Frequently Vexing Questions
1. General information
- What software packages are installed on the system?
- What is the " Message of the Day ", and where can I read it?
- Is there a Vex.Net discussion list ?
- Why am I getting duplicate announcements from the system?
- What host names are used for what services?
- Can I get referral credits if I get someone to sign up for a Vex.Net account?
- Does Vex.Net offer any special " reseller " accounts.
- How do I list my site on the "Hosted Sites" page?
- How do I change passwords for my accounts?
2. Web Server/CGI
- Where are script interpreters (Perl, Python, Ruby, etc) on the system?
- How do I create and update my web site ?
- How do I access my web server error logs ?
- How do I get my regular web access logs ?
- How do I create a database for my web site?
- Why don't I have a cgi-bin directory ?
- How do I password protect web pages ?
- How secure are Databases, CGI, and PHP on the web server?
- How Do I Enable Server Side Includes (SSI)?
- How can I send myself email from my web site?
- How can I create a web subdomain on my virtual account?
- How do I add a counter to my page ?
- Can I create a secure web site ?
3. Email/News
- Can I use the Vex.Net SMTP server to send mail?
- Are Secure eMail Connections available?
- My account comes with multiple mailboxes , how do I access them?
- Is there any way to get rid of SPAM ?
- Can I maintain my own whitelist ?
- What is SPF (Sender Policy Framework), and does Vex.Net use it?
- How do I use procmail to filter my mail on the server?
- What does " Helo command rejected " mean?
- Does Vex.Net have a news server ?
- What are you going to do about your naughty news poster ?
4. Virtual Hosts
- How can I set up an anonymous FTP site?
- How do I create/manage email aliases for my domain?
- Can I direct all mail sent to my domain to a mailbox (ie. a default email address for @mydomain.com)?
- How do I use virtual domains with POP and IMAP ?
- What are the Vex.Net name servers ?
5. Domain Name Registration
- Are there special restrictions on the use of .ca domain names ?
- " Domain resides on current registrar " error when trying to transfer.
- What is domain " parking "?
6. Shell
- Is Vex.Net shell reachable by ssh if I am behind a very restrictive firewall?
- Where can I get a Win32 SSH client?
- Why am I not allowed to use the " at " command?
- On the command line, how Can I have PostgreSQL or MySQL database login automatically?
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