05/28/2007 Kris Deugau <kdeugau@webhart.net>
With the introduction of SMTP AUTH and TLS on smtp.vianet.ca, I thought it would be a good idea to provide the same services for domains still on the WebHart hosting server. Use your domain email address and email password. Give me a call if you're not sure what to look for.

01/13/2003 Kris Deugau <kdeugau@webhart.net>
Nothing really new, but I've recently had a call from someone trying to access the domain tools for their site. I had forgotten that I had set it up to require 128-bit encryption.

09/19/2002 Kris Deugau <kdeugau@webhart.net>
The domain tools have been updated; they're New and Improved to match the new email setup. (And hopefully still working.)

08/02/2002 Kris Deugau <kdeugau@webhart.net>
I've finally found a few moments to get the replacement for the PHP mail() function working. Add include("corefunc.php"); to your page, and use the smtpmail() function. I've added a page to document the functions supplied in corefunc.php; the header for smtpmail is as follows:
function smtpmail($message, $sender, $sender_fullname, $subject,
                  $recipient, $recip_fullname="", $extraheaders="")
Note that the last two arguments are optional.

06/15/2002 Kris Deugau <kdeugau@webhart.net>
I've added some "standard" PHP functions to a commonly-accessible include file. Add include("corefunc.php"); to any script here to use these functions. Currently there's a counter function and a "last modified" function (the first to match the textcounter.cgi script; the second to match the SSI request #flastmod). I'm planning on adding an SMTP-mail function to replace the disabled mail() function; that may take a while due to other projects.

Changes:

03/29/2004 Kris Deugau <kdeugau@webhart.net>
The provided smtpmail() function has been updated to return values at various points depending on where an error has been encountered. The return is a two-element array accessible like so:
list ($retval, $retmsg) = smtpmail($message, $sender, $sender_fullname, $subject,$recipient)
See the documentation for details on the return codes.

11/01/2002 Kris Deugau <kdeugau@webhart.net>
Due to a recent string of apparent DoS attacks on our FTP access, and the method by which we're providing the FTP services, we've been seeing a few problems with POP3 email service. We've implemented a few changes to help try to reduce the impact of these attacks; let us know if you have trouble with anything.

08/26/2002 Kris Deugau <kdeugau@webhart.net>
Updated PHP to version 4.1.2.

07/31/2002 Kris Deugau <kdeugau@webhart.net>
I've updated this page to reflect some recent changes; you can now use almost any address within your domain. There are still a few restrictions; see the email section below.

ViaNet will do the work of registering a domain for you. Please see our head office site at http://www.vianet.ca/hosting.htm for more information.

Uploading Content

Connect to hostname ftp.{your domain}. Use the username and password you requested for administration.

Web content goes in the /web directory. /logs contains the access and error logs from your site. /cgi-data is used by our counter script, and may acquire other uses. /home is required for certain services; its contents and uses may change. Please ignore it. (Due to recent changes in the system, it may soon disappear entirely. Please do NOT rely on it for anything!)

Disk Space

• 20MB for your Web content
• 5MB additional space for your content is available for $5.00 per month, on request.
• Log files are kept for three months, and rotated monthly. Please note that if your site is generating a very large amount of traffic, we may set up rotation based on log size. If you need log rotation set up differently, or do NOT want size-based rotation, contact domains@webhart.net.
  Excessively large error logs usually mean that an internal link on your site is broken.
• ** We are currently logging all hits generated by IIS-infecting worms separately- but the error logs for those requests can't be combined the way the access logs have been. Your error log may get very large due to virus requests that fail. We're still looking for a suitable way to reduce this problem without blocking proper logging of legitimate errors.
• Mail to be read locally will be kept indefinitely. We do not currently impose any hard limits on email storage; however this is something we are considering. We have not yet seen a problem with disk usage due to large inboxes; this is a long-term project.
• Database Access: We offer basic database services (MySQL and PostgreSQL) starting at $5/month for 5M of storage. Additional space is available at the same rate as for webspace; $5/5M per month.

• Each domain requires one "standard" account. This account is used to administer the domain, and can read and send email if requested.
• Each domain also receives four additional email-only accounts, forwarded or read locally as you choose. See below for details on the methods.
• We currently run the POP3 mail daemon. Set your incoming mailserver to your domain, and log in with a non-forwarded username.
• You may also set your outgoing mailserver to your domain if you are dialing in through WebHart's modem pool. Otherwise please use the SMTP server provided by your access provider. This is a spam control measure.
• Additional email addresses may be added to the domain at the same rate as for WebHart email addresses; $2.00/month per address. These addresses may be directly forwarded to another account or stored locally.
• If you have more than a five extra email addresses, we require that you be billed in blocks of 5 or 10 addresses, at $10 and $20 per month repectively. This simplifies our billing as your accounting records will not list each email address as a separate charge.
• Email to any address within your domain can be forwarded elsewhere. NOTE: Due to the forwarding method used, you can NOT forward email through more than one account within your domain. Any changes must currently be requested through WebHart.
• ** Please note: A number of addresses are reserved system accounts. These include root, mail, nobody, and several popular aliases. Please don't ask for one of these. See here for a partial list of restricted email addresses.

• The HTTP access log is stored in NCSA "combined" format as follows:
  "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\""
  Please see Apache's website for a more detailed explanation.
• The error log is stored in Apache's standard ErrorLog format.
• Log rotation will occur on a monthly basis, barring extreme log volumes. Three months' worth of old logs are kept, with extenstions .log.1, .log.2, and .log.3.
  For instance, on October 26th:
  web-access.log is the current log, listing hits from Oct 1 to the present. This file is held open by the webserver. Deleting it "now" may cause the server to choke and stop logging hits. Deleting it will NOT stop the server from serving your pages.
  web-access.log.1 is September's log. It can safely be deleted, since it is no longer being modified.
  web-access.log.2 is August's log. As with web-access.log.1, it can be deleted safely.
  web-access.log.3 is July's log. It, too, can be deleted safely. We suggest that you do NOT delete your logs; we track disk usage for log files, webspace, and total domain usage periodically.

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