UKC

Priority Server Upgrade: MICROLITE3

Scheduled for weekend 22/23 August 2015

We are pleased to announce that MICROLITE3 is being upgraded to our new UKC Super Server high performance hardware range this coming weekend. We are rolling this new model out across the entire range during the latter half of 2015.

During the weekend 22/23 August, we will be migrating all client data from the current hardware (5.77.60.44) to completely new hardware (5.77.35.249).

There will be no downtime for your web sites or email services. We will switch the new server into production only after it has passed our comprehensive data migration and validation testing.

Notice: Please refrain from making significant changes to your web site during this period. The migration of the data will take many hours. We request that you put off any changes until the upgrade is complete to avoid an inconsistent transfer of your site and data.

Thank you for your patience,

UPDATE: Sunday 20:30

The migration of all MICROLITE3 accounts to UKC03 Super Server is complete.

UKC03 has fully “absorbed” MICROLITE3. The new Plesk URL and name servers for MICROLITE3 accounts are:

Plesk Panel: https://ukc03.uk:8443 (replaces https://www.microlite3.com:8443)

Name servers:

  • ns.ukc03.uk (replaces ns.microlite3.com)
  • ns2.ukc03.uk (replaces ns2.microlite3.com)

Please note the following:

  • The old Plesk server name MICROLITE3.COM and old name servers ns.microlite3.com and ns2.microlite3.com will continue to function as normal.
  • There is no urgent need to change all the name servers on your domain names however we recommend using the new name servers for good housekeeping purposes.
  • Using the old MICROLITE3 Plesk URL may give a security error in your browser which you can safely ignore.
  • The server IP address has changed from 5.77.60.44 to 5.77.35.249
  • If you have any problems, we can remigrate you account from the old server again upon request. Simply log a ticket and ask for a re-migration of your account from MICROLITE3 with your domain name. Your account as it stood at 20:00 Sunday will be re-migrated.

We hope you enjoy the enhanced performance and security of your new UKC Super Server!

Priority Server Upgrade: MICROLITE2

Scheduled for weekend 15/16 August 2015

We are pleased to announce that MICROLITE2 is being upgraded to our new UKC Super Server high performance hardware range this coming weekend. We are rolling this new model out across the entire range during the latter half of 2015.

During the weekend 15/16 August, we will be migrating all client data from the current hardware (5.77.60.24) to completely new hardware (5.77.35.132).

There will be no downtime for your web sites or email services. We will switch the new server into production only after it has passed our comprehensive data migration and validation testing.

Notice: Please refrain from making significant changes to your web site during this period. The migration of the data will take many hours. We request that you put off any changes until the upgrade is complete to avoid an inconsistent transfer of your site and data.

Thank you for your patience.

UPDATE: Monday 06:00

The migration of all MICROLITE2 accounts to UKC02 Super Server is complete.

UKC02 has fully “absorbed” MICROLITE2. The new Plesk URL and name servers for MICROLITE2 accounts are:

Plesk Panel: https://ukc02.uk:8443 (replaces https://www.microlite2.com:8443)

Name servers:

  • ns.ukc02.uk (replaces ns.microlite2.com)
  • ns2.ukc02.uk (replaces ns2.microlite2.com)

Please note the following:

  • The old Plesk server name MICROLITE2.COM and old name servers ns.microlite2.com and ns2.microlite2.com will continue to function as normal.
  • There is no urgent need to change all the name servers on your domain names however we recommend using the new name servers for good housekeeping purposes.
  • Using the old MICROLITE2 Plesk URL may give a security error in your browser which you can safely ignore.
  • The server IP address has changed from 5.77.60.24 to 5.77.35.132
  • If you have any problems, we can remigrate you account from the old server again upon request. Simply log a ticket and ask for a re-migration of your account from MICROLITE2 with your domain name. Your account as it stood at 06:00 Monday will be re-migrated.

We hope you enjoy the enhanced performance and security of your new UKC Super Server!

Priority Server Upgrade: MICROLITE11

Scheduled for weekend 8/9 August 2015

We are pleased to announce that MICROLITE11 is being upgraded to our new UKC Super Server high performance hardware range this coming weekend. We are rolling this new model out across the entire range during the latter half of 2015.

During the weekend 8/9 August, we will be migrating all client data from the current hardware (5.77.60.37) to completely new hardware (5.77.36.144).

There will be no downtime for your web sites or email services. We will switch the new server into production only after it has passed our comprehensive data migration and validation testing.

Notice: Please refrain from making significant changes to your web site during this period. The migration of the data will take many hours. We request that you put off any changes until the upgrade is complete to avoid an inconsistent transfer of your site and data.

Thank you for your patience

UPDATE: Sunday 20:00

The migration of all MICROLITE11 accounts to UKC06 Super Server is complete.

