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02 Sep 10 What is a Domain Alias?

Gossimer allows you to receive emails on multiple domain names, at the email addresses created through your Email Hosting package. This enables you to receive emails on multiple domain names, without having to go through the trouble of setting up email addresses for each domain name.

Example 1 

If you have bought Email Hosting for yourdomain.com and want to receive emails sent to email addresses on yourdomain.net and yourdomain.info at the email addresses created for yourdomain.com, then you may do so by mentioning yourdomain.net and yourdomain.info as aliases for yourdomain.com. Here, emails sent to user@yourdomain.net and user@yourdomain.info can be received at user@yourdomain.com.

Example 2

If you have bought Email Hosting for yourdomain.com and want to receive emails sent to email addresses on yourdomain1.com and yourdomain2.com at the email addresses created for yourdomain.com, then you may do so by mentioning yourdomain1.com and yourdomain2.com as aliases for yourdomain.com. Here, emails sent to user@yourdomain1.com and user@yourdomain2.com can be received at user@yourdomain.com.

You can add up to 5 Domain Aliases with each Email Hosting package that you purchase. However, note that DNS Services in your Email Hosting package are included only for the primary domain name, and not for the Domain Aliases.

Click here to read how to add Domain Aliases to your Email Hosting package >>

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22 Aug 10 Transferring your .EU Domain Name

Before proceeding with the Transfer you are advised to first go check if your Domain Name can be Transferred. Click here to check if your domain name can be transferred >>
 

IMPORTANT

In case of a .EU Domain Name Transfer, the Expiry date is updated to 1 year from the date of Transfer and not to 1 year from the date the domain name was set to expire prior to Transfer.

For example, if a Domain Name has the Expiry date as 24 Oct, 2007 and it gets Transferred to another Registrar on 2 Sep, 2007. The new Expiry date will be 2 Sep, 2008 and not 24 Oct, 2008.
 


If you wish to Transfer a .EU Domain Name to Gossimer, then you need to follow the steps mentioned below:

Transfer Process for Customers

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

2. In the Control Panel go to Domains -> Domain Registration -> Transfer. There, enter the Domain Name you wish to Transfer.

3. Select the Registrant Contact for this Domain Name. You may select from the available list of contacts or Add a New Contact.

It is compulsory for you to agree to the associated Product Agreement(s) by selecting the Check Box.

4. In order to avoid any downtime for the website/emails associated with your .EU domain name during the Transfer, it is necessary to mention the Name Servers already in use by your .EU domain name. You may also provide any new Name Servers that you would like to associate your .EU domain name with. Here, it is obvious that all the necessary DNS records are already created on the new Name Servers for the website/emails to be functional.

5. You need to mention any existing Child Name Servers for your .EU domain name alongwith their respective IP Addresses. This is necessary to avoid any downtime for the website/emails associated with any domain name using these Child Name Servers as their Name Servers. If you wish to Register any new Child Name Servers, you may also mention the same alongwith the respective IP Addresses. These new Child Name Servers will be Registered once the domain name is Transferred successfully.

Child Name Servers can also be Registered separately. Click here to know how >>

6. Finally, proceed with the Payment of the Invoice. Click here to read more details on Payment >>.

Now that you have placed the Transfer Order, the Registrant Contact for the Domain Name will receive an e-mail from the Registry for the Transfer Authorization process, which needs to be approved within 7 days. The Registry provides an additional grace period of 7 days for approval, in case the Transfer was not approved within the initial 7 day period. The authorization can also be provided through a fax to the Registry from the Registrant Contact. Template of the confirmation fax is provided below:

Transfer confirmation fax >>

The request is processed once the Registry receives approval from the Registrant.

Transfer Process for Resellers

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

2. In the Control Panel go to Products -> Domain Registration -> Transfer. There you would have to enter the Domain Name you wish to Transfer.

IMPORTANT

Transfer request for .EU Domain Names cannot be placed from the Storefront/within the Control Panel. Hence, it is advised that you re-direct all purchase related links from within your, your company user’s and your Customer’s Control Panel to your SuperSite URL or your Custom URL (if you have integrated with our platform using our API).

Reference:
Click here to know what is SuperSite >>
Click here to read about API Integration >>
Click here to read how to integrate your Website and Shopping Cart with your Customer Control Panel >>

 

3. Enter the Username (Email Address) of the Customer, on whose behalf you wish to buy this Service. If the Customer is new, you can Add the Customer, by filling the form given there.

4. Select the Registrant Contact for this Domain Name. You may select from the available list of contacts or Add a New Contact.

It is compulsory for you to agree to the associated Product Agreement(s) by selecting the Check Box.

5. In order to avoid any downtime for the website/emails associated with your .EU domain name during the Transfer, it is necessary to mention the Name Servers already in use by your .EU domain name. You may also provide any new Name Servers that you would like to associate your .EU domain name with. Here, it is obvious that all the necessary DNS records are already created on the new Name Servers for the website/emails to be functional.

6. You need to mention any existing Child Name Servers for your .EU domain name alongwith their respective IP Addresses. This is necessary to avoid any downtime for the website/emails associated with any domain name using these Child Name Servers as their Name Servers. If you wish to Register any new Child Name Servers, you may also mention the same alongwith the respective IP Addresses. These new Child Name Servers will be Registered once the domain name is Transferred successfully.

Child Name Servers can also be Registered separately. Click here to know how >>

7. Finally, proceed with the Payment of the Invoice. Click here to read more details on Payment >>.

Now that you have placed the Transfer Order, the Registrant Contact for the Domain Name will receive an e-mail from the Registry for the Transfer Authorization process, which needs to be approved within 7 days. The Registry provides an additional grace period of 7 days for approval, in case the Transfer was not approved within the initial 7 day period. The authorization can also be provided through a fax to the Registry from the Registrant Contact. Template of the confirmation fax is provided below:

Transfer confirmation fax >>

The request is processed once the Registry receives approval from the Registrant.

 

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15 Aug 10 Adding a Company User

You can add Company Users from the Reseller Control Panel. You need to follow the steps mentioned below - 

  1. Login your Reseller Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.
     
  2. Go to Settings -> Company Users -> Add.
     
  3. Here, you need to fill up the form and decide on the role of the user. You can decide to assign a role of Billing, Sales or Support or any combination of the three. You would also have to provide a ‘from’ email address, for emails that would be sent by the system on behalf of that Company User. This has particular significance for Sales Users.
     
  4. Click on Submit to add the User.

Once you have assigned roles to them, you can modify their Menu Permissions and Access Rights.

Click here to read how to set Menu Permissions for your Company Users >>
Click here to read how to set Action Rights for your Company Users >>

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13 Aug 10 SMTP Server settings for sending mails through your website

 

All Gossimer Web Servers have SMTP Server installed and are capable of sending emails. You need to use localhost as the SMTP Server in your web forms or web applications, in order to send emails through the Web Server.

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