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How to Configure email account in outlook express?

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:05:39 GMT

Open Outlook Express.
Click Tools on the menu bar
Click Accounts on the drop down
Click mail >> add >> give the mail address
Incoming mail - mx.yourdomainname.com
Outgoing mail - mx.yourdomainname.com
Give the username and password -- please use the complete username eg: username@domainname.com
Click on finish.
Goto Tools >> Accounts >> Properties >> server tab
Check My server Requires Authentication.
Click OK

register_globals - problem with GET and POST in PHP

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:16:28 GMT

The global setting register_globals is off by default.��It is a security risk to have it on, and is now disabled by the PHP group. If your script uses register_globals, there is one fix for Windows. �The fix is to put this code at the beginning of your script:�

@import_request_variables('gpc');�

Fix�for unix :�� Create an .htaccess file in your root web folder and put this in it:

�� php_flag register_globlas on

Sample Script

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:55:28 GMT

ASP Smart Upload

http://panelforce.com/help/pdf/ASPSmartUpload.pdf

Uploading Files through FTP

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:16:20 GMT

Transferring files from your local system to your webspace known as Uploading.

You can use the browsers like IE (internet explorer ) or any FTP client softwares to upload/download the pages.

Using any FTP Client software to upload the files is a preferrable option.

Few FTP Client softwares:

Filezilla
FTP Explorer
WS FTP

Mainly, you need three parameters to connect through FTP:

FTP Hostname
FTP Username
FTP Password

Normally, above values will be provided by the hosting company.

sending mail using aspmail,aspmail,asp mail used for sending mail

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:53:54 GMT

Send an email

<%
Set Mailer = Server.CreateObject("SMTPsvg.Mailer")
Mailer.FromName = "website"
Mailer.FromAddress= "user@yourdomain.com"
Mailer.RemoteHost = "localhost"
Mailer.AddRecipient "Name", "name@yourdomain.com"
Mailer.AddExtraHeader "X-MimeOLE:Produced yourdomain.com"
Mailer.Subject = "Form Submission"
Mailer.BodyText = "Enter the body of the message here."
if Mailer.SendMail then
Response.Write "Form information submitted..."
else
Response.Write "Mail send failure. Error was " & Mailer.Response
end if
set Mailer = Nothing
%>