Domain Registration: For Webmasters.com hosting customers, registration and annual renewal fee for one .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, .us, .us.vu, .uk.vu, .us.fm, .uk.fm, .web.st, or .tv.st domain per account shall be refunded when a hosting account for that domain is first opened, and is subsequently renewed each year. If a domain is transferred after a hosting account is opened, the refund shall only be applied upon renewal of the hosting account.

Global Compatibility: We host all top level domain names including .com, .net, .org, .tv, .us, .info, .biz, .co.uk, .ca, .com.au, .de, .fr, .il, .it, etc.. Each account includes a fully delegated primary and secondary DNS server. Our DNS setup is accepted by domain registries such as .au and .ru who check DNS configurations prior to processing any changes, so DNS transfers are accepted on the first try. There is no charge to transfer your existing domain from another host.

Unlimited Subdomains: There is no limit on the number of subdomains (sub.domain.com) that can be set up. Subdomains can be created and managed with our web based Subdomain Manager which also enables each Subdomain to be forwarded to any external URL, IP Address, or local webpage. Each subdomain also includes real time traffic statistics.

DNS Management: Our online control panel enables real time management of all DNS records such as NS, A, CNAME, and MX. This utility provides root access to the actual DNS zone file for easy editing.

Wildcard DNS: Our DNS Manager supports Wildcard DNS entries for instantly enabling all inactive subdomains.

SPF Record: SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is the new protocol for identifying forged email senders. Each domain hosted on our DNS platform includes a default SPF record in its DNS zone file to ensure mail delivery to SPF enabled mail servers.

Private Label DNS: Our system allows you to use your own domain as a DNS server (i.e. ns1.yourname.com and ns2.yourname.com) for other domains you own as well as your primary domain itself.

POP3 Mailboxes: Each account includes unlimited POP3 mailboxes. For example, info@yourname.com,  john@yourname.com, sales@yourname.com, etc.. Each mailbox can have its own password for retrieving messages. POP3 mailboxes on our servers can be set up to receive mail and forward it at the same time. All email administration is done through our online control panel.

Mail Forwarding: The mail forwarding feature allows you to forward all incoming messages to a specially configured mailbox (alias) to another email address within or outside of your domain. For example, suppose you are the only person receiving mail for your website, but you would like 5 separate email addresses (info@domain.com, sales@domain.com, joe@domain.com, etc.), you can set up one mailbox called "info" and set up the other aliases to be forwarded to that mailbox automatically. This way you would only need to check the main "info" mailbox for messages.

There is no limit on the number of Mail Forwarding Aliases.

Mail Groups: Mail groups are designed to receive email at one central mailbox and then have it forwarded to a designated group of internal or external mailboxes.

There is no limit on the number of Mail Groups.

Autoresponders: Autoresponders automatically send a selected reply upon receipt of each incoming message. Any mailbox including catch-all and forwarded can have an autoresponder enabled. The Autoresponder Manager allows creation and management of multiple autoresponders.

There is no limit on the number of Autoresponders.

Email SSL Encryption: Our mail servers support secure SSL encryption for both POP and SMTP connections, enabling sending and receiving email via secure SSL. This feature ensures HIPAA compliance for secure email.

Catch All Mailbox: A Catch All Mailbox is a default mailbox that receives messages addressed to any non-existent mailbox and forwards them to a designated address. For example, if a message is sent to inf@yourname.com instead of info@yourname.com, you would still receive that message.

Mail Bouncer: By default mail to all non-existent recipients is rejected by the server. We have developed an extremely efficient method of rejecting such mail, as our server first checks for the existence of a recipient's mailbox when the sending mail server first attempts to make an SMTP connection. If both the specified and catch-all mailboxes do not exist at the recipient's domain, our server rejects the incoming connection with an error message that says, "User does not exist". This causes the sending mail server to terminate its connection, and send a failure notice to the sender containing our server's error message. This system not only reduces Spam, as it lets Spammers know that we do not accept connections with random addresses, but also greatly increases server performance, as our server processes and sends out less mail.

