Alternative Email Server Config
When connecting from Yahoo to GreenGeeks cPanel webmail, you cannot use the ‘normal’ cPanel mail config, e.g
mail.your-domain.co.uk
It simply does not work!
So GreenGeeks gave me this config to use instead and I have used this successfully to access GreenGeeks webmail via Yahoo.
Incoming Server: amsr101.websitehostserver.net
Incoming Port: 993 for IMAP, 995 for POP3
Outgoing Server: amsr101.websitehostserver.net
Outgoing Port: 465 (587 should also work)
SSL/TLS encryption should be enabled for incoming and outgoing mail
Password Authentication enabled
Username: user@domain.com
Password: [user@domain.com's password]
The details can also be used to access any domains webmail without using the actual domain. Useful if you have not completed a domain transfer but need to setup and access domain email in advance of the domain name server switch,
Viewing and flushing local DNS
Windows 10/11
Open a CMD window.
Lookup a domain’s IP address
C:\Users\username>nslookup mydomain.co.uk
Flush the local DNS cache
C:\Users\username>ipconfig /flushdns
More details here:
Ubuntu 22.04
Open a terminal window.
Lookup a domain’s IP address
user:~ $ nslookup mydomain.co.uk
Server: 127.0.0.23
Address: 127.0.0.23#23
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: mydomain.co.uk
Address: 212.0.233.174
List local DNS cache stats
user:~ $ resolvectl statistics
DNSSEC supported by current servers: no
Transactions
Current Transactions: 0
Total Transactions: 26593
Cache
Current Cache Size: 67
Cache Hits: 1456
Cache Misses: 5248
DNSSEC Verdicts
Secure: 0
Insecure: 0
Bogus: 0
Indeterminate: 0
Flush the local DNS cache
user:~ $ resolvectl flush-caches
user:~ $
user:~ $ resolvectl statistics
DNSSEC supported by current servers: no
Transactions
Current Transactions: 0
Total Transactions: 26677
Cache
Current Cache Size: 0
Cache Hits: 1472
Cache Misses: 5278
DNSSEC Verdicts
Secure: 0
Insecure: 0
Bogus: 0
Indeterminate: 0