Got this email from Godaddy this morning: As a valued Go Daddy WordPress® customer, we want you to get the most out of your Web experience. That’s why we’re proud to sponsor this year’s Phoenix WordCamp, scheduled for November 13, 2009, at the beautiful Arizona Grand Resort. A $30 entry fee gets you breakfast, lunch [...]
What is domain masking and redirection? Here’s how fidomains and GoDaddy define masking and redirection: “When someone types your domain name into a browser, they will automatically be forwarded/redirected to whatever URL you choose. And with masking, users don’t see the underlying address; only what they type.” Why would you use masking and redirection? Do [...]
Why do you need a personal domain? (All businesses need their own domains, but I’ll cover that later.) Email address for LIFE! – For example, our geographic area is covered by Cox Communications so email addresses are in the format of username@cox.net. If you move to an area without Cox, you need to get all [...]
We use Cox Communications for Internet access. (Currently getting: 32.18Mbps downloads, and 1.81Mbps uploads from http://speedtest.net ) On the residential side, Cox blocks some ports. What does this mean? It means that if you try to send an email using the default SMTP ports on Cox from Outlook or almost any other email client, it [...]
Godaddy offers some excellent features on their email services. One of my favorite features is the ability to send carbon copies of emails to multiple email locations. For example – I can setup my GoDaddy email account to carbon copy, aka CC, email sent to a Gmail account and my iPhone Mobileme account. No carbon [...]
Recently, one of my consulting clients signed up for Hosted Exchange Email. Hosted Exchange Email is GoDaddy’s implementation of Microsoft’s Exchange Server for users desiring a corporate-class email solution with 99.9% up-time, virus and spam protection etc… Our goal was to allow access to email, calendars, and contacts from anywhere at anytime from almost any [...]