Because of this we are urging our clients to keep all their web applications including WordPress and ImpressCMS along with any modules and plugins up to date. If you have a support plan which covers free upgrades you must open a ticket with us to make an upgrade request. If you are unsure how to upgrade your web application and require our support then please purchase a support plan for your chose system, if it isn’t available then please open a ticket to discuss your options.

Things to keep in mind for your account and web hosting packages:

• Always choose a strong password for your account and FTP access, also change your passwords from time to time to ensure no one else can gain access.
• Keep your local computer(s) upto date and ensure you have reputable AntiVirus and Malware to protect yourself. Remember if someone accesses your credentials from a poorly secured system then they could also access your other web accounts including your hosting package with us, Paypal, Internet Banking, etc, etc.
• Our servers use PHPSuExec, all folder permissions should be set to 755 and file permissions should be 644. If you don’t set these correct permissions then your web application will most likely cease to function correctly.
• We also recommend you use SFTP as this is securer.

In addition to this we have taken extra measures recently such as installing PHPSuExec to ensure a higher level of security, we also have our systems monitored to inform us of potential issues. That said, we are not complacent and advise the same of you.

On our part, you can rest assured that we are taking all measures possible to avoid any such hack on our servers. We have various security mechanisms in place that block these malicious actions from taking shape and we have also implemented various automated and periodic scans which identify any such patterns and cut them out from the root.

Please be vigilant and proactive in taking all precautionary measures.

Should you have any concerns then please do not hesitate to contact us.

Log into your cPanel through your domain name, for example http://sjbowers.net/cpanel

cPanel Mailing lists

You will then be presented with a form to fill in, this will be the name of your mailing list, the domain you wish to have the mailing list use and the password (don’t forget this), fill these in with what ever you require.

cPanel Mailing list setup form

Once you hit the “Add Mailing List” it will be set up instantly, you then just need to click the modify button:

Current cPanel Mailing Lists

You will then be presented with the mailman log in screen, enter the password you just used to set the mailing list up with, your then logged in and ready to start configuring Mailman to your needs. If you set up multiple mailing lists you can also use the search box to find the one your looking for.

Mailman admin screen

Have fun with your mailing lists.

If you are looking for more information on Mailman then check the projects web page: http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html

This is not a decision to be taken lightly, keep in mind that IP addresses can change from time to time and as such you could inadvertently ban a valuable user or even customer form accessing your services. Another thing to be careful about is to ensure you don’t ban a full sub set of IPs which could result in a full network being banned, that said, you could be gaining a lot of spam from a certain country and might wish to ban them geographically.

Right, first of all log into your cPanel with your username and password. Then scroll down to the security section

cPanel Security Options

Click on the IP Deny Manager, you will then be presented with another screen:

cPanel IP Deny Manager

This screen is pretty much self explanatory, pop the IP address of full domain name in the field and click add. You can also remove items at a later date should you require. As you can see your also able to edit IP ranges from and to, but as noted above caution should be used to ensure you don’t ban a full range of IP addresses which lead to you losing users and customers.