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New SMTP relay domain for Brevo (formally SendInBlue) Important Update: SMTP Domain Records for SendInBlue Integration The technology we frequently use to send newsletters, SMS messages and transactional emails (including enquiry/contact form submissions) is called SendInBlue. We also use their services to handle marketing automation. Several weeks a...Read more...
2022 Website Hosting Migrations Because some of our servers are reaching end-of-life (no more security patches or bug fixes are available), we are relocating many of our client’s websites/emails to new and vastly improved dedicated servers. M247 hosts our new servers in a secure and environmentally controlled Tier 3 data cen...Read more...
The rise of two-factor authentication With data breaches and cybercrime continuing to rise, 2FA (two-factor authentication) has seen a sharp rise in use and popularity as a means of protection!Hackers are reported to attack every 39 seconds, which amounts to 2,244 attempted attacks globally daily. Security breaches have increased by 11%...Read more...
Block bad bots on cPanel globally with Apache Here at DigitalFlare, we see a lot of traffic from 'bad robots'; these bots cause problems such as high server load, server instability and can even lead to Apache crashing. If you run cPanel on your server, firstly, you should use mod_security, but if you wish to block specific bots globally at the...Read more...
Blocking wp-login and xmlrpc Brute Force attacks with CSF / cPanel Our servers are subjected to brute force attacks daily. Since we do not host WordPress websites, we blocked any requests for the wp-login.php and xmlrpc.php. Here is a great way to block abusers with a CSF firewall... First, create a custom log from which CSF can search for wp-login.php and xmlrpc....Read more...
Email spam filtering at DigitalFlare Our mail servers rely on a ' spam filter check ' to identify and filter out spam email messages for our clients. We run various criteria tests to determine an overall score for spam. The email is marked as spam if an overall spam score is too high. In addition to our checks, we first check to see i...Read more...
Email Spoofing If it appears that someone has been sending emails from your email account, but there is nothing in your 'sent items' and no record of the emails being sent from the server, then there is a good chance your email address has been spoofed... It is widespread, and there are plenty of tools on the in...Read more...
What do I need to do ahead of the GDPR deadline? Over the last few months, several clients have enquired about GDPR and how the new regulations will affect their company and website. With lots of confusing and conflicting information, we have compiled a short list of the critical requirements for small businesses with websites and what should be c...Read more...
Why you should use the Robots.txt carefully... The robots.txt file has been around since 1994! Its purpose is to tell search engines such as Google what website areas can be crawled by web robots (also known as Web Wanderers, Crawlers, or Spiders) to harvest information (or index) to store for searching. More information about the robots.txt fi...Read more...
What is an SSL Certificate? SSL Certificates are small data files that digitally bind a cryptographic key to a company's details. When installed on a web server, it activates the padlock and the https protocol, allowing secure connections from a web server to a browser. Typically, SSL is used to secure credit card transactions...Read more...