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Hapes.tchmachines.com (208.76.82.116) looks to be blacklisted by Verizon. This sucks because I have a need to e-mail several folks with Verizon addresses. My domain hosted here is my main e-mail also. Here is the relevant part of the bounce notice: SMTP error from remote mail server after initial connection: host relay.verizon.net [206.46.232.11]: 571 Email from 208.76.82.116 is currently blocked by Verizon Online's anti-spam system. The email sender or Email Service Provider may visit http://www.verizon.net/whitelist and request removal of the block. 111127 Should I put in a support ticket for this? No, I haven't gone to the link and requested the block be removed. I was thinking it might be better coming from someone at TCH.
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Thanks Bruce. Sorry about posting this in the wrong forum initially. I wasn't sure where the heck it should go!
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I am hosting a genealogy related site here. Once every three months we send out a newsletter. It's a pdf file and is usually between 500KB and 1500KB in size. Right now our editor is sending this using her personal e-mail via AOHell. (Can't get her to change, believe me, I've tried) I don't want her getting listed as a spammer and want to give her an e-mail address through our site. My question is this: Could she send a single e-mail with an attachment in the above size range, to roughly 250 recipients, through my site (and TCH Servers obviously) without having my domain being blacklisted as a spammer? (Or causing problems for TCH also) I don't know how this all works and what the thresholds are that trip that kind of thing. Any guidance or information would be appreciated.
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Important Icann Notice Regarding Your Domain Name(s)
Matt_G replied to TCH-Thomas's topic in Open Discussion
I would like to make a suggestion if I may. Perhaps you guys can pass this along to the people that could act on it. When I first saw this e-mail this morning, the first thing that popped into my head was "phishing." Upon looking at it closer, I figured it was either one of the best phishing e-mails I had seen, or that it was legit. I opened my browser and typed the URL into the address bar. I will not copy and paste a URL from a suspect e-mail. Lo and behold, I got nothing but 404 errors. Didn't matter if I tried the whole URL, the root domain, or any combination in between. Once I saw that, the credibility of the e-mail went right in the toilet. I have a feeling that many people acting the way I did would just shift+del that e-mail. I almost did, but I decided to forward it to support and ask. They of course informed me that it was legit. Then I came out here and saw this post. In my opinion, the URL needs to be accessible by typing it into the address bar of the browser. It would go a long ways to establishing credibility. Just my 2 cents worth. -
Nevermind guys, I figured it out.
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Very weird that it worked for me and not for you. Oh well, the site is working for me and that is all that matters. Thanks for the help Don.
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Actually it did install to an existing folder. I already had the subdomain setup. I just installed it to the root of that folder. /public_html/forums One more question if you don't mind me pestering you. Do you have any recommendations as to what the files and folders permissions should be CHMOD'ed to after install? I did install using fantastico. Should I just leave them alone? The only thing I would need to mess with is settings.php I think. After install it was set to 644. If I want to edit server settings I can manually change settings.php to 777 and when I'm done set it back to 644. Is this the best way? I don't want my site or your server left open to anything. Can you tell I am new at this?
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Quick question. I am getting ready to install smf on a sub domain of mine. Should I install smf in the root of that sub domains folder or should I install to a sub folder of that? I'm not sure what best practice is or if it even matters. Matt
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I am playing around with SMF in my sandbox at home right now. I have a feeling this is what I am going to use. I messed around with phpBB 2.0.21 for a couple of days and it just didn't float my boat. If the forum growth justifies it, I can upgrade to vBulletin or IPB in the future if I want to. Since this will be such a niche community I seriously doubt that will ever happen. I really love vBulletin but I just can't justify the money for what will be a very small community. All my favorite forums I am active member of use vBulletin. i.e. ABXZone, CivFanatics, and others. Anyways, when I get home from work, I will be hunting for SMF themes. Need to see what all is out there for this package.
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Thanks for the quick response Thomas.
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New guy here. I am going to be putting up a genealogical website (family assoc.) and I want to run a forum on it in a sub domain. My question is this: I have noticed that in the FAQ's, SMF and phpBB are explicitly mentioned as being ok to run on TCH servers. Can I run vBulletin? Looks like the servers meet sys req. for it. (php 4.3.3 and MySQL 4.0.16 are min req. for VB 3.6) I'm not sure I want to spend the money on VB, I am just wondering if I can consider it as an option. Thanks, Matt
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Thanks for the info and the welcomes. I've pretty much made up my mind this is what I'm going to do. I will ask them to release the lock so it can be transfered. I have no access to the name servers. This is going to take a while. It's the type of outfit, if you send them an e-mail and get answer back within 2 weeks you can consider yourself lucky. Since they did her a favor though I am going to stay there for 3 months or so. Hell it will probably take that long to get the lock released. See you guys sometime this summer.
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Howdy, I am looking for a new hosting solution and you guys look like the solution. First a little background, then a question for you: I just got my site up and running on another server. It's a genealogy based site and the guy who is hosting it is doing it as a favor to the lady who runs our DNA project. He got the domain name for us. Unfortunately the solution is basically just a folder on a web server. In other words, it totally sucks. No reflection on those guys, they aren't in the web hosting business. Like a said, they are just doing her a favor. I just ran a WhoIs on our domain name and this is what came back. Sponsoring Registrar:Blueberry Hill Communications Inc. dba 4domains.com (R104-LROR) Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED Naturally, those Transfer prohibited entries concern me. How do I get this domain transfered over to you guys? Can it be done? We (meaning the Family Assoc.) paid for the registration so I am assuming I just need to get these people to change the status. Any clarification appreciated.