Monthly Archives: November, 2007
.COM/.NET Registry
The .COM/.NET Registry is now operating normally.
.COM/.NET Registry
The .COM/.NET Registry is reporting an issue and is working it resolve asap. At present nameserver changes, registrar transfers and new domain creations are affected. Please contact support@easyDNS.com with any questions or concerns.
Greylisting for email forwarded to "videotron.ca"
The amount of spam and virus emails being sent over the internet is not new, but seems to have been having more of an impact as of late. Due to the nature of our mail forwarding service, this sometimes leads to ISPs and free email services being forwarded a large number of "junk" email. In [...]
Old outbound mail server (205.210.42.54) decommissioned
At 5pm EST time we will be decommissioning our OLD outbound smtp machine. The IP for the old machine is 205.210.42.54 The new server can be accessed via the hostname mailout.easydns.com (205.210.42.66). Please update your mail settings to use the new server and avoid any service interuptions.
Delays in email forwarding to Videotron.ca…
Customers forwarding to "@videotron.ca" addresses may have experienced delays as "mx.videotron.ca" was not accepting connections from some of our mailservers. In an effort to reduce the amount of spam and junk email that is being relayed to Videotron mailservers, which is the cause of the current block they have imposed upon us, we have enforced [...]
Minor denial of service attack…
Starting earlier this morning, the easyDNS interface was affected by a minor denial of service attack. This would have resulted in longer-than-normal wait times for the easyDNS interface and other easyDNS pages from coming up, and perhaps timing out. We have implemented a number of blocks to deal with attacks, and are currently monitoring the [...]
Mailforwarding delay this morning…
Earlier this morning, some customers may have experienced a delay with their forwarded email. This did not affect all customers, rather, only those using some ISPs which we have experienced mail relay delays with in the past. This issue was resolved around 11am EST this morning, and all email should have dequeued by this point [...]
mailout.easydns.com update
The IP for mailout.easydns.com has been switched to 205.210.42.66 We have moved the service to a new server. We will leave the old machine online for the next few days as DNS propagates and customers begin using the new server. As always please do not hesitate to contact support should you have any issues.