New server added - SupremeCenter44 is online

It is our pleasure to inform you that a new server will be added today to our rapidly expanding network of servers. SupremeCenter44 has the latest contemporary hardware specifications:

# Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz E6600 with 4MB Cache
# 4GB of RAM
# 2×500 GB SATA in RAID1 configuration.

Continue Reading November 29th, 2006

SPF Protection ensures your Internet privacy!

The hosting Control Panel has been equipped with another tool, designed to give you more control over your domain’s sender policy.

SPF stands for Sender Policy Framework, and is an extension of SMTP that stops e-mail spammers from forging the “From” fields in an e-mail. As SMTP itself does not carry an authenticating mechanism, the SPF extension provides the authentication scheme by specifying which computers are authorized to send email from a specific domain. In order to use SPF, the domain sending e-mails must establish an SPF record that is published in the DNS records.

When the e-mail passes through the DNS server, it is compared to the SPF record for that domain to determine if the sender is indeed authorized to transmit e-mails from that sender’s address. If the e-mail comes from a domain that is not authorized, the DNS server will not forward the e-mail to the expected destination.

Please note that these settings are for advanced users only!

For more detailed information, you may check the Show/Hide Help in the SPF section itself.

Continue Reading November 24th, 2006

Temporary unavailable services due to upgrade!

We would like to announce that we will perform a service upgrade. This will cause a scheduled unavailability of the Domain Manager and the Add Services sections of the Control Panel on Thursday, Nov 23 2006, at 7:30 GMT / 2:30 EST. The duration will be less than 5 hours.

Continue Reading November 22nd, 2006

New features in Domain Manager

You can now perform variuos operations with one or more of your domain names simultaneously. Depending on the current domain status, you can renew registration, edit WHOIS information, edit DNS settings, lock/unlock at the registrar, register name servers and obtain EPP authorization key. Simply use the checkboxes on the left to select domain names and then perform a desired action by clicking on the corresponding button.

The registrar-lock feature is quite useful when you would like to secure your domain name and prevent it from being stolen. To check the current status of the lock, simply click on the icon beside a domain name. You can then lock or unlock it prior to a domain transfer. However, you should always keep your domain names locked.

Most of the top domain registrars now require that each domain name has its own EPP key. The EPP Authorization Key represents a code, which is required when authorizing domain transfers. If you would like to obtain the EPP key for a specific domain name, simply click on the EPP icon. An EPP key is available only for domain names registered with us and with status OK.

Continue Reading November 15th, 2006