Merkury Consulting

I have posted help on the Outlook Express© {versions 5 and 4} email settings. I promise there will be more as time allows me to create them. HOWEVER, feel free to email the Wizard of AHS with any questions you may have and you shall receive a prompt reply. Always happy to help {grins}.

For FTP Utilities, Merkury uses and recommends Ace FTP.

By popular demand, here is where the Wiz goes to generate numeric conversions. RGB conversion assistant.

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To set up email settings for a merkury.com account:

{ user_name@merkury.com }

1. Open your MicroSoft© Outlook Express program.

2. Click on 'Tools' located on the top Menu Bar. {Click on 'View' in ver 4}

3. Click on 'Accounts'

4. Click on the 'Add' button near upper right of the new pop-up window then click on mail {you will see it}. You will be asked to enter a name for the new account. Enter mail.merkury.com

You are then asked to enter your email address. This is your user name followed by @merkury.com {user_name@merkury.com}

The next screen will ask you to set up the pop3 information. Don't panic! Enter mail.merkury.com in both the 'incoming' and the 'outgoing' boxes. Remember, Merkury is your messenger {bigger grins}.

NOTE: 'Outgoing DISCLAIMER

The next screen will ask you for an "Account name" and "Password". This IS your user name {your email address WITHOUT the @merkury.com} and your current password. Lost your password? Give us a holler and we will send you a temporary password.

5. Click on Finish.

If you wish to see if the account info is correct or you need to change an item, click on the 'Properties' button before closing the Accounts window and you should see a window like the one below and on the left. Clicking on the 'Server' tab should give a display similar to the window below on right.

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All the rest should be all right if left at their default settings. You're ready to receive mail. Does it work? Test it by sending yourself an email using your new merkury email address {user_name@merkury.com} Well done!

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Replacing the index.html file using FTP

Try this: Either rename or even delete the existing index.html file currently on the server and then upload your revised version of index.html. IF there exists a file named index.htm, it should also be deleted.

If, after hitting the refresh on your browser and possibly even restarting the browser, you still see no change, please contact Wiz.

IF you see a listing of all your files, check to see if index.html exists. A second cause is the extension. As mentioned earlier, the opening page should be named index.html. Some HTML editors use just htm. The browser will display the first page it finds that fits the address. Hence, it will display index.htm first because it never looks for the last letter. It found what you asked it to find {grins}.

Also, in order to replace any html file, there must be an edit made to it. Even the addition or deletion of a period or a space will make the file different than the one currently posted. The reason why no edit is needed on a graphic files but it is on html files is because of their format. Graphic files are binary format and html files are ASCII format. Why must there be a change? You can not replace the file with the exact same file. The system is smart enough to know that it would be a waste of time {grins} A.I. {Artificial Intelligence}

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You probably have a virus if…


The symptoms in the bulleted list below are rarely caused by anything except a virus, so if you detect any of these issues on an end user's PC, you should feel confident in suspecting virus infection.

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Clay Heitman, Owner - Merkury Consulting

Wizard of DOS, WebMaster for Merkury Consulting