each list containing upto 500 members. There is a restriction on the maximum number of members in each mailing list as the server where your website is hosted is a Virtual Hosting Server, where the resources are shared across several Customers. By adding more members to the Mailing list, there are chances of the resources being over-utilized by some customers and others suffering for the lack of the same.

 

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