IMAP / IMAP SSL: IMAP is a method of accessing email messages on a server without having to download them to your local hard drive. The advantage of using an IMAP mail server is that users can check their mail from multiple computers and always see the same messages. This is because the messages stay on the server until the user chooses to download them to his or her local drive. Most webmail systems are IMAP based, which allows people to access to both their sent and received messages no matter what computer they use to check their mail. For added security, our IMAP server supports SSL connections.

Spam Filter: Our proprietary Spam Filter provides control over email delivery at the server level by automatically deleting unwanted email messages containing Spam and virus attachments. The advantage of a server side Spam Filter is that unwanted mail is deleted directly on the server without ever having to be downloaded. There are 7 parameters for filtering Spam: From Address, To Address, To Host, Cc Address, Headers, Message Subject, and Message Body, plus a Virus Attachment filter. Each filter can have its own set of rules for deleting messages containing a certain combination of characters.

The "White List" feature provides the ability to have a list of names, addresses, domain names, or any alphanumeric string of characters which forces the  delivery of messages containing any entry on that list in various pre-defined places, thus bypassing the Spam Filter entirely. The "Notify Sender Of Non Delivery" option automatically notifies senders of messages rejected for Spam that their message was not delivered, along with the reason why, and a secure link for using a trusted, web based email client to re-send it without filtering. This ensures that no message gets deleted without notice, and since Spammers mostly use forged return addresses which cannot receive replies, legitimate senders will get the ability to have their messages delivered regardless of content. For added reliability, each account can also create a "Spam" mailbox which will store all messages rejected by the Spam Filter for 72 hours.

Anti Virus Protection: In addition to basic Anti Virus checking which is part of our Spam Filter, we use a powerful anti virus email scanning software across our entire network of mail servers to block incoming or outgoing messages which contain a known virus. This solution reduces mail server processing load by over 25%, and decreases the chances of receiving or sending an email virus.

Outgoing Mail Server: All accounts include an unrestricted, password protected SMTP mail server to send outgoing mail to and from any domain or email address.

Webmail: Our full featured webmail client is designed for high volume users. It's proprietary mail processing engine is optimized for speed and efficiency, with the ability to access and display thousands of messages in seconds. Click here for our full list of Email Features.

The following are most of the popular features included in the latest release:

• Support for over 25,000 messages in each folder with loading and search speeds of 5 seconds or less.
• Ability to access or download email from multiple POP accounts.
• Automatic email retrieval capability at designated time intervals.
• Messages can be accessed and managed directly on a POP mail server without downloading.
• Ability to use external SMTP mail servers for sending email.
• Sending and receiving messages securely with SSL encryption.
• Ability to use any From and Reply-To address.
• Multiple message folders with an unlimited nested directory tree (subfolders inside folders).
• Sent and deleted folder for automatic storage.
• Flagged folder with direct access to all flagged messages.
• Templates and Drafts folder for frequently used message templates and saved drafts.
• Spam folder for direct access to the spam mailbox.
• Ability to store sent-to addresses in the Address Book and/or White List.
• Support for delete key and up and down arrows for scrolling through messages.
• Ability to display messages in a resizable bottom or side frame, or in a whole window.
• Ability to open messages automatically when scrolling through the message list.
• Messages can be moved or copied between local folders or to and from the POP server.
• Message filters for sorting incoming mail, automatically opening all folders with new messages.
• Ability to mark messages as read, unread, or flagged.
• Time stamping of answered and forwarded messages.
• Ability to selectively display answered, unanswered, forwarded, priority, and flagged messages.
• Advanced search capability, including search by date, words in addresses, subject, body, attachments, etc.
• Real time message download indicator, displaying the progress of each message being downloaded.
• Separate logins for every POP3 account holder.
• Expanded capability for handling multiple large file attachments.
• Ability to selectively forward multiple attachments without opening or downloading them.
• Ability to forward multiple messages as attachments.
• Sorting of messages by From address, Subject, Date, as well as attachment, priority or flagged status.
• Sorting functions can be performed in ascending or descending order.
• Audio alert option for new incoming messages.
• Full featured spell checker with suggestions, and custom dictionary for word exclusion.
• Ability to include full HTML messages when replying.
• Address book with unlimited entries, advanced search, seamless import and export from and to Outlook's address book.
• Auto complete option for To, Cc or Bcc fields when sending.
• Ability to add all From, To, and Cc addresses of incoming or outgoing messages to the address book with one click.
• Multiple signatures, image based stationery library, notepad, and calculator.
• Automatically converts links and email addresses in messages into clickable hyperlinks.
• Automatic return receipt feature for messages requesting a return receipt.
• Support for multiple MIME encoding types when sending or displaying messages.
• Ability to add senders, recipients, or any other contact directly to the Spam Filter White List.
• Mailbox users have direct access to their own Spam Rules and Spam folder.
• Messages in any local mailbox can be instantly restored from backup.
• PGP encryption / decryption utility.
• The ability to back up and restore all settings and messages through FTP.
• Support for most browsers including IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, iPhone, Android, etc..
• No advertising in incoming or outgoing messages.

