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[Final Sync] Plesk Hosting Server Migration Update 3

Published March 15, 2019 | By Widomaker

The following announcement is intended for customers who have their own custom domain name (ie. www.my-domain-name.com or email@my-domain-name.com) and we are providing website, e-mail, and/or DNS hosting for that domain name. If you don’t have your own custom domain name, that we are hosting for you, this announcement doesn’t apply to you. If you do host a domain name with us, please continue reading.

Please pass this announcement along to any relevant parties, including your I.T. department, I.T. support company, and/or Webmaster (Web Page Designer).

If you haven’t read the previous announcements, please read them, first.

We have almost completed the testing stage of the migration. The last stage (Final Sync) is scheduled to begin on, Saturday, 03/16/2019, after, 8:00 PM EDT.

What You Should Do:

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Posted in Announcements, Hosting | Tagged migration, Plesk, Plesk Migration 2019, Web Hosting

[Initial Sync & Testing] Plesk Hosting Server Migration Update 2

Published March 6, 2019 | By Widomaker

The following announcement is intended for customers who have their own custom domain name (ie. www.my-domain-name.com or email@my-domain-name.com) and we are providing website, e-mail, and/or DNS hosting for that domain name. If you don’t have your own custom domain name, that we are hosting for you, this announcement doesn’t apply to you. If you do host a domain name with us, please continue reading.

Please pass this announcement along to any relevant parties, including your I.T. department, I.T. support company, and/or Webmaster (Web Page Designer).

If you haven’t read the previous announcements, please read them, first.

The Upcoming Plesk Hosting Server Migration & Upgrade (March 2019) will be performed in three (3) stages (Initial Sync, Testing, and Final Sync).

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Posted in Announcements, Hosting | Tagged migration, Plesk, Plesk Migration 2019, Web Hosting

Plesk Hosting Server Migration Update 1

Published March 5, 2019 | By Widomaker

The following announcement is intended for customers who have their own custom domain name (ie. www.my-domain-name.com or email@my-domain-name.com) and we are providing website, e-mail, and/or DNS hosting for that domain name. If you don’t have your own custom domain name, that we are hosting for you, this announcement doesn’t apply to you. If you do host a domain name with us, please continue reading.

Please pass this announcement along to any relevant parties, including your I.T. department, I.T. support company, and/or Webmaster (Web Page Designer).

If you haven’t read the initial announcement, please read it here, first.

In preparation for the Upcoming Plesk Hosting Server Migration & Upgrade (March 2019), we would like to let you know about several important things related to the server migration…

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Posted in Announcements, Hosting | Tagged Address Book, DNS, Email, migration, Plesk, Plesk Migration 2019, Web Hosting

Closed on, Monday, March 4th, 2019

Published March 1, 2019 | By Widomaker

We will be closed on, Monday, March 4th, 2019

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Closed on, Monday, February 25th, 2019

Published February 25, 2019 | By Widomaker

We will be closed on, Monday, February 25th, 2019.

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Upcoming Plesk Hosting Server Migration & Upgrade (March 2019)

Published February 19, 2019 | By Widomaker

The following announcement is intended for customers who have their own custom domain name (ie. www.my-domain-name.com or email@my-domain-name.com) and we are providing website, e-mail, and/or DNS hosting for that domain name. If you don’t have your own custom domain name, that we are hosting for you, this announcement doesn’t apply to you. If you do host a domain name with us, please continue reading.

Please pass this announcement along to any relevant parties, including your I.T. department, I.T. support company, and/or Webmaster (Web Page Designer).

During the month of March (2019), we plan to migrate our Plesk web hosting servers to a new server provider on updated hardware. We will also be upgrading the server software, including the operating system, LAMP software (including PHP), and the Plesk Control Panel.

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Posted in Announcements, Hosting | Tagged DNS, Email, migration, Plesk, Plesk Migration 2019, Web Hosting

[Resolved] DSL Outage in Hampton Roads Area on 2/4/2019

Published February 4, 2019 | By Widomaker

[Updates will be added to the bottom of this post]

2/4/2019 2:00 pm: Verizon has confirmed that there is an outage affecting some DSL customers in the, Hampton Roads area. The outage appears to have started around 4:21 am (ET) on, Monday, February 4th, 2019. Verizon has not provided an ETR (Estimated Time of Resolution), at this time, and we are waiting for an update. We appreciate your patience.

2/5/2019 10:00 am: Per Verizon, the outage has cleared. Affected customers were able to reconnect shortly after, 9:00 pm, Monday evening (2/4/2019).

Posted in Outage Notification | Tagged DSL, Outage

[Resolved] Webmail & Inbound Email Delivery

Published February 2, 2019 | By Widomaker

02/02/2019 9:07pm: Our e-mail server provider has posted a status update regarding an e-mail issue.

Investigating – We are currently experiencing intermittent issues with Cluster B on our Hosted Email platform. Users may experience issues logging in and using our Webmail interface, and with receiving email via external IMAP / POP connections. We will update you as soon as we have more information on the matter.
Feb 3, 2019 – 02:07 UTC

02/02/2019 10:36pm:

Resolved – Our Operations team has now resolved the intermittent issues we were having on Cluster B so full functionality and service has now been restored to the Webmail interface and inbound email delivery.
Feb 03, 2019 – 03:36 UTC

Posted in E-mail, Outage Notification | Tagged Email, Outage