We are pleased to announce that server monitoring is now available for beta users. This feature is being rolled out under the DNS-plus service level and will be included as a component of that package. Server monitoring allows members to setup service tests on their hostname (A) records and our system will check those services […]
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SPF checking on inbound mail forwarding now out of beta
We have promoted SPF checking on inbound mail forwarding from beta to normal production. All members can now optionally enable SPF checking on inbound mail destined for their domains via the “email” settings in their domain options. If the SPF validation equates to hardfail for a domain with SPF validation enabled, our mail servers will […]
Forwarding Delays to Shaw.ca email addresses
We are seeing intermittent delays when forwarding to Shaw.ca’s primary mail server, idcmail.shaw.ca from smtp.easydns.com. We have mitigated the problem by forwarding mail destined to Shaw.ca through other mail servers. We believe the problem is a temporary issue at Shaw’s mail gateway.
.mobi now available for realtime registrations
The .mobi top-level-domain goes into realtime live registrations today. That means you can now register .mobi names like any other TLD. If you own joesgarage.com or joesgarage.ca you can probably grab your .mobi starting today. One other thing: the .mobi registry is forcing minimum 2-year initial registration periods.
CIRA Board Elections On Now, Please Vote
During my 3-year tenure on the CIRA Board, I got the opportunity to travel across the country. Whenever we held a public forum anywhere in Canada, the turnout was usually quite high and the participants informed and enthusiastic. Then near the end of every open forum I made it a habit to ask the attendees […]
Catch-all email audit starts today
———————————————————————— Catch-all email audit starts today ———————————————————————— As per a previous email on this topic, we are working on reducing the amount of garbage email received by our members via catch-all email maps and alleviate problems we have forwarding legitimate email to certain ISPs. This is a one-time process to remove UNUSED catch-all email addresses […]