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Workaround for adding forward addresses to Gmail as aliases

I went to add an alias to a forwarded address (managed by GoDaddy, ie myemail@mydomain.com) in Gmail, and I noticed that Google changed their system. In the past, after you entered the name and email address, you'd get a screen like this: However,…
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getting my domain name to point to my amazon ec2 instance

I'm trying to get my godaddy.com domain name pointed to my Amazon EC2 instance and am having some difficulty. I created a hosted zone for my domain name on route 54 and set the namesevers up as the "delegation set" servers mentioned on Route 53…
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Moving a file into a directory with over 7000 files

I'm on a GoDaddy shared hosting Linux server ("unlimited" hosting). I have a folder with product images for an e-commerce store that contains over 7000 images. GoDaddy told me I'm not allowed to have over 1024 files in a single directory and that I…
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How do I setup reverse dns for my IP?

I want the results of nslookup MyIP to give my fully qualified domain name instead of the name u123123123.online-servers.com which is setup by default by my host provider, how do I do that?
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Can my domain name get more expensive?

This may sound like a strange question but I am wondering if I buy a domain name for, let's say, 10$ for 1 year and during that year it becomes very popular attracting lots of visitors. At the end of 1 year when I need to re-register, is it…
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How is it possible for a person to upload files to a site they don't have credentials to?

A little while ago I got this email: hi there, i am [name], security expert. your website is not secured. you use a weak password. and you didnt install security to prevent hacking/malware attacks. as proof, i upload a file:…
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Godaddy fails to properly configure NTP on their node server hosting my VPS

I have a few VPS servers with Godaddy and with every new server I contracted I had to ask them to set up NTP on the node hosting my container. They always did until now. It seems like their technicians don't have a clue when it comes to time…
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Apache james email server on EC2 (domain name mapping)

I have Amazon EC2 (windows) instance which hosts Tomcat & Apache James mail server. James works fine on EC2 locally (I have created a domain and updated etc/hosts file to mimic domain. Using thunderbird client on same machine, I was able to send…
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How do I forward my subdomain to my Minecraft server?

Disclaimer: The web addresses in this question are pseudonyms. I recently set up Minecraft server (with port forwarding) and I was using a No-IP domain for it (foo.sytes.net.) I purchased a domain for the server, so I didn't have use a No-IP…
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Can't install Git in Godaddy web hosting

I am hosting a website in Godaddy web hosting. I want to install Git. I am using SSH to connect to my site. I find this link from Godaddy How to install Git in Linux web hosting. I followed their instructions. When I reach: wget…
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DNS load balancing with multiple IPs on the same domain in GoDaddy

Looking for a cheaper solution than amazon CloudFront, I placed two "A" records with different IPs to different servers on the same subdomain in a NameSever managed by GoDaddy in order to achieve some kind of load balancing and fail over mechanism…
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Security of domain bought through Google apps

I have recently heard of many security flaws in go daddy accounts. I have bought a domain through Google Apps but they use go daddy as their registrar. I was wondering whether this means I have an account with go daddy that can be hacked? (I don't…
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How do I send email from my domain?

I am running Discourse and sending verification email, but the emails have my gmail address as sender and they go to spam folder and Google throws a warning that this may be phishing. Do I need to buy an email through GoDaddy and send through that…
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add ftp server to a subdomain

I'm currently running an ftp server (vsftpd) on my site say www.domain.com. I'd like to change this so users can type in ftp.domain.com instead of www.domain.com to get to my ftp. I'm confused with the process here. I'm using Godaddy for my domains.…
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MX Records help - Godaddy DNS

I am attempting to setup a email server. All my hosting is done on the same IP. I am new to MX Records and cannot seem to find anything that works. My domain is registered and DNS is by GoDaddy.com. Can someone please explain how must I setup my MX…
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