With the latest 4Mail release, we hope to finally bridge the gap between webmail and the traditional PC based email client, providing a fast, reliable and efficient email system accessible from any PC or mobile device with a web browser and Internet connection.

Click here for a live demo.

Mail Server Monitoring: One of the biggest complaints about the shared hosting environment is email. Since there are multiple users who share a single mail server, if one user decides to send 10,000 or more outgoing messages using any of the multitude of tools at their disposal. all users will experience mail delays of 3 hours or more. If 100,000 or more messages are sent, that delay can become as high as 12 hours. The conventional method of dealing with such a situation is to purge the mail server queue as soon as a mail delay complaint is received and verified. Although this does eliminate the delay for some time, it permanently deletes all outgoing and some incoming messages for all users, resulting in loss of some or all email processed during that time. To prevent the above from happening, we have developed a special function in our proprietary ProcessWatch™ server side management utility to constantly monitor the mail server message queue, and automatically detect, and purge large volumes of outgoing email from a single source (over 5,000 messages from one sender) which would have otherwise created a significant delay in delivery. If any such violation occurs, both the sender and our security staff is instantly notified to prevent future problems. This utility can also selectively purge any outgoing message(s) from the mail server without shutting it down or affecting normal mail delivery. The end result is a lightning fast, and reliable mail server, with virtually no chance of mail loss.

Unlimited FTP Access: FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is used to transfer files and web pages to and from the web server. You can upload or download files to and from your website 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from anywhere in the world.

FTP Accounts We offer four types of FTP accounts, Standard, Anonymous, Root, and Local. There is no limit to how many FTP accounts can be created. Standard FTP accounts get space outside the root web, and can be accessed on the web at yourname.com/~account, while Local FTP accounts can access selected directories inside the root web. The Root FTP account shares access to the Root web with the main admin.

Secure FTP (SSL): Our servers fully support secure FTP connections via SSL. During a secure FTP connection, all data being transferred to and from the server is encrypted. This feature complies with HIPAA requirements for transaction privacy and security, as it provides a secure way of transferring files.

Auto Resume FTP: Our FTP servers are configured to automatically resume interrupted file uploads and downloads, so instead of transferring the entire file again after a session has been closed prematurely, only the unsent portion is transferred.

Anonymous FTP: Anonymous FTP provides a separate folder that is shared by all users of a domain and does not require a password for logging in. We offer two types of Anonymous FTP Accounts, Basic Anonymous and True Anonymous. The difference between the two is the user name that is used for accessing the Anonymous directory. Under Basic Anonymous, the user name us the letter "a" followed by the main account user name (i.e. auser). Under True Anonymous, the user name is simply "anonymous". True Anonymous FTP requires a Unique IP address.

MySQL Databases: MySQL is a fast, full featured SQL database built specifically for web applications. Our Database Admin utility enables the creation and management of unlimited MySQL databases. Each database can have a unique user name and password for maximum security and flexibility. Both local and remote database connections are supported through the following languages: PHP, ASP, and Perl. You also have complete control with features like creating, altering, renaming, and dropping tables, as well as selecting, inserting, and updating records. The data file upload feature allows uploading data directly into the database. Dumping (importing) tables and data from SQL text files is also supported.  Also included is a recovery feature which enables an entire database or individual tables to be restored from the previous day's backup with a click of a button.
Note: PHP 7 (New 4Admin™) accounts use MariaDB which is MySQL compatible and the worthy successory to MySQL by the original MySQL developers.

