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
MX Records
Mail Exchanger records (MX records) specify which mail server is responsible for the email of a particular domain. You may well be pleased to know that most customers will never have to touch them! However if you are putting in place a more complex setup, wishing to direct your incoming email to, for example, your
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
First steps to create a website with Blackfoot
Moving in to your new home on the Internet Uploading website content to your Blackfoot Hosting Account is a simple process. Once your hosting account with us is ready to use you will receive a welcome email with your accounts’ details. You can then upload the website contents or a holding page from your
Email Authentication
The email authentication section of the hosting account control panel is something of a hidden gem. Email authentication is important as it addresses one of the major problems related to email sending technology, allowing recipient systems to verify whether a message has actually been sent by the domain in the ‘from’ field. Blackfoot provides 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
