It is with regret that we have come to the following conclusion, but here it is: Offsite backup SMTP spoolers and backup mail exchangers have become worse than useless The problem is spam and the software that delivers it exploiting the weak authentication schemes inherent in the SMTP protocol itself. It used to be an […]
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slow mail forwarding
We are currently experiencing longer-than-normal mail delays due to an increase of emails with non-existant destination email addresses. This is increasing the amount of email that our mailservers have to process, and increasing the delays in processing legitimate email. We are taking steps to address this issue, but at this time, there is unfortunately not […]
Early GST cut!
We have cut the GST from 7% to 6% 5 days in advance of the official change date. All invoices containing a GST charge generated from 11:30AM on Monday June 26th, 2006, will reflect the 1% cut in GST. Enjoy.
Xe.com – "World's Favorite Currency FX Site"
XE.com is a site I was using for years every time I needed to do a quick currency conversion before I realized they were a member. Nice easy and quick interface which allows me to quickly see the direction of the market across all the major currencies. They also provide data feeds via XML and […]
usable.ca
I’m always doing whois lookups all day long for various reasons. Today the concept of “usability” struct me as I was previewing YASBS (Yet Another Social Bookmarking Site) and on a whim (many of the whois lookups I conduct are, in fact, whimsical) I looked up usable.ca and got that warm fuzzy feeling I experience […]
Who uses easyDNS?
This was an idea we had back at the beginning, a kind of take off on “whois” to show “Who Uses” easyDNS. Only problem at the time was: we didn’t have any customers yet. So with regular frequency, a lot of high-end, relevant, fun or otherwise interesting websites that use us as a registrar or […]
