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LexiConn – April 2008 Newsletter
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In this Month’s Newsletter:
* All About Email
* Featured Client: mexicantiles.com

All About Email

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All of LexiConn’s web hosting packages include the ability to receive email at your domain name. You can choose to setup POP boxes on our servers, or have email sent to your domain forwarded to an off-network email address that you have, e.g. your_name@gmail.com. In addition to creating POP boxes and email forwarding, you also have the ability to setup email aliases. An alias is simply an email address that is redirected to an existing email account. For example, if you set up an email box on your account called jeffrey, and also want to receive email addressed to jeff@your_domain.com, you do not need to create a separate box for jeff – rather you can alias this address to the existing jeffrey box.

By default, each account includes a ‘catch-all’ alias. This address will receive all email sent to any address @your_domain.com not otherwise defined. We highly recommend that you define all of your valid aliases and disable the catch-all entry, by editing the alias for the catch-all in the Account Manager under the Email Options tab. We recommend changing the ‘goes to’ field to ‘BOUNCE’, which will send an email stating user unknown to anyone emailing an invalid address. This setup will help you cut down on your spam volume tremendously, since random addresses such as abc@your_domain.com, xxx@your_domain.com, etc. will no longer work. Choosing ‘BOUNCE’ is ideal, because it will let legitimate people know that your message has not been received and perhaps alert them to a typo they may have in the address.

Aside from disabling the catch-all, another thing you can do to help combat spam is to subscribe to our spam/virus protection service. The virus service is updated each hour to keep current with all of the latest threats. The spam service uses a customized version of SpamAssassin that has a Bayes theorem in place whereby the software “learns” over time. Essentially, the more email you get (both legitimate and spam), the better the software will get at identifying spam messages. Each user has their own specific settings, including spam threshold, blacklist, whitelist, etc. Individual users can login to the Account Manager with their POP box username and password and have access only to their own specific settings, as opposed to settings that affect the entire account.

The spam/virus service is $5 per month for any shared hosting account and the $5 covers all of the boxes on the account. Managed Server clients receive this service at no charge. This service can be requested at:

https://lexiconn.com/lexiconn/secure/add_spam.html

Featured Client: mexicantiles.com

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This month’s featured client is mexicantiles.com. The company specializes in offering one of a kind selection of high quality hand-crafted Mexican tiles and accessories. MexicanTiles.com stocks thousands of hand painted Talavera Mexican tiles, trims, moldings, bathroom and kitchen sinks, drawer knobs, house numbers, Saltillo floor tiles, Mission terra cotta floor tiles, and cement floor tiles.

http://www.mexicantiles.com/

For more detailed information on this month’s featured client as well as a listing of all past featured clients, please go to:

http://support.lexiconn.com/news/viewforum.php?f=4

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As always, feel free to contact us with any questions you may have. Complete contact and support options can be found at:
http://www.lexiconn.com/support.html

Sincerely,
- The LexiConn Team