SMTP Authentication via Scripts
Using SMTP authentication for your scripts, like you would with a mail client, is important for proper mail delivery as anti-spam filters will score mail sent via a script differently then via a mail server that you have to login in to. As such,…
Setup, Using, and Disabling of Two Factor Authentication
Two factor authentication helps to secure your account in the event that your password is compromised in some way. It does this by requiring something you know, your password, and something that is randomly generated and impossible to guess. Each…
How to upload / create your site.
Creating your site How you create your site depends on what you want to do with it. You may want a simple site, a complex one, or a mix. Scripts You would use scripts (php, asp, perl, etc), when you want to publish content that can be changed via a…
How to find control panel or services info
To view your control panel and service info, please do the following: Login to the client area via https://u2-web.com/clientarea/ or via the "Account" menu -> Account Login link on our site Go to Services menu -> My Services If you have multiple…
OpenVPN Client Usage
Windows: Login to the OpenVPN browser page given to you by support or via your client area. Download the openvpn-client.msi installer Download the client.ovpn file Run the openvpn-client.msi installer and allow it to install using default values…
Using multiple devices to check email
If you would like to check mail on our servers with a mail client (outlook thunderbird, etc) as well as check on your smartphone, ipad, another computer, or webmail, it is best to use IMAP for both devices/computers. IMAP stores the mail on the…
Renewing a Domain With Us
Domains need to be renewed with the registrar system or they will be marked as expired and then deleted after a redemption period. Domains expire so that the registrar system does not have to track domains that are no longer in use, which saves…
Auto Renewal Of Domains - Enable / Disable
To enable auto-renewal of domains, please do the following: Login to your account with us Go to Domains -> My Domains -> Click "Manage Domain" for the domain Click the Auto renewal tab Click "Enable Auto renew" button NOTE: Auto renewal requires a…
Aliasing Domains with Proper SEO (domains and Search Engines)
Aliasing a domain to a primary domain is a great way to simplify domain hosting as only one main site has to be updated. However, when aliasing a domain you need to consider SEO (Search Engine Optimization) because if a search engine sees the same…
Point domain via hosts file
When your computer does a DNS lookup, it will check the "hosts" file for an entry on the domain. As a result, you can point a domain to any IP that you want. For example, when testing a new version of a site on a different platform or server. The…
