Author - Tom Hart

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Connecting to our server with FTP

Many servers including Bower Web Solutions' Linux server now require a more secure FTP (File Transfer Protocol ) connection. Our servers now require a connection known as explicit FTP with TLS. Many older ftp clients do not connect via explicit FTP via TLS including Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5 or before. The following tutorial...

Don’t Pay For DNS Services If You Already Get It For Free – Avoid This Scam!

DNS invoice sent to Bower Web Solutions client. A company called DNS Services is sending out what appear to be hard-copy invoices.  Cleverly buried among other verbiage is the disclaimer that is is a solicitation and not actually a bill. What makes the invoice appear genuine is that it contains information extracted from...

Get People To Read Your Bulk Emails

Mass Emailing is a great way to communicate with customers. By sending out targeted emails to your contacts and customers with information they might even want to receive promotions, notifications, industry news....all the stuff that might interest people who are interested in your company, subject or business. According to recent studies mass emailing provides the...

Grab Your Name Online

"If I had a child I'd make sure the web address for their name is available before naming them." Personal branding guru William Arruda  at NYU speaking event. William Arruda might be carrying it to an extreme, but many online marketers recommend purchasing a URL before registering a company. Since most of us are committed to some forms of...

Problems Sending to AOL E-mail addresses

Problems Sending E-mail to AOL Email addresses Question: I am having problems sending e-mail to AOL users. My e-mail is getting returned with the following subject: "Returned mail: see transcript for details" or "Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours" Answer: EXPLANATION: The IP address you are sending from has been blocked...