Office Closed on Friday, April 18, 2025
Our office will be closed on Friday, April 18, 2025.
Microsoft Announces Strict DMARC Enforcement
Following Google and Yahoo’s similar announcement, more than a year ago, Microsoft has announced they will require properly configured DMARC, in order to send email to Microsoft’s consumer email domains (Outlook.com, Live.com, and Hotmail.com), beginning in May, 2025.
DMARC is an email authentication protocol that, together with SPF and DKIM, makes it easier to determine whether or not a given message is legitimately from the sender, and what to do if it isn’t. It is designed to give email domain owners the ability to protect their domain from unauthorized use, commonly known as email spoofing.
Widomaker can help you enable SPF, DKIM, and DMARC for your business email domain, even if the domain is not hosted with us. We are email deployment experts. Contact us today, by telephone or email, to discuss this with an email expert!
Limited Hours March 12 – 21, 2025. Closed on Tue, March 13, and Wed, March 19.
The office will have limited and inconsistent support hours the rest of this and next week, between Wednesday, March 12 and Friday, March 21, 2025. We will be completely closed on Tuesday, March 13, and Wednesday, March 19. We apologize for any inconvenience. Voicemail messages and email will be checked daily during this time, except for March 13, and March 19.
Infostealer malware stole 493 million accounts. Is yours one of them?
Recently, news surfaced about stolen data containing billions of records, with 284 million unique email addresses affected.
Read the following article for steps to check if your email was found in the stolen data…
Source: Infostealer malware stole 493 million accounts. Is yours one of them? | PCWorld
Office Closed on Monday, February 17, 2025 (Presidents’ Day)
Our office will be closed for Presidents’ Day, on Monday, February 17, 2025.
Upcoming Holiday Hours – Nov. and Dec. 2024
Please find our upcoming holiday hours, through the end of 2024, below…
Cyber Security Awareness Month & Hurricane Helene
For a few years now, October has been “National Cyber Security Awareness Month”. This year, it is a good opportunity for a refresher on some scams that tend to happen around disasters like Hurricane Helene.
Click the article link to continue reading…
Source: Hurricane Helene Aftermath – Cyber Security Awareness Month – SANS Internet Storm Center
[Resolved] Email Connection Issue Sept 17 2024
3:00 PM – We are aware of an issue affecting some Widomaker email accounts. Customers who have an @widomaker.com (or @tni.net) email address may be affected. Additionally, some business customers using Widomaker’s “Enhanced Email” with their own domain name, may also be affected. Customers whose email is hosted on our Plesk servers are NOT affected.
Additional details from our server provider may be found at the link/button, below…
Incident Report: Cluster B – Webmail Login, mail client connect
3:30 PM – This incident is now resolved.
Why Use a Mail Client vs Webmail
What is the difference between a mail client and using webmail?
Source: Why Use a Mail Client vs Webmail – The Thunderbird Blog
Labor Day
Our office will be closed on Monday, September 2, 2024, for Labor Day.
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