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Adding a dynamic countdown timer to a newsletter Displaying a dynamic countdown timer inside an email or newsletter was previously considered impossible. This is because most web countdown timers require server-side input or client-side Javascript to function. But having found a solution, and a free solution at that - I felt compelled to add this ...Read more...
Premium Email Services Compared - cPanel hosting vs Google Workspace vs Office 365 Email is a large part of our web hosting services. Most business clients consider email hosting far more critical than their website. When you rely on email for your daily communications, it can affect operations if there are any problems. Let's compare cPanel hosting vs G Suite vs Office 365. We r...Read more...
Email spam filtering at DigitalFlare Our mail servers rely on a ' spam filter check ' to identify and filter out spam email messages for our clients. We run various criteria tests to determine an overall score for spam. The email is marked as spam if an overall spam score is too high. In addition to our checks, we first check to see i...Read more...
Email Spoofing If it appears that someone has been sending emails from your email account, but there is nothing in your 'sent items' and no record of the emails being sent from the server, then there is a good chance your email address has been spoofed... It is widespread, and there are plenty of tools on the in...Read more...
Preventing emails from being labeled as 'Spam' Sometimes you may be frustrated with having your emails marked as Spam in your customer email boxes. There are often several reasons why this might be the case; sometimes, it can boil down to the words used in the body of your email or if you insert hyperlinks / certain attachment types. The fact...Read more...
Cleaning up your Emails on an IMAP server All your messages and folders are synced between your email client (such as Outlook / Apple Mail etc.), and your mail server is synced on an IMAP server. When you use IMAP mail, your emails are stored on the mail server and your computer/phone. IMAP acts as a great backup measure if your computer fa...Read more...
Get Google Apps for your custom Domain Google Apps is a cloud-based productivity suite that helps you and your team connect and get work done from anywhere on any device. If you don't know much about Google Apps, look at the Google Apps website here. Many of our clients love using Google Apps to use Google's reliable email servers mainl...Read more...
Bespoke Newsletter Systems DigitalFlare can build bespoke email marketing systems that allow you or your staff to design and send professional-looking newsletters to help you stay in touch with your client base. Our systems utilise a solid PHP framework and deliver emails via SMTP bulk mail servers provided by Mandrill. The ...Read more...
DNS Records - A Quick Guide DNS stands for Domain Name System. This service translates domain names and domain zones into IP addresses. This is due to the way that computers work. A domain name like domain.com is easier to remember than an IP address (e.g. 194.34.34.146). A Domain name is just an alias which fundamentally poin...Read more...