Welcome to our new clients!

Thanks to all of you who may have contacted Kris Gowen last week to offer assistance for her Hurricane Katrina related project. In particular, I'd like to thank Eddie from Interspire for his kind offer of a copy of ArticleLive for the project! 

We have set Kris up with a hosting account and we look forward to seeing the site launched soon!

New competition!

Last month's competition was a great success, so we thought we'd run another, with prizes contributed by Rafael from Xtreeme Software.

The prizes:

Add a DHTML menu to your web site within a few minutes with DHTML Menu Studio Professional! The program comes with a stack of predefined designs and supports easy integration with existing web sites. No HTML / JavaScript knowledge required!

Click here for entry details

- Michael Bloch
mbloch@thinkhost.com

- Ilya Devyatovskiy 
idevyatovsky@thinkhost.com
 

Do you have a Smart Essentials account or higher? Download free web templates!

If you would like to make use of these templates, please contact us via the support system with your user name and email address you registered with. We'll send you the access details.
  

ThinkHost has been running a client incentive program for some time?

With a few minutes work, you can receive up to three months free hosting for each new client you refer to us! Learn more about our client incentive program.

Prefer cash to free hosting? Check out our affiliate program Earn up to $270 for each client you refer !
  

  
Webmail - working with identities

What is an identity? 

Do you have a number of contacts in your email address book that you write to using different email addresses? The  "identities" feature in our WebMail service can help!

Basically, an identity is a set of customizable fields that you can change quickly when composing a message.

Creating a new identity

1. Log into your  WebMail  interface at http://mail.thinkhost.com
2. Select "Options" on the top menu.
3. Select "Personal information".
4. In the "Select the identity you want to change:" drop-down list select "Create a new one".
5. Fill out all fields (see below the fields' description).
6. Click "Save options".

What is the default identity?

The default identity is the identity used by default when composing messages.

Using identities

When you are composing a message, choose the desired identity in the drop-down list on the top - all configured fields will be changed immediately.

Changing the default identity

1. Log into  WebMail interface at http://mail.thinkhost.com
2. Select "Options" on the top menu.
3. Select "Personal information".
4. In the "Your default identity:" drop-down list select the identity you wish to use by default.
5. Click "Save options".

Changing the identity

1. Log into your WebMail interface at http://mail.thinkhost.com
2. Select "Options" on the top menu.
3. Select "Personal information".
4. In the "Select the identity you want to change:" drop-down list select the identity you wish to edit.
5. Update necessary fields.
6. Click "Save options".

Deleting an identity

1. Log into your  WebMail interface at http://mail.thinkhost.com
2. Select "Options" on the top menu.
3. Select "Personal information".
4. In the "Select the identity you want to change:" drop-down list select the identity you wish to delete.
5. Click "Delete selected identity".

Read more about working with identities.

The ThinkHost Knowledge Base is a collection of technical information, web site marketing tips, frequently asked questions, and documentation to help you make the most from your account with us.

For information regarding current network status; view ThinkUpdate.
  

 
Are you a member of a club or community group?

ThinkHost assists many community organizations with free or discounted hosting as part of our commitment to social responsibility! 

While many groups approach us directly for sponsorship, we also welcome referrals via our clients - in fact, we strongly encourage it!

We assist all sorts of organizations, particularly those that are focused on:

• Environment
• Grass roots democracy
• Peace
• Social/economic justice
• Human rights

We also help schools, clubs - basically any non-profit group that contributes positively to the community!

Are you involved with any of these sorts of groups? Make mention of ThinkHost to the committee! Learn more about our discounts and free hosting initiative 

UNIX was created in the late 1960s, in an effort to provide a secure multiuser, multitasking system for use by programmers. It is the most common operating system for Internet servers and many different flavors and variations of the operating system have been developed over the years.

ThinkHost runs FreeBSD; derived from BSD, the version of UNIX developed at the University of California, Berkeley
 

Google has released new blog search technology:

http://blogsearch.google.com/ 

Ilya's tried it out and is very impressed with the speed and accuracy of the results it returns.

Pick up other tips in our forums and knowledge base.
 

"We are a veterinary practice within the lower mainland of Vancouver British Columbia Canada. We are a cat exclusive practice with our focus on providing convenient, low stress veterinary service for cats either at our hospital or in your home."

Visit Cats at Home

Here's your chance for some free coverage!

If you have a fully functioning, presentable site and you'd like to give it some extra exposure via ThinkHost news and our online archive, please email me with the following information:

- Your site name
- Your site URL
- A brief description of your site

New! You can also add your site link and description to our client directory - another free service from ThinkHost.
   

In a clear sign the digital music revolution is here to stay, Britain's major music retailers are going head-to-head for a slice of the burgeoning — and potentially very lucrative — Internet downloading market. - View article.

Yahoo is playing host to thousands of phishing sites and doesn't have sufficiently well-trained staff to address the problem of online fraud, according to Spamhaus, a leading anti-spam and security organization. - View article.