Mike (admin)

Server Security

Your own security One of the largest threats to your website security is loose passwords.Please ensure that have a strong email password.The server now allows all email connections to use a signed SSL certificates.If you are still using Ports 26 or 110 please update your ports to a secure port. Scam/Phishing Emails Hackers will often …

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Unmetered Accounts

Unmetered does not mean unlimited.While most people play fair, there a few people who abuse the amount of disk space used. Recently a client’s domain was attacked by a Malicious Bot.Luckily this was on a metered plan which shut down the site before too much bandwidth was lost/In one day 47GB of unseen data was used …

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Server Up Time

99% uptime means the server could be down for 8 hours per year.The reality is servers crash for many reasons and when this happens you will be without emails/website.Nobody can guarantee 100% uptime. We have an alert notification if the server does go down, but this means totally down.Sometimes the server is technically alive although …

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Google Webmaster Tools

Get data, tools and diagnostics for a healthy, Google-friendly site. Google Webmaster Tools is the primary mechanism for Google to communicate with webmasters. Google Webmaster Tools helps you to identify issues with your site and can even let you know if it’s been infected with malware (not something you ever want to see, but if …

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