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Plesk Hosting Server Certificate Renewal (2022+)

The following announcement only affects customers who host their own domain name on our Plesk hosting server.

We have renewed our SSL/TLS security certificate for our Plesk hosting server (host.widomaker.com). This renewed certificate will be used for connections to the Plesk server and the Plesk Control Panel. This includes HTTPS, FTPS, and some email connections (POP3, IMAP, SMTP).

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Horde Webmail Changed to RoundCube Webmail on Plesk Hosting Servers

This post is only applicable to customers who have their domain’s email hosted on our Plesk hosting servers _AND_ (at least sometimes) access their email using the Horde webmail application. Note that most hosting customers use Outlook or Thunderbird to access their email, and do not regularly use webmail.

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MariaDB (MySQL) Upgrade, and Note on Supported PHP Versions, on our Plesk Hosting Servers

If you have a domain name hosted on one of our Plesk web hosting servers, please direct your web designer, webmaster, or I.T. Support, to this post.

This post covers two website hosting related items, the upcoming MariaDB (MySQL) database software upgrade, and a reminder about currently supported PHP versions.

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Plesk Hosting Server Certificate Renewal (2020)

The following announcement only affects customers who host their own domain name on our Plesk hosting server.

We have renewed our SSL/TLS security certificate for our Plesk hosting server. This renewed certificate will be used for connections to the Plesk server and the Plesk Control Panel. This includes FTPS and email connections (POP3, IMAP, SMTP). We will be enabling this renewed certificate early next week, which is the week beginning on, Monday, August 17, 2020.

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New Anti-Spam Plugin for Plesk Hosted Mailboxes

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This announcement is only intended for customers who have their own custom domain name hosted on one of our Plesk hosting servers.

Our Plesk hosting servers make use of the #1 Open Source anti-spam platform, Spamassassin. Next week we will be implementing an additional anti-spam plugin (Warden Anti-spam and Virus Protection), on our Plesk hosting servers, to enhance the existing Spamassassin system. If you have a domain and e-mail hosted on one of our Plesk hosting servers, you may notice a reduction in the amount of spam/junk e-mail you receive. Additionally, you may see some additional controls and options, regarding spam filtering, in the Plesk control panel.

As with all anti-spam systems, it may require some tweaking at the individual level, before it works optimally. If you notice that some messages are being flagged as spam, that shouldn’t be, please contact us so we can make appropriate adjustments to your individual settings.

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[Completed] Plesk Hosting Server Migration Update 4

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 migration to the new Plesk hosting server is complete.

Please check that all of your website and e-mail data have transferred over to the new server. There is only a limited amount of time that we will have access to the old server. If you find something is missing from the new server, let us know ASAP so we can attempt to access it on the old server, before it is no longer available.

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[Final Sync] Plesk Hosting Server Migration Update 3

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.

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