UKC06 has fully “absorbed” MICROLITE11. The new Plesk URL and name servers for MICROLITE11 accounts are:

Plesk Panel: https://ukc06.uk:8443 (replaces https://www.microlite11.com:8443)

Name servers:

  • ns.ukc06.uk (replaces ns.microlite11.com)
  • ns2.ukc06.uk (replaces ns2.microlite11.com)

Please note the following:

  • The old Plesk server name MICROLITE11.COM and old name servers ns.microlite11.com and ns2.microlite11.com will continue to function as normal.
  • There is no urgent need to change all the name servers on your domain names however we recommend using the new name servers for good housekeeping purposes.
  • Using the old MICROLITE11 Plesk URL may give a security error in your browser which you can safely ignore.
  • The server IP address has changed from 5.77.60.37 to 5.77.36.144
  • If you have any problems, we can remigrate you account from the old server again upon request. Simply log a ticket and ask for a re-migration of your account from MICROLITE11 with your domain name. Your account as it stood at 20:00 Sunday will be re-migrated.

We hope you enjoy the enhanced performance and security of your new UKC Super Server!

Priority Server Upgrade: MICROLITE5

Scheduled for weekend 8/9 August 2015

We are pleased to announce that MICROLITE5 is being upgraded to our new UKC Super Server high performance hardware range this coming weekend. We are rolling this new model out across the entire range during the latter half of 2015.

During the weekend 8/9 August, we will be migrating all client data from the current hardware (5.77.60.29) to completely new hardware (5.77.38.140).

There will be no downtime for your web sites or email services. We will switch the new server into production only after it has passed our comprehensive data migration and validation testing.

Notice: Please refrain from making significant changes to your web site during this period. The migration of the data will take many hours. We request that you put off any changes until the upgrade is complete to avoid an inconsistent transfer of your site and data.

Thank you for your patience

UPDATE: Sunday 20:00

The migration of all MICROLITE5 accounts to UKC05 Super Server is complete.

UKC05 has fully “absorbed” MICROLITE5. The new Plesk URL and name servers for MICROLITE5 accounts are:

Plesk Panel: https://ukc05.uk:8443 (replaces https://www.microlite5.com:8443)

Name servers:

ns.ukc05.uk (replaces ns.microlite5.com)
ns2.ukc05.uk (replaces ns2.microlite5.com)

Please note the following:

  • The old Plesk server name microlite5.COM and old name servers ns.microlite5.com and ns2.microlite5.com will continue to function as normal.
  • There is no urgent need to change all the name servers on your domain names however we recommend using the new name servers for good housekeeping purposes.
  • Using the old MICROLITE5 Plesk URL may give a security error in your browser which you can safely ignore.
  • The server IP address has changed from 5.77.60.29 to 5.77.38.140
  • If you have any problems, we can remigrate you account from the old server again upon request. Simply log a ticket and ask for a re-migration of your account from MICROLITE5 with your domain name. Your account as it stood at 20:00 Sunday will be re-migrated.

We hope you enjoy the enhanced performance and security of your new UKC Super Server!

How to Setup a Newsletter using Mailman

emailHow to make an “Announce Only” Newsletter Mailing List

Mailman is developed to be a listserv discussion tool. This means by default anyone can post to the list and everyone gets the replies. However, most often, you just want to setup a mailing list that only one person can post to and everyone else gets a copy of the email. A classic one-way Newsletter setup.

Login to your Mailing list

Login to your your list: eg. http://www.yourdomain.com/mailman/admin/yourlistname
Enter the list administrative password and click the “Let me in” button.

Configure the following settings

  • Privacy Options >> Subscription Rules
  • Who can view subscription list? (List admin only)
  • Privacy Options >> Sender Filters
  • By default, should new list member postings be moderated? (Yes)
  • Action to take when a moderated member posts to the list. (Hold)
  • Action to take for postings from non-members for which no explicit action is defined. (Hold)

Auto-responder settings

  • Should Mailman send an auto-response to mailing list posters? (Yes)
  • Auto-response text to send to mailing list posters: “Sorry, only the site administrator can post to this list.”
  • Number of days between auto-responses: (0)
  • Membership Management >> Membership List
  • Set everyone’s moderation bit, including those members not currently visible (On)

Now that everyone has their moderation bit on (which means their posts are subject to moderator approval) and “Action to take when a moderated member posts to the list” is Hold, the administrator will have to approve their own posts.

You could turn off the moderation bit for moderators’ email addresses, but this is not very secure because email addresses can be easily forged.

You can customise these settings as you like, but to prevent unauthorised people from posting to you list, always have their moderation bit(flag) on.

You should always keep “By default, should new list member postings be moderated?” set to “Yes” so new members are also moderated.