Cpanel for the CS Officer By: Thomas D. Miller (BC-IRF) USCG Auxiliary National IT Department This presentation discusses how to sign-on to cPanel and gives some details on using the Mail feature. For more information refer to the cPanel documentation.

See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel What is cPanel? Web-based Control Panel Manage your domain by a web interface It gives you the ability to manage: E-mail, files, backup, FTP, scripts, etc. Gives you access to site statistics What is cPanel? CPanel is a fully featured web-based control panel that allows you to manage your domain through a web interface. The idea is to transfer much of the control and responsibility of managing your web site to you, the CS Officer. You have the ability to manage all aspects of e-mail, files, backup, FTP, CGI scripts, and web site statistics. 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

How to gain access to cPanel Must have website access privileges webmaster username/password Enter your unit’s URL with a colon and the numbers 2082 in the browser address (e.g. http://a1300509.uscgaux.info:2082) A sign-on screen will appear To gain access to cPanel You must have access privileges of your department website. A Username and Password is required and is the same username/password your webmaster uses to gain access to the National Web Server. The access URL will be your unit’s URL with a colon and the numbers 2082. (Example: http://a1300509.uscgaux.info:2082) 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

How to gain access to cPanel Sign-on Screen will appear Enter in your Username and Password Then click OK button and the cPanel Screen will appear The Sign-on Screen Enter in your Username: ____________ Enter in your Password: ____________ When you gain access to your cPanel, you'll see a screen (see next slide) 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel The cPanel Screen The cPanel Screen The number of icons is determined by the access level your website has been given. For this tutorial, we will be focusing on how to setup your MAIL Services, so we will only discuss this Mail Section of CPanel. For more information about CPanel and its other features scroll down on the main page and the last item of the left column is 'Documentation: Click to view'. If you click on 'Click to view' you will be linked to a short CPanel User's Manual. Next slide… 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

Details of the cPanel Screen Home & Logout (upper right corner) Version of cPanel Set a Contact e-mail address Contact e-mail address Exploring the cPanel Screen In the upper right corner is the Home and LOGOUT buttons. Use these hyperlinks to either return to the main cPanel screen or Logout of cPanel. The current version of cPanel loaded on the National Web Server is version 10. All Auxiliary websites that reside on the National Web Server must have a contact e-mail. If your contact email address hasn’t been set, please do so. Once the contact e-mail Address has been set, then the Web Server Administrator can sent administrative messages to that unit’s contact person. 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

General Account Information Items of note: Disk Space Usage Disk Space Available Email Accounts Email Forwarders General Account Information There is much information in the General Account Information box, but the items of interest to the CS Officer are the Disk Space Usage, Disk Space Available, Email Accounts and the Email Forwarders. We will discuss each one of these in detail. 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

General Server Information Note the cPanel Documentation Link (Bottom) General Server Information The cPanel Documentation link is at the bottom of this information list. “Click to View” 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel Main Icon Area Icon access to the many cPanel features Of interest to most CS Officer are: Mail, File Manager, Disk Space Usage and Web/FTP Stats Mail Icon Area Click on various icons to gain access to the many cPanel’s features Of interest to most CS Officer are: Mail, File Manager, Disk Space Usage and Web/FTP Stats We’ll discuss the cPanel Mail features in this presentation. 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel cPanel Mail Click on the Mail icon The Mail Manager Main Menu appear cPanel Mail Click on the mail icon to open the Mail Manager Main Menu Note there are nine additional links to various mail features. 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel Mail Manager Main Menu Let’s go thru each menu item… Mail Manager Main Menu We’ll take each feature one at a time. 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel cPanel Web Mail Web Mail You’ll see icons for NeoMail, horde and SquirrelMail These are different versions of “Web Based” email and are normally not used because of the Web Server room these systems take up. cPanel Web Mail Web Mail You’ll see icons for NeoMail, horde and SquirrelMail. These are different versions of “Web Based” email and are normally not used because of the Web Server room these systems take up. Because of the limited web server space for each unit, use of a web-based email is not recommended. 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

Mail Account Maintenance This is where mail account are created and deleted At the bottom of the menu is the link to add an account or back out of a menu Mail Account Maintenance This is where mail account are created and deleted At the bottom of the menu is the link to add an account or back out of the menu Next, we will add an account 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

Mail Account Maintenance Here is a list of email accounts created to serve this flotilla It’s recommended that email names parallel job titles, such as fc, vfc, cs, etc Later on we will setup mail forwarding using these email names. Mail Account Maintenance Here is a list of email accounts created to serve this flotilla It’s recommended that email names parallel job titles, such as fc, vfc, cs, etc Later on we will setup mail forwarding using these email names. Note some of the features such as aging, quota, and configure Outlook. Due to limitations of time, these feature can be read about in the cPanel documentation. 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel Mail Auto-responder Listing of various auto-responders On this list is an auto-responder for an info@a1300509.uscgaux.info email address. Let see what that auto-response message says… Mail Auto-responder Listing of various auto-responders On this list is an auto-responder for an info@a1300509.uscgaux.info email address. Let see what that auto-response message says… {click next slide} 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel Mail Auto-responder Mail Auto-responder {Look at the slide and review some of the fields} A version of this message will be immediately sent back to the emailer. 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel Mail Filtering With email filtering, you can: Filter incoming email which have specific words, addresses or You can you automatic filtering such as SpamAssassin See documentation for further info Mail Filtering With email filtering, you can: Filter incoming email what have specific words, addresses or You can you automatic filtering such as SpamAssassin See documentation for further info 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel Email Forwarding Email forwarding is used to send “auxiliary job title” emails to a member’s personal email account This prevents spammers from obtaining personal email addresses When a new members takes an elected or staff position, the forwarding is easy to update and no website changes are necessary. Email Forwarding {This feature is widely used by the CS officer} Email forwarding is used to send “auxiliary job title” emails to a member’s personal email account This prevents spammers from obtaining personal email addresses When a new members takes an elected or staff position, the forwarding is easy to update and no website changes are necessary. 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel Email Mailing List The email mailing list feature gives the user the ability to send an email, with one address, to a selected group within that unit. The CS staff officer creates these mailing lists An example could be: All-Staff, FL59 Ops Staff, etc. Email Mailing List The email mailing list feature gives the user the ability to send an email, with one address, to a selected group. The CS staff officer creates these mailing lists An example could be: All-Staff, FL59 Ops Staff, etc. 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel Email Other Features SpamAssassin Sets up this feature if used. Used to control incoming spam. BoxTrapper Used to create a “white list” or “good-guy list” If not on the “white list” forces emailer to reply to a verification email Email Address Trace Used to trace incoming emails by address headers Email Other Features SpamAssassin Sets up this feature if used. Used to control incoming spam. BoxTrapper Used to create a “white list” or “good-guy list” If not on the “white list” forces emailer to reply to a verification email Email Address Trace Used to trace incoming emails by address headers 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

Various other cPanel Features Too many to discuss in this limited presentation Most used by CS officers are: Disk Space Usage Web/FTP Stats And at times, File Manager See cPanel documentation for these other features Various other cPanel Features Too many to discuss in this limited presentation Most used by CS officers are: Disk Space Usage Web/FTP Stats And at times, File Manager See cPanel documentation for these other features 2/23/2019 See the CS Guide for further information about cPanel

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