A few years ago we wrote a cPanel/WHM plugin that would turn a DNS-Only install of cPanel into a backup mailserver. This plugin was never advertised on our web site and was mainly sold to customers looking for a high-availability mail solution. Well, that’s no longer the case! We now have hosted and self-hosted packages on our site! The SMX plugin added a extra level of redundancy to your current cPanel/WHM solution by creating another channel for mail to be delivered. If your primary server is ever down or unreachable mail will then be routed to the SMX server. The SMX server will accept the message and then attempt to deliver it to the primary server. If the primary server is still down or unreachable the SMX server will hold onto the message and re-attempt delivery every 4 hours until the message is delivered.
Few Key Features
- Never lose another email because of an unreachable server!
- Supports multiple cPanel/WHM servers
- Verifies either by domain or by recipient *NEW FEATURE*
- Server can also be configured as a redundant nameserver (DNS clustering)
Click Here to learn more about our SMX servers or the SMX Plugin.
February 1, 2010 – 3:08 pm
If you visited one of the secure portions of our site today, you probably noticed your browser address bar turning green. This is thanks to our new EV (Extended Verification) certificate installed for all SSL portions of www.ndchost.com. This special SSL certificate adds the security of verified identity through our compliance with a strictly defined issuance process created by the CA/Browser Forum to ensure that the certificate holder is who they claim to be. By displaying verified identity information for web sites, users know with confidence who is behind the Web site they’re seeing, and are able to make better trust decisions online. Among other criteria, the EV certificate verifies for www.ndchost.com (Network Data Center Host, Inc. in our case):
- The identity and authority of the individuals acting for the website owner
- The legal identity as well as the operational and physical presence of website owner
- The applicant is the domain name owner or has exclusive control over the domain name
Per EV Audit Guidelines, these audits are repeated annually to ensure the ongoing integrity of the process.
January 2, 2010 – 12:25 pm
cPanel’s Quality Assurance team discovered a bug within the SpamAssassin ruleset that will mark messages sent in the year 2010 (that’s today) and beyond with a higher spam score than expected. This bug can result in legitimate mail being flagged as spam.
To fix this bug you can run the following as root on the command line.
/scripts/autorepair spamd_y2010_fix
December 31, 2009 – 12:26 pm
All of us here at NDCHost would like to wish all our customers a Happy New Year! Be safe out there tonight!
December 29, 2009 – 12:06 pm
We are pleased to announce support for Ubuntu 9.10 on our VPS platform. Virtual Server customers can now select Ubuntu 9.10 from the distribution list when deploying a new virtual server disk.
Ubuntu 9.10 is also available for dedicated server customers.
December 28, 2009 – 6:25 pm
Kernel version 2.6.32.2-NDCHost_2 is now available in our VPS manager. This kernel version is now what’s also used when you select the ‘linux 2.6 latest’ option. Customers using 2.6.30.5-NDCHost_1 can continue to use this version if they wish. There are no known security issues with it at this time and this version is still available for selection in the manager.
December 15, 2009 – 2:45 pm
We are pleased to announce the unveiling of our new VPS2048 package! This package offers customers another level of VPS service that we expect to further bridge the resource and price gap between a VPS host and a dedicated server. As the name implies, the new VPS2048 includes 2048MB of memory (2GB), in addition to increases in disk space, bandwidth, and CPU allotment. As with all of our VPS plans (with the exception of the VPS256) the new package also includes cPanel free of charge.
Head on over to our VPS Page and get yours today! Be sure to ask about our account transfer service!
If you are an existing customer and would like to upgrade to this plan, please contact us through the normal channels so we can make arrangements for you!
December 15, 2009 – 2:27 pm
If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already noticed we’ve got a new look! Released today, we hope the new look makes it easier to locate all of our services, as well as have all of the information you need right at your fingertips. Several areas have been streamlined and extra navigation cues have been added to make it as easy as possible for you to locate where you want to go.
If you have any feedback for the website or experience an issue you would like to report, please use our Contact Form.
