POW Hosting FAQs

DNS

How long until my domain name is transferred to your servers? My domain is hosted at another server or at the domain registrar. How long will it take to transfer once I change the DNS?

What is the DNS of the server? I need to change the DNS on my Domain. What do I need to set the DNS to?

CGI

What is the absolute server path to /html_public? I am setting up a cgi script and need to know the full path to my website. What is it?

Where is my cgi-bin? I can't find my cgi-bin. Where can I locate it?

perl

What is the correct path to perl? I am setting up a cgi script and I need to know the correct path to perl?

Bandwidth

What is "Bandwith"? I see that I have 1 GB of bandwith. What does this mean?

Domain

Do I need a domain? I don't own a domain. Do I have to get one?

Where can I register my domain? I do not have a domain. Where can I register one?

Mail servers

What is the correct path to sendmail? I am setting up a script on my website and I need to know the path to sendmail.

What are my incoming and outgoing mail servers? I need to know the Pop3 and SMTP mail servers.

Auto Responders

How do I set up an autoresponder? How do I do it and how many can I make?

Subdomains

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File Upload

What is FTP? What is FTP and how do I use it?

What should I use as "Host Name/Address" with my FTP program? There is a line that asks for "Host Name/Adress". What do I enter there?

WebSite Load

Where is my website? I uploaded my website via FTP and I still don't see it when I try to go to my domain. What did I do wrong?

Storage Space

What is "Storage Space"? You say I have 100 MB of storage space. What exactly does this mean?

Outlook Express

How can I set up my email in Outlook Express? I want to use Outlook Express to set up my email, but I am unsure of how.

Email accounts

How can I create different email addresses for my account? I want to set up my email with several names, but I am not sure where to go. How do I set up my email addresses?

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