i-Communities ~ Interact

To enable community groups to Interact on the web, i-communities provides fully featured hosting packages. These allow a community group to quickly and easily provide to their members the basic building blocks for interacting with others on the Internet.
Each hosting package includes the following:

1. The registration of an available .uk domain address.
2. Unlimited (POP3) email accounts (browser based web access included as      a free addition to community groups).
3. Anti Virus* scanning at server level on all incoming e-mails to the
      domain address for your added protection.
4. SPAM* protection at server level to reduce the amount of unwanted
     e-mails.
5. Unlimited web-space for hosting a website.
6. Full unlimited FTP access to update and maintain the website.
7. An online control panel is made available on each domain account so      that ftp details and mail accounts etc can be set up by the administrator      of the domain, - comprehensive online help support is provided within      the control panel.
8. A low cost dial up is also available 1p per min on BT lines

Depending on the needs and the ability of the community group, the domain package can either be used as an e-mail service only or it can be developed to include a website about their community group.

Websites once built can include message boards, chat rooms as well as document sharing facilities and feedback forms. The community group can utilise as much or as little as they feel comfortable with.

*The Anti-Virus and SPAM protection services are carried out at server level for making the Internet based WebMail service safer. The service should be considered as a first line of defence in protecting your computer or network and you should take additional precautions on the equipment that you are responsible for - see our terms and conditions for further information.

Jargon Buster

POP3 e-mail account:
A POP3 account gives an individual his or her own private email account. Email received via POP3 is stored on the server and can only be accessed using the correct username and password.

FTP:
File Transfer Protocol
The protocol by which files can be transferred over a TCP/IP network (the Intenet)

Web-space:
An area of storage space on a computer that is permanently connected to the internet where files (like this website) are stored and accessable by others.

Anti Virus Scanning:
Anti-Virus Scanning is carried out by software that finds, block and deletes Computer Viruses which are sometimes transmitted by e-mail.