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March 9

DirectI Changes Domain Deletion Policy

Posted by Kayode
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Formerly, if you made a typographical error with your domain name registration, DirectI usually gave a 4 day grace period to delete such domain and register another one. This service only attracted a $1 fee.
Surprisingly, without any notice, their polity seems to have changed. I tried to delete a domain and realized that refunds are [...]

December 17

Connecting To MYSQL Database Remotely

Posted by Kayode
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I got an email from a Web Hosting Client of mine, asking me how to connect to his Mysql Database Remotely. I felt I should post the solution here.
MySQL Server: your-domain.com
Username: cpanelName_mysqlUserName
Password: your-mysql-db-password
Database: cpanelName_mysqlDatabaseName
(’cpanelName’ is the username you use to log into CPanel.)

December 12

Setting up Domainkeys on a Cpanel Server

Posted by Kayode
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Domainkeys is an email signing or authentication systems designed by Yahoo! to verify the origination of an email message. Having domain keys installed on your email server will reduce the chances of your email messages to be filtered as spam, especially when sending emails to Yahoo!Mail users.
This method is only valid for the latest release [...]