What is CAPTCHA?

What is CAPTCHA?

CAPTCHA is an acronym for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. It is a type of visual confirmation used in websites to ensure the submission of an entry is not automatically done by a computer/bot. Basically, CAPTCHA is an image with a … Continued
What is greylisting?

What is greylisting?

Greylisting is a new popular feature for spam fighting, similar to whitelisting and blacklisting. Each time a mailbox receives an email from an unknown contact (IP), that mail is rejected with a “try again later” message. This means that all … Continued
SSH and SSH Keys

SSH and SSH Keys

SSH (Secure Shell) is a network protocol that allows secure remote access over an encrypted connection. Through an SSH connection you can easily manage your files and folders, modify their permissions, edit files directly on the server, etc. SSH provides … Continued
How to log in to my XonHost shared account via SSH in Linux?

How to log in to my XonHost shared account via SSH in Linux?

XonHost uses key-based SSH authentication instead of plain username & password. The SSH port on XonHost’s servers is also 18765 instead of the default port 22. To connect to your XonHost shared hosting account via SSH in Linux, please follow these steps: … Continued
How to log in to my XonHost shared account via SSH in Mac OS?

How to log in to my XonHost shared account via SSH in Mac OS?

XonHost uses key-based SSH authentication instead of plain username & password. The SSH port on XonHost’s servers is also 18765 instead of the default port 22. To connect via SSH, follow these steps: First you will need to generate an SSH key … Continued
How to export/import a MySQL database via SSH

How to export/import a MySQL database via SSH

When dealing with large databases over 50Mb it is recommended to manage them via SSH. XonHost customers can find more information on how to connect to and use SSH in our SSH Tutorial. In this article, we will cover exporting and … Continued
How to log in to my XonHost shared account via SSH using PuTTY?

How to log in to my XonHost shared account via SSH using PuTTY?

XonHost uses key-based SSH authentication instead of plain username & password. The SSH port on XonHost’s servers is also 18765 instead of the default port 22. In order to connect to your shared hosting account via SSH using PuTTY you will need … Continued
Why my messages go to yahoo/hotmail/gmail junk/bulk/spam folder?

Why my messages go to yahoo/hotmail/gmail junk/bulk/spam folder?

Usually, this issue is caused by spam-fighting filters on the remote server, incorrectly flagging your messages. Remote email servers have different types of SPAM protection rules for detecting which email is SPAM and which is not. What you can do … Continued
The email server seems to be blacklisted

The email server seems to be blacklisted

If you receive a bounced-back message saying that IP address X.X.X.X is blacklisted by a spam organization, this means that the aforementioned IP address has been blacklisted for sending unsolicited mail. Such a listing is caused by a complaint to … Continued
What does the blacklisting of my ISP has to do with XonHost?

What does the blacklisting of my ISP has to do with XonHost?

When your local IP address has been blacklisted for sending unsolicited mail you might not be able to send mails. In such cases you would have received instructions on how to resolve this issue right in the bounced-back email. Please … Continued