I’m pleased to announce that the latest upgrade to our hosting account control panel software adds the option of DKIM signing for outgoing email. DKIM is a technical method by which outgoing email sent via your hosting account is digitally signed, recipient email servers can then check this signature to determine whether an individual email
New Service: Multi Year Registrations for .UK Domain Names
UK domains have previously only been available for registration periods of two years at a time. I am pleased to announce this changes as of the 1st May 2012, when you will be able to register your UK domains for flexible periods from a minimum of one to a maximum of ten years. This is
Blackfoot - a great place to be for domain registrations!
Nominet (the UK domain registry) are running another promotional prize draw (details over at agreatplacetobe.co.uk). Anyone who buys or renews a co.uk, .org.uk or .me.uk domain between today (28th March) and the 26th April will be automatically entered into a daily prize draw to win an iPad. The promotional website above links through to their guide to choosing
New Year Spring Cleaning
Okay I’ll admit it, I’m a little late for a new year resolution post and entirely too early for one about spring cleaning, but I’m conveniently choosing to ignore those two facts completely and instead intend to combine the two. From the point of view of a support desk and the queries we see, what are the best resolutions
Keeping Your PC Software Up To Date
We see a wide variety of issues on our helpdesk, but an increasing number of problems are caused by out of date software on client’s PCs. In today’s constantly connected world updates and more importantly security fixes are published regularly. You may be aware of ‘Windows Update’ and Microsoft’s regular ‘patch tuesday’ but it’s possible there is
What is an SSL certificate and why would I want one?
Answer: An SSL certificate allows your website’s users to transmit information to your website on a secure channel. You may want to provide a secure channel to your website if you allow users to Register. Login. Submit personal, confidential or financial information. Enabling SSL on your website will prevent users on unsecure
The Real Reason To Be ‘Proudly UK’
When Purchases (potentially) Mean Prizes Blackfoot are participating in Nominet’s ‘Proudly UK’ Promotion. From 3rd October 2011 until 28th November 2011 anyone who registers or renews a UK domain name can enter into a prize draw. Now it’s obvious that this is an exercise by the registry to promote the purchase of .uk domain names. If you’re a business, individual or organisation
Simple tips to avoid junk email
Spam is unfortunately a fact of life on the internet, in July 2011 around 78% of all email consisted of junk messages. This figure has amazingly in the past been as high as 90% Whilst there are a number of clever technical measures (such as ‘RFC-compliant HELO checking’) going on behind the scenes at the
New Feature: Timed Autoresponders
It’s my pleasure today to introduce a new feature. When creating an autoresponder in your Blackfoot hosting account control panel, it is now possible to set a date and time for the autoresponder to start and stop. This feature has been requested a number of times by clients via the helpdesk, so if you have any
Installing Scripts with ‘Site Software’
If you’re relatively new to the world of the web and want to add a blog, gallery, guestbook or shopping cart to your website the level of choice and the complexity involved in setting one up can be quite startling. In order that you can quickly trial the most popular scripts every Blackfoot hosting account
