When opting for a DirtectAdmin Control Panel

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This web hosting review was started by Maevus on 2009-05-11 18:42:36:

Hi all!!

When opting for a DirectAdmin Control Panel, I noticed what is Installed when the DirectAdmin team does it as per their site.

As posted:

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"Installing DirectAdmin:* How is it done?

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We will install DirectAdmin for you at no cost (free installs may not be included with bulk purchases).* If you prefer to install DirectAdmin yourself, please refer to the DirectAdmin Installation Guide.

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What Gets Installed?

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DirectAdmin Control Panel Software
Apache 1.3, 2.0, 2.2 Web Server
FrontPage 5.0.2.2510 Microsoft FrontPage™ Extensions (apache 1.3 only, will not work with 64-bit OS)
Php 4.4 and/or 5.2 Php Scripting Language (CLI, or suPhp(cgi))
PhpMyAdmin MySQL Database Manager
MySQL 4.1/5.0 MySQL Databases
Exim 4 Exim Mail Manager
Majordomo 1.94.5 Majordomo Mailing List Manager
vm-pop3d 1.1.7f POP3 Mail Manager
WU-IMAP Imap daemon (with virtual pop modifications)
Dovecot Install option to replace vm-pop3d/wu-imapd. Uses Maildir instead of mbox
Proftpd 1.3 FTP Server

Note the versions installed varies per OS version. For more recent versions, always use the newest OS version."

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My question is this normal procedure for hosting companies that offer DirectAdmin?

What can I expect?

Kind Regards!

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