This one’s for the mac users out there who want to publish your iCal but don’t want to pay $100.00 a year for such a basic service.

Before I start I must mention that Google Calendar is much better for people who need multiple people publishing to the same calendar.  If you just want to have clients and/ or co-workers view your iCal calendar on their iCal then this will work great for you.

1.  Go to http://box.net and sign up for a free account.  It’s super fast and easy!

2.  Open iCal

3.  Right click on the calendar you want to publish and select “Publish”.

4.  Check the appropriate boxes according to what you would like to publish and select “Private Server”

5.  Enter https://www.box.net/dav/Documents as the base URL and use your box.net email login and password for the login and password fields.  Sometimes this wont work.  In that case either get rid of “https” and just use “http” or use “https://www.box.net/dav” instead of “https://www.box.net/dav/Documents”

6.  Press “Publish”

7.  To send the calendar to your colleagues you can right click on the calendaer and press “Send Publish Email” .  Make sure you give them your email and password.  You may want to use a password that is not the same as your other accounts and keep the box.net account empty of any private info.

8.  Sit back and relax knowing you just saved $100.00!

I recently published an article on Biznik titled How To: Choose a Web Host. Take a look and hopefully it will help you make a more informed decision!

You will often find yourself needing to check your email but for whatever reason you do not have access to your computer.  This is where the beauty of webmail comes in!  Just open up your browser and you can read your most current emails online.

Creation-1 Hosting Clients:

1.  Open up your browser.

2. Type in webmail.yourdomain.com

3. Your username is your email address.

4.  Your password is the same password you used to set up your email account.

5.  Press the “Log In” button

6. Check your email

Genus Customers:

1.  Open up your browser.

2. Type in mail.yourdomain.com

3. Your username is your email address.

4.  Your password is the same password you used to set up your email account.

5.  Press the “Login” button

6. Check your email

Notes:

Your default email program is what decides how early emails are deleted from the server.  Emails that are not on the server are likely archived on your computer.  These settings can be adjusted on your personal computer.  Also, Please use Firefox and save yourself a headache.

• Your domain name -example.com
• Your Email address username@example.com
• Your email password.

Here’s What To Do:

1. Open Apple Mail.
2. From the Mail menu, choose Preferences.

3. Click the Accounts button and click on + button at the bottom.

4. Perform the following steps:

• Select POP3 the Account Type drop down.
• Enter Account Description as you want it to appear.
• Enter your Full Name as you want it to appear.
• Enter your full email address username@mt-example.com in the Email address: field.
• Click on Continue

5. Fill in the following fields:

• Enter mail.mt-example.com in the Incoming mail (POP3) server: field.
• Enter your full email address username@mt-example.com in the User Name field.
• Enter your email password in the Password: field
• Click on Continue

6. For Authentication drop down choose Password and click on Continue

7. Perform the following steps:

• Select mail.mt-example.com in the Outgoing mail server: field.
• Make sure to check mark the Use Authentication check box.
• Enter your full email address username@mt-example.com in the User Name field.
• Enter your email password in the Password: field
• Click on the Continue button.

NOTE: Keep in mind that many Internet service providers force you to use their Outgoing mail server.  if mail.your-domain.com is ineffective,  Contact your internet service provider or search online to find out what the Outgoing mail server address is.

8. Close the Accounts window, and click the Save button.
Congratulations, you have finished setting up your email account!