We are currently investigating an outage in web forwarding – both secure and non-secure forwarders on easyDNS. There is some spillover affect to the control panel due to degradation in connection throughput. All other services are unaffected. The team is working on restoring URL forwarding ASAP. Update: 6:35pm ET: Situation resolved. Have a great weekend everyone.| easyDNS
Yesterday I was talking with a tech editor about “call-to-action” domains (piece, forthcoming) and I cited a mistake I see all too often in real-world signage – and that’s adding a space to your domain name thinking it improves readability: In this signage, AirVoel.ca has added a space for readability. Were somebody to get back […]| easyDNS
WHAT: Resource increase for one easyWEB server (cpanel7) WHEN: 2025 August 21st between 6:00am and 7:00am ET (10:00am-11:00am UTC) IMPACT: There’ll be a brief (1-3 minutes) downtime while the server reboots| easyDNS
On 21 August 2025, ICANN updated the Registration Data Policy (RDP), which changes how your domain contact information is collected and stored. Moving forward, this industry-wide policy change means registrars will be collecting and retaining a minimum (& mandatory) amount of data for domains. In most cases, domains will only need the name, address, country, […]| easyDNS
WHAT: Resource increase for easyPRESS servers WHEN: 2025 July 19th between 5:00am and 6:00am ET (9:00am-10:00am UTC) IMPACT: There’ll be a brief (1-3 minutes) downtime while the servers reboot| easyDNS
If There’s an SOP, You’re SOL From the desk of Mark E. Jeftovic, easyDNS CEO. Some time over the Christmas holidays, I experienced what I called a moment of “existential clarity” about AI and it’s ramifications – when I realized that in the not-so-distant future, it was entirely possible that most of easyDNS’ customers would […]| easyDNS
On Wednesday, 25 June, from 6AM Eastern (10AM UTC) until 7AM Eastern (11AM UTC), easyDNS will conduct a quick maintenance window on Roundcube (https://messages.easymail.ca/), which will only affect Roundcube users managing their easyMAIL services. This maintenance window will result in a few minor upgrades to Roundcube. The new version will…| easyDNS
WHAT: Update of the Email Backend database WHEN: 2025 June 16th between 8:00am and 9:00am ET (12pm-1:00pm UTC) IMPACT: Email delivery may be delayed for a few minutes during the update We will be updating this post once completed.| easyDNS
The recently re-elected Liberal government has tabled Bill C-2, “The Strong Borders Act”, ostensibly to tighten up border security after the Trump Tariff Tantrums that threw a monkey-wrench into Canada’s political landscape and economy. But nestled within this legislation are four surveillance mechanisms that are either new or that already existed but whose scope […]| easyDNS
We have received questions from our clients regarding notices that they have received that pretend to be from us (until you see the From: address). They use our logo and seem to use generic TO: addresses (like info@, contact@, contactus@….), either guessed or scraped from the website they send to. We are exploring what we […]| easyDNS
