Tips & Helpful Information
Zimbra Email account recovery
Forgetting your email password can be very frustrating, but fortunately there is an easy fix! Zimbra business email users can recover their account by resetting their own passwords by using the “Forgot Password” link on Zimbra webmail login page. The process utilizes a recovery email address of the users choice—it doesn’t have to be under […]
Online Security for Kids: Using Fun Passwords
Now more than ever, our children’s lives are dominated by digital devices and social media platforms. Online education for most K–12 students is the new norm as even young children spend hours a day online. With this new way of life, some well-intentioned educators are instructing students to use insecure passwords with personally identifiable screen […]
Self-Service Tips During Longer Hold Times
Recently, XMission has seen longer than normal support hold times in spite of our best efforts. If you experience the following common problems, we encourage you to try some preliminary self-service support. Issues connecting to the Internet Here are some troubleshooting steps to get you back online. Please disconnect the power to your personal wireless […]
Call Screening from XMission Voice Will Ease Your Spam-call Pain
Did you know XMission Voice offers all customers powerful tools to keep robocalls and spammers from flooding your home phone? Alongside our anonymous call blocking, CID fraud detection and full support for SHAKEN/STIR, we also provide powerful tools you can manage yourself, like Call Screening. What is Call Screening? Just what it sounds like. When […]
Let’s Talk Phishing – Part 2
Earlier this week we talked about what phishing is and how these criminals try so hard to trick you out of your sensitive personal data. Now, we will cover how to identify phishing and discuss steps you can take to protect yourself and/or your company. Tips to identify a phishing email Watch for items that […]
Let’s Talk Phishing – Part 1
Phishing emails can be harder to identify than you think. Today, we dig in with part one of a two-part series meant to update our past posts on phishing: Getting phished Avoid the dangers of phishing. They aren’t who they say they are! A phish is an attempt to trick you into providing your personal […]
Zimbra License: Maximize your Official Zimbra Support Experience
This post is for those interested in Zimbra licensing and covers how to maximize your Official Zimbra Support experience. XMission is a long-time Zimbra Gold Partner and can help you with hosted Zimbra email or Zimbra licensing and support for your email server needs. First, a couple quick definitions so you will understand this post. […]
Our New Compromised Email Policy
This blog acts as notice to all XMission email customers, both residential and business, that our policy has recently been updated to include compromised email accounts. Policy Language: The Compromised Mail Account policy addition is found on the XMission Policy page: https://xmission.com/legal_policies#compro Due to serious problems stemming from compromised mailboxes, XMission will handle the first […]
How to add a contact form to your WordPress website
A contact form is the most straight-forward and ubiquitous way for your website visitors to send you comments and information. WordPress does not offer a native form tool, so this job calls for a plugin. Mandatory disclaimer: DO NOT INSTALL UNTRUSTED PLUGINS! Malicious plugins can compromise your website and destroy your data! I strongly suggest […]
After GDPR Is Domain Privacy Still Necessary?
For many years now most of us have felt compelled to pay for domain privacy when we renew our domains each year. Since domain Whois information was readily available we eventually found ourselves getting spammed badly enough that paying the extra for domain privacy was a no-brainer. But after the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection […]