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Big Changes Coming to easyDNS

nospam@example.com (Mark Jeftovic) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:35:10 -0500

We will soon be launching our new member interface, a ground up rewrite of the current members.easydns.com website. It has been a long time in coming, like all complex projects, it always goes over-budget and takes longer than expected.

The current user interface works, but it's pretty stale. There are so many layers of upgrades, fixes and plugins underneath the UI you see when you log in, that it's hit the point of diminishing returns: every time we add a feature or commit a bugfix, it seems to break something else. Despite the fact that most people dislike change, especially user interface changes, it is time to move on to the next level for easyDNS.

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DNS usage quotas: before you panic

nospam@example.com (Mark Jeftovic) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:47:07 -0500

I've fielded a handful of queries from members about the coming DNS usage quotas. Some have looked at the "query usage" links beside their domain names and are surprised at the numbers they are seeing.

One thing to be aware of is that we've discovered that the January numbers were tabulated incorrectly and are too high. To gain a truer insight into your usage, look at the January 28th figure. We are currently running a process to fix up the stats to reflect actual usage and expect to have those online within the next couple of days.

But I'd like to take an opportunity to convey the following principles behind this to our member base:

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DNS Query counts now visible

nospam@example.com (Mark Jeftovic) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:22:55 -0400

As of tonight you may notice when you log into your member control panel a new item beside each of your domain names called "query usage".

This links you to a monthly histogram depicting the DNS query counts for the domain. Right now we are just compiling aggregate lookups across all
RR types and it only counts the lookups that resulted in SUCCESS. To get the exact count for a specific day, hover your mouse over the date.

Use the "previous / next" text links in the lower right to scroll backward and forward by month. Keep in mind, we have no data available prior to March, so everything zeros out if you go back further than March 2009.