We are currently investigating an outage in web forwarding – both secure and non-secure forwarders on easyDNS. There is some spillover affect to the control panel due to degradation in connection throughput. All other services are unaffected. The team is working on restoring URL forwarding ASAP. Update: 6:35pm ET: Situation resolved. Have a great weekend everyone.
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No Spaces In Your Domains in Real World Signage
Yesterday I was talking with a tech editor about “call-to-action” domains (piece, forthcoming) and I cited a mistake I see all too often in real-world signage – and that’s adding a space to your domain name thinking it improves readability: In this signage, AirVoel.ca has added a space for readability. Were somebody to get back […]
Partial easyWEB Maintenance Window – 2025-08-21
WHAT: Resource increase for one easyWEB server (cpanel7) WHEN: 2025 August 21st between 6:00am and 7:00am ET (10:00am-11:00am UTC) IMPACT: There’ll be a brief (1-3 minutes) downtime while the server reboots
Updates to domain Whois
On 21 August 2025, ICANN updated the Registration Data Policy (RDP), which changes how your domain contact information is collected and stored. Moving forward, this industry-wide policy change means registrars will be collecting and retaining a minimum (& mandatory) amount of data for domains. In most cases, domains will only need the name, address, country, […]
easyPRESS Maintenance Window – 2025-07-19
WHAT: Resource increase for easyPRESS servers WHEN: 2025 July 19th between 5:00am and 6:00am ET (9:00am-10:00am UTC) IMPACT: There’ll be a brief (1-3 minutes) downtime while the servers reboot
Grappling With Existential Panic Over AI
If There’s an SOP, You’re SOL From the desk of Mark E. Jeftovic, easyDNS CEO. Some time over the Christmas holidays, I experienced what I called a moment of “existential clarity” about AI and it’s ramifications – when I realized that in the not-so-distant future, it was entirely possible that most of easyDNS’ customers would […]
