How do I change/reset my email password ?
- Browse to http://kalkbay.co.za/manage.php
- Enter domain name and FTP password to access a domain control panel.
- Select ‘Mail’ in the left-hand menu
- Select ‘Manage Accounts’
- Select ‘Edit’ next to the applicable mailbox.
- Enter your new password (ensure you use a strong password).
- Confirm your new password.
- Click on ‘Update’.
How can I get my mail whilst on the road ?
We provide you with your very own WebMail server which you can get by pointing your browser to www.kalkbay.co.za and then click on the Webmail icon.
Simply login with your username and password to view your mail on the road.
How do I get Statistics for my website ?
- Visit www.kalkbay.co.za/manage.php
- Login with your domain name and ftp password.
- Click on Statistics and Reports
- Click on AWStats
We also highly recommend Google Analytics. You need to include a small JavaScript tag in all your pages (this is easy if your site runs a CMS like WordPress for example) and Google gives a very detailed and comprehensive analytics system.
I've made changes via FTP but they are not showing in my web browser.
This is mostly due to caching, either in your browser or via your ISP`s caching server.
You can try following to force the cache to refresh:
- Clear your browser cache.
- Refresh the page (Control + R)
Which FTP client do you recommend ?
When I FTP to my site I do not see my HTML files ?
Please confirm you have uploaded the files into the public_html folder, this is the root folder of your website. When you connect via FTP you will see a list of folders, you should enter inside the public_html folder and upload your site there. When your site is created we make a default index.htm as the site's landing page and this file should also be deleted.
What are my e-mail server settings ?
POP
Your POP server is pop.yourdomain.co.za for example if your site is kalkbay.co.za then it's pop.kalkbay.co.za.
The POP port is 110
SMTP
Your SMTP server is smtp.yourdomain.co.za for example smtp.kalkbay.co.za, if you prefer you can also use mail.kalkbay.co.za
SMTP port's are 25 or 587, we recommend 587 as some ISP's block port 25.
You must enable SMTP authentication to be able to send mail.
IMAP
Your IMAP server is imap.yourdomani.co.za for example imap.kalkbay.co.za
IMAP port is 143
How do I set an auto-responder when I am away ?
- Browse to http://kalkbay.co.za/webmail.php
- Login with your full email address (eg. me@my-domain.com) and email password. (passwords are case-sensitive)
- Select ‘MailAdmin’
- Select ‘Autoreply’ and edit as needed
- Click on ‘Add’
- Your Auto Responder is now active. To test it, send an email to the address and see if you receive the auto response.
- Remember to remove it when you return from your travel!
How do I connect DreamWeaver to my site?
In the DreamWeaver site setup, enter your ftp server address, ftp username and password. Also enter public_html as the root folder of the site. See our example below:

What software versions are you running ?
• MySQL 5.1
• PHP 5.3.3 and PHP 5.2.6 is also available.
• Apache 2.2
• Perl: 4 and 5 (5.10.0)
How to setup your Kalk Bay Mail Account on Outlook 2007?
Note if at any time you find these settings difficult to do you can request our support team to do it remotely via TeamViewer. Visit www.teamviewer.com and download and install the software. Run it and have the username and password ready and contact us to schedule a remote session.
1. Open Outlook 2007
2. Select Tools > Account Settings

3. In Account Settings, select New

4. Select POP3 option.

5. Select Manually configure server settings.
6. Select Internet E-mail


7. Enter following options: as per above
Enter your name
Enter your pop3 server e.g.
pop.kalkbay.co.za (if you don’t know this mail
support@kalkbay.co.za, it will always be pop.yourdomain.co.za)
Enter your smtp server e.g.
smtp.kalkbay.co.za (if you don’t know this mail
support@kalkbay.co.za, it will always be smtp.yourdomain.co.za)
8. Next click on More Settings

9. Once there tick the box as below:

10. Next click on the Advanced tab:

11. Once at the Advanced tab, set the port for your outgoing server to 587.

12. If you wish to keep a copy of your mail on the server for some time you can easily
do so by selecting herewith:

13. Check the box and choose how many days to keep a copy of your mail on the
server. If using this feature we suggest 30 days.
That’s it well done. You should now be able to send and receive your e-mail in
Outlook 2007.
Any questions please contact us or call 021-300-1080
How do I setup my site on Kalkbay.co.za ?
How to check the Spam Bucket?
Sometimes SPAM system may put some mails into spam bucket accidently. To prevent it happening again you have to whitelist the email address. To check your spam bucket follow the below steps:
1. Please go to www.kalkbay.co.za/webmail.php
2. Login to webmail with username and password.

3. In the navigation column to the left of your screen, click Spam bucket.
4. E-mails that have mistakenly ended up in your spam bucket can be moved back to your inbox.Left click on the e-mail message and drag it to the inbox folder in the column on the left. The message is instantly removed from your spam bucket and moved to your inbox.
To move one or more e-mail, check all the boxes of the e-mails you want to move to inbox and drag and drop to inbox.
5. When you have finished checking your spam bucket click Log Out in the column on the left.

Note: If at any time you find these settings difficult to do you can request our support team to do it remotely via TeamViewer. Visit www.teamviewer.com and download and install the software. Run it and have the username and password ready and contact us to schedule a remote session or call 021-300-1080.
I am unable to send mail, it is repeatedly asking for a password ?
This could be your ISP blocking port 25. Some ISP's in South Africa block port 25. Please try port 587 for sending mail, it should resolve the issue.
How do I get my site noticed by the search engines ?
How to setup your Kalk Bay Mail Account on Outlook 2003?