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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…

How to Restore a Website with JetBackup

Something’s gone wrong with your website and you need to roll it back. Before you restore everything, it’s worth taking a moment to work out what actually broke — restoring only what’s needed is faster, less disruptive, and means you don’t lose changes that weren’t part of the problem. This…

Enabling SSH for a cPanel account (reseller guide)

As a reseller, you can grant SSH (Secure Shell) access to cPanel accounts you manage through WHM. SSH allows account holders to connect to the server via a command-line interface — useful for tasks such as running scripts, managing files, and using developer tools. There are two methods available to…

JetBackup – Restoring or Downloading an Email Account

JetBackup keeps automatic backups of each email account on your hosting. You can restore a mailbox to a previous state, or download a copy of the backup to keep locally. ⚠️ WARNING: Restoring an email account replaces the entire mailbox with the version from the backup you select. Any emails…

JetBackup – Restoring or Downloading a Full Account Backup

JetBackup maintains automatic backups of your hosting account, including files, databases, email accounts, cron jobs, DNS zones, and SSL certificates. You can restore any of these from a previous backup point, or download a copy to keep locally. This guide covers full account restores and downloads. If you only need…

JetBackup – Restoring or Downloading a Database Backup

JetBackup keeps automatic backups of each MySQL database on your hosting account. You can restore a database to a previous state, or download a copy of the backup to keep locally. ⚠️ WARNING: Restoring a database will completely overwrite the existing database with the same name. Any changes made between…

JetBackup – Restoring or Downloading Files from a Home Directory

JetBackup keeps automatic backups of your entire home directory. Unlike a full account restore, the home directory option lets you select individual files and folders to restore — so you can recover a single deleted file or revert a specific directory without touching the rest of your account. ⚠️ WARNING:…