The requested URL was not found on this server"The requested URL /file.html was not found on this server. Apache/1.3.14 Server at www.yourdomain.com Port 80".
Does that look familiar? If you've ever accidentally tried to access a page that doesn't exist, possibly by following an outdated link or by misspelling the name of the page, you've probably seen something like the above appear on your screen. You might have attempted to correct the error by checking the URL for mistakes, but it is even more likely that you just clicked "Back" and returned where you came from, never visiting the site again.
For a surfer, encountering a "404 page" is a nuisance. For a webmaster, they can be far more problematic, causing a reduction in traffic which in turn means losing a part of the precious advertising revenues or sales the site's life depends on. You can minimize the amount of 404 errors by periodically checking your pages for broken links, but it is impossible to get completely rid of them. So, what can you do?
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Getting the most out of your mail accountEmail is the lifeline of any online business, offering a cost effective method of communication over the Internet. If you have an online presence and/or business it is essential that you have your own mail server - a mail server is a site on the web where you can have your own personal mail box. With a mail server you can send and receive mail to just about anyone on the Internet. However there is a lot more to having a mail account then just sending and receiving mail, such as auto-responders, forwarders, aliases, mailing lists and catch all mailboxes.
Aliases Make sure that you can set up as many aliases as you like with your ISP. An alias is another name for an email address or a number of addresses. Many ISP allow you to have multiple aliases such as sales@yourdomain.com and support@yourdomain.com.
Auto-responders An auto-responder is an automatically generated email message that provides static information to the recipient. For example, if an email is sent to one of your email addresses an email will be sent automatically to the sender of the email.
Forwarders Make sure you check with your ISP that you can set up forwarders. Forwarding is where different aliases can be forwarded to one or more email addresses. For example, if you have the email address info@yourdomain.com, you can set up a forwarder so that all emails sent to info@yourdomain.com are forwarded to your other email address sales@yourdomain.com.
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