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This weekend was Bathtub weekend in Nanaimo. I went down to get some pictures of the fireworks show on Saturday and there was a lighting storm across the water on the mainland.

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Many people wonder what kind of browsers people use to access their sites. We have 2 photo servers that serve all our MLS photos. This provides a good balanced view accross all our clients and the markets they serve.

These may not be perfectly accurate, but should…

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We have had a lot of support calls for setting up mail on an iPhone. Well this weekend the iPhone 3G S launched and I got one for myself. With an actual device to test with I can provide you with step-by-step directions. So here are the instructions for setting up an iPhone to get email from your REW hosted email account.

Step 1

Go to Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> Add Account

Click Other

Click Add Mail Account

Step 2

Enter Basic Info.

Name: This is just your name. John Smith. This will show up in the From on other people mail clients.
Address: This is your email address.
Password: Put the password supplied by REW here
Description: A description of this mail account

Step 3

Select IMAP or POP. IMAP is good if you…

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Many people wonder what kind of browsers people use to access their sites. We have 2 photo servers that serve all our MLS photos. This provides a good balanced view accross all our clients and the markets they serve.

These may not be perfectly accurate, but should be within a percent or two.

Changing your DNS can take a few hours to 2 days. Sometimes you just want to see the new site NOW. Here are some things to try to get you to the new site sooner.

Step 1: Flush your DNS

On your computer go to Start -> Run and type in CMD and click OK. Then type in
ipconfig /flushdns

You should get something like this

Windows IP Configuration
Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.

Now close and reopen your browser. If you have multiple windows or tabs open you will need to close them all. Try your site again.

Step 2: Change your hosts file

If step 1 doesn't work for you then you will need to edit your hosts file.

The hosts file is a special file in windows. It is used to lookup domain names before checking DNS. You can find this file…

Friday - March 13, 2009
12 AM Pacific / 3 AM Eastern

All REW servers will be offline for an estimated 2 hours 30 min so that they may be moved to a larger area in the Datacenter at RackSpace. This move is needed due to the purchase of some new servers including the Premium Hosting servers. http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/...rey/7367/show/

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Here are the instructions for setting up Outlook 2007 to get email from your REW hosted email account.

If you haven't previously set up Outlook it will prompt you with the New Mail Account Wizard when you open it. If it doesn't, Go to the Tools menu -> Account Settings.

Step 1

On the E-mail tab click the New button.

Step 2

Check the Manually configure server settings or additional server types and click next.

Step 3

Check Internet E-mail and click next

Step 4

User Information: Enter your Name as you would like it to appear on outgoing mail and your email address.

Server Information: Enter your mail servers. These will be mail.yourdomain.com. Select POP3 for your incoming server.

Logon Information: Enter your user name. This…

Hello Everyone

Here are the instructions for setting up Outlook 2003 to get email from your REW hosted email account.

If you haven't previously set up Outlook it will prompt you with the New Mail Account Wizard when you open it. If it doesn't, Go to the Tools menu -> Email Accounts.

Step 1

Select Add a new email account.

Step 2

Select POP3 as the account type.

Step 3

User Information: Enter your Name as you would like it to appear on outgoing mail and your email address.

Server Information: Enter your mail servers. These will be mail.yourdomain.com.

Logon Information: Enter your account name. This is your full email address. Enter your password.

Step 4

Click More Settings

Under the Outgoing Server tab check My outgoing server requires…