FrontPage Extensions (Legacy only): We support FrontPage® versions 2002, 2000, 98 and 97 on our Legacy platform. Functions such as publish, form submission and validation, site search, counter, discussion web, and others are fully supported.

Private CGI-Bin: The CGI-Bin (Common Gateway Interface) directory is used for executing server side applications. Each website on our servers has its own cgi-bin directory.

Supported CGI Languages:  Perl, C++, Python, and Tcl/Tk.

Perl: Perl is one of the first full featured server side scripting languages which can connect to a database. Our servers come with mod_perl for faster execution, and most common Perl modules such as LWP, DBI, DBD::mysql, CGI.pm and many others are pre-installed. Our servers are configured to execute Perl scripts from any directory, not just cgi-bin. Perl scripts must end in .pl or .cgi to be recognized by the server.

PHP: PHP is an advanced server side scripting language that can be embedded directly into HTML. PHP is similar in syntax to JavaScript, and does not require optional components to perform advanced tasks, as does ASP. PHP scripts can be placed in any directory within a web, and can connect to any SQL database.
Our New 4Admin™ platform is currently running: PHP 7+ with Apache 2.4
Our Legacy servers are currently running PHP 5.3 with Apache 2.2 (non CGI), PHP 4.4.9, or 5.2.17 as a CGI binary (on Apache 1).

ASP (Legacy only): ASP (Active Server Pages) is a server side scripting language developed by Microsoft that can be embedded into HTML, and is similar in syntax to Visual Basic. ASP scripts can be placed in any directory within a web and can connect to a database. We are currently running Sun / Chilisoft ASP Version 3.6.2 with the following components: ASP Mail and ASP Upload. ASP scripts must end in .asp to be recognized by the server.

ColdFusion (Legacy only): ColdFusion (ColdFusion Markup Language or CFML) is one of the earlier server side scripting languages originally developed by Allaire, and later acquired by Macromedia. CFML can be embedded into HTML like PHP and ASP, however it has some limitations. We are currently running ColdFusion Express Version 4.5. ColdFusion files must end in .cfm to be recognized by the server.

Ruby On Rails: Ruby On Rails is a full-stack framework for developing database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern. From the Ajax in the view, to the request and response in the controller, to the domain model wrapping the database, Rails gives you a pure-Ruby development environment. To go live, all you need to add is a database and a web server. We support Ruby On Rails version 1.2.3 / 1.8.5 with FastCGI.

SSI: SSI (Server Side Includes) enables the web server to execute commands placed into HTML documents. SSI works best for displaying date and time, merging documents, click counters, last modified date, and other simple server side functions. SSI is also used to include CGI scripts into HTML documents. SSI files must have a .shtml extension.

SSL: SSL encryption allows the use of digital certificates to securely transmit encrypted data over the Internet. Secure web pages inspire confidence from visitors, especially when transmitting confidential financial information such as credit card numbers. A Unique IP address must be purchased separately to avoid the "untrusted certificate" warning displayed by most web browsers.
* We offer free, Let's Encrypt SSL certificates on our PHP 7 servers!

NTP: NTP (Network Time Protocol) synchronizes the server's internal clock with a public time server for accuracy. This ensures that email time stamps, file last modified dates, and scripts always have the most correct time.

Scheduled Scripts: Using Linux's Crontab utility, this feature enables automatic execution of CGI scripts written in Perl, Python or C++ at regularly scheduled intervals (PHP and ASP (Legacy only) scripts can also be executed by using a specially formatted Perl redirect script). For example, if you have a script that sends an email newsletter each month, instead of manually running the program, it could be scheduled  to run at midnight, on the first day of each month. This option also includes a web based Crontab Manager for real time updates.

Helix DNA(Legacy only): Helix DNA streaming media server enables true audio and video streaming for the following file formats:

   RealAudio/RealVideo (.rm, .ra, .rv)
   MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 (.mp3)

Darwin Streaming Server: The Darwin Streaming Server enables true audio and video streaming for the following file formats:

   QuickTime Movie (.mov)
   MPEG-4 (.mp4)
   3GPP (.3gp)

Storage Directory: Each account includes a storage directory outside the public web folder for private storage. Files in the Storage directory cannot be accessed from a web browser, and are uploaded with FTP or our web based file manager.

