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Choosing a good DNS blacklist to fight email spam

I just came across this page with DNSBL stats. There you can see the acuracy of the relatively new zen.spamhaus.org blacklist is very high. It also has 0% wrong classifications. If you haven’t already done so, you should really add this dns blacklist to your mail server.
If you are using Plesk, it’s very easy. Just […]

Plesk Backups

If you have a Plesk server or virtual server, I’m sure you have though about how to backup that server. If you haven’t, please think about it now. Once your server dies on you you’ll be so sorry that you will be slamming your head against the wall.
I’ve researched and tried several options to […]

Web Hosting Explained (part II)

This is the second part of a series of articles I’m writing about Web Hosting. If you have not done so already, please read Web Hosting Explained part I.
In the previous articles I introduced you to the basics of web hosting. We will now look at the different types of web hosting that are out […]

Web Hosting Explained (part I)

In this article I will discuss the basics that are part of a web hosting company. There will be more articles following this one. My end goal of these articles is to give you enough information so you can decide what you need for your site and, maybe even more important, what you don’t need!
There […]