Once you have gained access to the control panel on the ensim unix server for your domain, you are able to complete administrative tasks for your site, such as managing the disk space allocated to a user, configure a new MySQL database, delete users, setup mailing lists, etc...

There is menu located on the left, from here you can complete all tasks on the domain, from the mailboxes, you are able to login as the user and administer any options available.  Clicking on the links below you will be able to view what each of the options means.

Home | Site Information | Mailboxes/Users | Web Server Configuration | Web Server File Manager | Web Server Log Manager | Reports Site Traffic | Reports Analog | Email Aliases | Email Responders | Email Mailing List | Email Sendmail Reject List | Export/Import | Services | Help

Home _top

Under this screen you are able to return to the home screen displayed when you first logged in.  Under this page you are able to see at a glance the amount of disk space used and left, the size of mailboxes, the bandwidth consumed for the given month and how the state of the services running on the server.

Site Information _top

From here you are able to see the sites current settings set by Internet Central.  From this page you can

• Check your site's bandwidth usage.

• Preview your Web page content. This link makes it possible to preview Web sites that are too new to be available on the Internet (less than 48 hours old).

• Access email through SquirrelMail. You can open SquirrelMail to access your email using the Email URL link in the Services & Options section.

Mailboxes/Users _top

The Mailboxes/Users page provides information about the mailbox user accounts on your site. As the Site Administrator, you can add, remove, or change user accounts from this page.  From this page you can:

View all of the user accounts on your site

Search for a specific user

Add new users

Change user information

Remove users

Set up a User Defaults template 

Web Server Configuration _top

Web server settings include the name of the Web server, the name of the administrator who manages the Web server, and information about directories on the Web server. Only your service provider can change these settings.

The Web server log files provide information about the Web server. You can view the files directly from the Site Administrator control panel, or download them to your local system for viewing.

You can limit access to files stored on your site by requiring users to type a password to gain access. This is known as "protecting directories."  When users attempt to access a file in a protected directory, the Web server displays a login window. Users with access privileges enter their user names and passwords to access the file. Users without access privileges cannot access the file.

Web Server File Manager _top

The File Manager enables you to manage files and directories that are stored on your site.  These files include scripts and other files used on your Web site, email data, and other files you place on your site. The File Manager displays information, provides access to file-related tasks, and helps you navigate through directories.

Web Server Log Manager _top

Log Manager or Logrotate is a utility that rotates the following log files based on the settings you configure.

• Web server logs

• FTP server logs

• Majordomo logs

You can set your log files to rotate four times a day, once a day, or once a week. You can also change the Logrotate settings at any time.

Reports Site Traffic _top

The Bandwidth Reports page shows your site's bandwidth usage, by service, from the start of the monitoring period to the current day.  If your site is new, you may have to wait a few minutes before bandwidth statistics become available. Also, no statistics are available until there is traffic on your site. The information is updated every 2 hours.

Reports Analog _top

The Web server gathers statistics about the pages requested by visitors to your Web site, and you can view these statistics at any time.

Email Aliases _top

An email alias is a method of mapping a nickname to an actual email address. You can map aliases to:

• Mailboxes on your site's mail server

• Email addresses

• Other aliases

Whenever someone sends email to an alias at your site, the message is sent to all of the actual email addresses mapped to the alias.  For example, you could create an alias for your Sales department called sales. When anyone sends email to sales@mydomain.com, the message is delivered to all of the addresses mapped to sales.

Email Responders _top

A responder is a method of automatically replying to incoming email.  Responders can be set up for aliases only. They cannot be set up for individual email addresses or mailing lists. Whenever anyone sends email to the alias, a prepared reply is automatically returned to the sender.  For example, you might want all email sent to your customer service department to receive an automatic reply about your hours and contact information. To do so, you can create an alias called customerservice then create a responder for that alias. Whenever email is sent to customerservice@mydomain.com, the prepared reply is sent automatically.

Email Mailing List _top

Mailing lists are lists of email recipients that can receive email as group. When you create a mailing list, messages sent to the mailing list email address are automatically sent to every email address on the list. If you sometimes send messages to all of the email users on your site, you can create a mailing list to streamline the process. You manage mailing lists through the Majordomo service.

Email Sendmail Reject List _top

The Sendmail Reject List is a list of email sources that you identify as sources of unsolicited email. It disallows delivery of email messages from the sources identified in the list to any site user. For example, if you include the IP address 1.2.3.4 in the Reject List, all email messages that originate from the address will be blocked from being relayed to all users of the site.

Export/Import _top

Export site and user files in different directories for easy identification of the files when you import.

Example. Export Site files to a site_export directory and User files to a user_export directory.

Services _top

The Services list shows the services available to your site. On this page you can perform several tasks and view the following information:

• Name. The name of the service. See service descriptions for details about each service.

• Version. The version of the service running on the server.

• Status. The current status of the service. States include:

• . The service is running.

• . The service is not running. If a service is not running, contact Internet Central where the status can be investigated

• Blank (no icon). The service exists but there is no running state. Services without running states include Majordomo, SquirrelMail, Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions, and Vacation Responder/Email Forward.

• Actions. Links to tasks you can perform.

• Access a service's settings and properties by clicking in the Actions column.

Help _top

Through this option you will be able to view helpful guidlines involving the ensim unix control panel.