Email ?

[Mae]

A couple of questions. I went to my webmail in cpanel. I click on one of the email things thinking I would be signing up for an email address, but what I found was actual email, and a bunch of it. I don't know what all of these emails are about. Some are like "go to our directory and update your info." I'd like to know what that is all about.

Second, I thought that I could get email through my hosting package (right?). So how do I set it up so I have an email address, and how can I create a link so that people can email me at my website?

[TCH-Thomas]

Hello Mae,

 

To create email addresses, please do this:

 

1) Log in to your cpanel (yourdomain.ext:2083 for a secure connection).

2) In the email section, click Manage Accounts

3)Then click Add account and enter the desired name and password.

 

As for your question about what those emails are that you see.

I assume you clicked the default address which is automatically created.

All these emails are probably spam, but take a quick look at their subject lines before you delete them.

 

To not get any emails than to those email addresses you have created:

1) In the email section in cpanel, click default address

2) Then click "Set default address

3) Enter :fail: in the field after the one saying Send all unrouted e-mail for:

 

As for how to create a link on your website. There are various ways to do this. Some of us use some sort of form on our websites where our addresses are coded in to the script, while some put the email address like a link. If you do this, you are recommended to obfuscate it. There are severeal threads in the forum explaining how to do both the form way and the link way.

 

Hope this helps.

[Mae]

I prefer the form. Can you be so kind and link me to some directions? THANKS!!!

[TCH-Thomas]

I can do better than that.

 

Here is a link to Ultimate Form Mail which is used by lots of the forum members.

[JonBoston]

I have been using the built-in php command mail($recipient, $subject, $message, $header); . It always worked fine until today. I seem to not be getting my form mail today. Is this a bad way to do it?

 

Best,

Jon

[TCH-Bruce]

Without seeing the script in full there is no way to answer your question but the short answer is your script is probably vulnerable to header injections.

 

Please open a ticket with the help desk and have the techs take a look.

 

UFM is at this time not vulnerable to header injections and the reason we recommend it.