Accelerated Page Loads: Our web servers are configured to automatically compress most files prior to sending them to the browser. This accelerates page loads by up to 80% and considerably reduces bandwidth usage. For example an 80KB file would load as fast as a 16KB file, and use that much less bandwidth.

Enhanced Web Security: To protect against formmail spam attacks, forum hacking, guestbook spamming, site defacements, and other malicious exploits, our web servers run a custom configured security module to detect and stop such attacks. Once a new exploit is discovered, our security team updates the security configurations of all servers within minutes with new rules to prevent similar attacks.

Custom Operating System: Our custom Linux operating system, built on the Debian platform, was assembled one component at a time by our experienced Unix/C developers with a sole purpose of running web applications as securely and efficiently as possible. For higher security, no unneeded components or ports are used, and each service is monitored and micromanaged from within the server in real time to detect any type of misuse. Permissions are carefully set for all system files to prevent unauthorized use. Resources are also constantly monitored to maintain acceptable load levels. OS level updates are done on each server using Debian's "apt-get" feature which automatically retrieves the updated packages from their designated online repositories, and installs them in real time. This enables us to install OS security patches system wide as they become available.

Control Panel: Our online control panel gives you complete, real time control of the administration of your website. You can add, edit, and delete mailboxes, email aliases, and mail groups, set up mail forwarding, create secure directories, change your password, manage auto responders, view statistics, send and receive web based email, administer your database, and update your contact information.

For a live demo, please click here

Auto Installer: Our exclusive, easy to use utility was designed to automatically install popular open source web applications into your website at the click of a button, without having to manually download and upload distribution packages, change configuration files, create and upload databases, rename files, or change file and directory permissions. We have done the legwork of making sure each application will work as expected when installed on our server, so that all you will have to do is use it. Each installer module also includes an "Uninstall" feature, and documentation for the application being installed.

File Manager: Our SimpleHTML™ web based file management tool lets you easily manage your web files from your browser without having any special software. Features include a powerful HTML editor with advanced table creation tools, creating, deleting, and renaming files or directories, uploading, editing, moving and copying files or directories, and cgi script configuration (chmod). The advanced Perl syntax checker debugging tool finds and displays errors with exact line numbers for any Perl script.

For a live demo, please click here (login, and then go to File Manager)

Instant Backup Recovery: Individual files or directories with all of their contents (including your entire website) can be restored from our backup archive in real time using our file manager. There is no limit to the number of times data can be restored from backup.

Instant Upload/Preview: To avoid downtime, you can use FTP or our web based File Manager to upload your website immediately without waiting for your domain name to be pointed to our servers. You can also view your website using our Alternate URL system prior to your domain name transfer in order to make sure it is set up properly. FTP host and alternate URL info is emailed at the time each account is activated.

Image Manager: The Image Manager provides basic image manipulation functions such as Resize, Crop, Text Labeling, Line Drawing, New Image Creation, as well as Image Optimization for faster downloads. Supported image formats are JPEG, GIF, and PNG.

Protected Directories: Access to any directory under your domain can be password protected using our online control panel. Pages in password protected directories can only be accessed online by authorized users. You can set up as many user names and passwords as you need. You can also use a .htaccess file to manually protect any directory.

Custom Error Pages: You can create your own custom error page that will be displayed when visitors try to access non-existent web pages within your domain. Custom error pages are activated by designating special error handling files through our control panel for common web server error messages, such as errors 400, 403, 404, 500, 501 and 507.

Archive Manager: This tool enables making compressed (.tar.gz) files to instantly backup an entire website or selected directories. Archive files can then be stored and or downloaded at any time through our File Manager, FTP or FrontPage.

Index Manager: This feature allows Directory Browsing to be enabled or disabled for each directory. If enabled, Directory Browsing displays the contents of directories not having an index page.

Traffic Blocking: There are 4 components to our Traffic Blocking utility:

• Blocking By IP
• Blocking By Referring Domain
• Blocking by User Agent (browser type)
• Blocking By Country.

