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Google Workspace Domain Verification Not Working

You added the Google Workspace verification record to your DNS, but verification keeps failing. The issue is usually a typo in the DNS record or your domain pointing to the wrong nameservers. What’s Happening Google needs to find a specific TXT record in your DNS to verify you own the…

Website Shows Directory Listing After Removing a Domain Forward

You removed a domain forward and now instead of your website, you see a folder listing (“Index of /”). Your site files are there—they’re just not being found. Here’s why and how to fix it. What’s Happening When you had a domain forward or 301 redirect active, the domain was…

How to Delete Email Accounts While Preserving Important Emails

Need to delete some email accounts but keep others? Before you delete anything, you need to save the messages you want to keep. Here’s how to do it safely. The Important Thing to Know Deleting an email account deletes everything in it. Once you remove a mailbox, all messages stored…

Resolving HTTP 500 Errors After Plugin Updates

You updated a WordPress plugin and now your site shows a 500 error. The issue is usually a compatibility problem between the new plugin and an outdated WordPress installation. Here’s how to fix it. What’s Happening When you update plugins, they sometimes require a newer version of WordPress to work…

Large Error Log Files Consuming Your Disk Space

Your hosting account suddenly shows massive disk usage, but you can’t find what’s taking up the space. The culprit? A bloated error log file hiding in your site’s root directory. What’s Happening Websites generate error logs to record problems—PHP errors, plugin issues, theme conflicts, etc. Normally these files stay small.…

Enabling AutoSSL for a Domain on a Reseller Account

Your domain isn’t showing an SSL certificate? If you’re on a reseller account, AutoSSL can issue and install one automatically. Here’s how to get it set up. What’s Happening Without an active SSL certificate, your domain won’t work over HTTPS. Visitors will see browser security warnings or the connection will…

Understanding Your MX Records

Your hosting control panel shows three default MX records with priorities 10, 20, and 30. The first two may point to one mail server, but the third points to a different domain. It looks like a typo, but it’s intentional and correct. Why It’s Different Mail servers use these records…

Add a file to your website

Sometimes you may need to add a document to your website. This is where the File Manager in cPanel can help with managing/editing and uploading files. 1. Login to your cPanel account. When you first set up an account with us, you would have received an email with the details on how you…

Emails to a mailbox are missing because spam auto-delete is enabled

Description If emails sent to a mailbox are not appearing, the cause may not be a delivery failure. In this case, messages were being received successfully, but the mailbox was configured to automatically delete messages identified as spam. This can make it appear that incoming mail has stopped working. Symptoms…

Email Too Large? Here’s Why It Bounced

Tried to send an email with attachments but it got rejected? The recipient’s mail server probably has a size limit. Here’s how to fix it and send it again. What’s Happening Some mail servers won’t accept messages above a certain size limit. If your email includes large attachments or high-resolution…