Brief Plesk Email Outage on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025
On the evening of Wednesday, October 29, 2025, there was a brief email outage, beginning shortly after 5:00 PM ET, for customers with their email hosted on our Plesk server(s). The outage was caused by a Plesk automatic update that required a reconfiguration of our Warden Antispam and Virus protection software. The issue was resolved shortly before 7:30 PM ET.
[Final Follow-up] Please Verify Your Migrated Email Settings on Plesk (Update 5)
This is a final follow-up message for all customers regarding the completed Plesk server migration.
Our access to the old server will be permanently discontinued in approximately one week (around November 4, 2025). This is the final opportunity for us to retrieve any data or settings that may have been missed.
Important
We have confirmed a report, from one customer, that some email forwarding addresses and aliases were not transferred correctly during the migration. This appears to be a rare issue with the Plesk migration tool.
[Migration Complete] Plesk Server Migration is Complete (Update 4)
The migration to the new Plesk hosting server is complete.
If you haven’t read the previous announcements about this migration, please read them first.
Please take a few moments to check that all of your website and email data have transferred correctly. We will only have access to the old server for a limited time. If you find anything is missing, please contact us as soon as possible so we can attempt to retrieve it.
What You Should Do Now
[Final Sync Starting Shortly] Plesk Hosting Server Migration Beginning at 1PM Today/Monday (Update 3)
We will begin the “Final Sync” stage of our Plesk Hosting Server Migration shortly. It is scheduled to begin, today, on Monday, October 13, 2025, starting at 1:00 PM EDT.
If you haven’t read the previous announcements about this migration, please read them first.
[Final Sync] Plesk Hosting Server Migration Update 2 (Final Sync Scheduled for Oct 13, 2025)
We have now completed the initial sync and testing stages of the Plesk Hosting Server Migration. The final stage is now scheduled.
The “Final Sync” will begin on Monday, October 13, 2025, at 1:00 PM EDT.
If you haven’t read the previous announcements about this migration, please read them first.
[Initial Sync & Testing] Plesk Hosting Server Migration Update 1
If you haven’t read the previous announcements, please read them, first.
The Plesk Hosting Server Migration (2025) will be performed in three (3) stages (Initial Sync, Testing, and Final Sync).
Plesk Hosting Server Migration Scheduled for October 2025
Dear Widomaker Hosting Customers,
This is to inform you of a planned Plesk server migration scheduled to take place during the month of October, 2025. We are proactively upgrading our Plesk web and email hosting infrastructure to provide you with enhanced performance, security, and long-term stability.
Warning: Why You Should Avoid Microsoft’s New Outlook for Email
TL;DR: Avoid the “New Outlook” or “Outlook (New)” application for email. Use Thunderbird, Widomaker Webmail, “Classic Outlook”, or another traditional email client, instead.
Microsoft’s “New Outlook” application is rolling out, and while it brings a fresh look, it introduces a significant change for users with non-Microsoft email accounts, particularly those using IMAP. If you value your privacy and data security, you need to be aware of how it handles your information.
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!
[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.
