Servers

You can enable custom error messages for your ASP.NET application on Windows IIS by using a web.config file with a customErrors setting configured.

Different Linux versions often require updates, and some programs only run on newer ones. To check your kernel version, log into your server and use the command line.

ASP allows you to send emails using a functionality called CDOSYS. By creating email content and sending emails using ASP directly, you don’t have to add any extra components to your code. We recommend that you use an SMTP relay that requires authentication. Because of stringent anti-spam filters, sending mail through unauthenticated SMTP servers (including the localhost relay on Cloud Sites) can result in delays or undelivered email. Before you start using CDOSYS to send email, it’s a best practice to test your code.

IIS — and also using classic ASP — defaults to providing very little error information. Fortunately, you can add a rule to your domain’s web.config file to display more detailed error messages.

Is your server offline? Learn how to diagnose network connection problems using ping and traceroute commands to identify blocked IPs and timeouts.

If you have multiple email addresses, you might find it convenient to forward all your email to a single inbox. This article will walk through how to forward your email from your server and also the potential problems with forwarding your email.

When setting the PHP memory_limit in WHM, it applies only to the specific PHP version. With EasyApache 4, multiple PHP versions can run simultaneously, so you must repeat the process for each version installed.

Learn to use telnet to connect to services on a server. Using telnet via SSH is recommended as it helps bypass local and remote server firewalls.

A review of four ways to check server load on Linux servers and what the numbers mean.

Server Load refers to the average amount of processes waiting to be processed by your server’s CPU. The higher the average, the more processes that are waiting to be processed.

Test the speed of your network. Pinging a domain is when you send small packets of information to a target server and wait to see how long it takes to get that information back.

Having trouble with DNS propagation? We’ll show you common reasons why your records fail to update and provide tools to help you troubleshoot.