The IP Blocking feature blocks specified IP's from accessing your website. IP Blocking is used to block unwanted or malicious traffic such as email (spam) harvesters or denial of service (DoS) attacks. Domain Blocking denies entry to visitors who clicked on a link from a specified web page (referring URL) to get to your website. Blocking by User Agent blocks access from any browser type. Finally, Country Blocking blocks traffic from selected countries.

Hotlink Protection: This feature prevents external websites from linking directly to your image or media files. Hotlink Protection can be enabled for directories containing image or media files to conserve bandwidth and protect copyrighted material. Functions include the ability to select file types to protect, and allowing certain domains to Hotlink despite the protection being enabled.

Network Tools: This utility performs network and DNS troubleshooting. Functions include Ping, Traceroute, Dig, Nslookup, Host, Whois, and the IP Whois which locates the ownership of any IP address from around the world.

MIME Types: We support most MIME types by default. Additional MIME types can be set up instantly with our online Mime Manager.

PHP Manager: Our proprietary, browser based PHP Manager controls over 40 global PHP configurations for each domain and is PHP version specific. Configuration settings include safe_mode, asp_tags, register_globals, session.auto_start, track_errors, magic_quotes_gpc, and many others. It also enables PHP to be set to parse regular HTML pages ending in .htm and .html as PHP scripts. This is useful when trying to get search engines to index dynamically created pages.

.htaccess files: In addition to using our control panel for common web server configurations, we also support manual configurations such as custom error pages, password protected directories, and MIME Types through Apache .htaccess files. .htaccess files can be edited in real time through our web based File Manager.

HTML Analyzer: This tool analyzes HTML pages to help optimize search engine positioning, and provide a better visitor experience. Key elements of analysis are Load Time, Spelling, Keywords, Meta Tags, and Links.

RSS Manager (Legacy only): This utility enables finding, displaying, and managing RSS feeds. After a feed is found, it can be configured to be displayed on any webpage by pasting one line of JavaScript code. This allows news feeds and other syndicated content to be added in minutes without any programming.

CMS: We have several types of Content Management Systems (CMS), which provide simple but powerful tools to easily create and update the content of your website without knowing HTML or having any web design skills.

WordPress: WordPress is a fully automatic blogging engine which enables blogs to be set up in minutes and updated without having any web design skills. The blogs are hosted directly on your main URL which increase search engine visibility.

Advanced Statistics: All traffic related data is compiled and presented it in an easy to read graphic format available in English, French, Spanish, German and Dutch. Data compiled includes the number of visitors, referring sites and search engines, keywords used to find your site, originating IP of each visitor, number of visits to each page, historic trends, duration of visit, and more. All statistics data is archived, and is instantly accessible by hour, day, week, month or year.

Our proprietary Latest Visitors feature provides a real time "visitors online" counter with a detailed list of the last 50 visitors' IP numbers, referring URLs, pages accessed and browser types, along with a total unique visitor count for that day, number of visitors in the last hour, hourly trend, and the expected number of visitors before 12am. All page accesses and subsequent returns (or reloads) to any webpage for any single IP address in a 24 hour period is counted as one unique visitor. So the number of daily unique visitors is a true representation of the actual number of visitors, and is considered the industry standard for measuring traffic.

Each account includes a special statistics login screen with an optional alternative password to access the statistics page. This enables third parties like advertisers or SEO professionals to view your statistics without gaining access to the rest of your control panel functions.

Server Status Report: Each account has the ability to view a real time Server Status Report which displays uptime information, load averages, and the status of all services running on the server.

Access To Raw Logs: Raw log files for each account can be viewed or downloaded at anytime via our web based Log Manager or FTP. Analyzing raw log data may be useful for identifying traffic patterns, debugging errors or monitoring FTP users. Logs available in raw format are the Access Log, Error Log, and FTP Log.

Log Archiving: Access Log files can be set to be automatically archived. When this feature is enabled, each day's log file is stored in the /logs/archive directory, and can be downloaded for analysis at any time. All daily archived log files can be merged into a single file if needed for use with a third party statistics program.