Please watch this space for updates regarding service related issues, such as scheduled software upgrades, fixes, emergencies of any sort, or special announcements.

02/27/2008: cPanel server "eu-server.net" has been upgraded to close a security hole.

01/19/2008: We now have a new script installer program running on all Plesk servers. In addition to the Plesk "Application Vault" programs (Plesk has been bad in updating them!), you can now use INSTALLATRON to install over 50 scripts. INSTALLATRON scripts are updated on a very regular basis, and the new installer also allows you to update your own installs (as long as you used it to install the original version). You will find the INSTALLATRON icon in the domain level Plesk control panel.

01/02/2008: Upgrade of Plesk servers from Plesk 8.2.1 to 8.3. More bug fixes, additional functionality, additional applications in "Application Vault" installed. See new Plesk User Guides: (a) Domain Level, (b) Reseller Level.

01/01/2008: Security upgrades of all VPS server kernels. Servers were rebooted.

10/01/2007: Upgrade of Plesk servers from Plesk 8.2 to 8.2.1. This version update fixed several bugs.

09/08/2007: Upgrade of Plesk servers from Plesk 8.1.1 to 8.2. Several new scripts added to the 'Application Vault.'

07/20/2007: 14:30 PM, server-9 (cPanel), hardware problem, we are working on it. - UPDATE: problem has been fixed.

04/23/2007: server-1 (Plesk): we had to run a manual FSCK disk check & repair to fix a hardware problem.

03/20/2007: VPS servers only: Virtuozzo software was updated, new more secure kernel and other fixes.

02/04/2007 - All cPanel servers: Apache has been recompiled with phpSuexec 'enabled.' We had to do this as a spam control measure. In case you are running a phpNuke site or another PHP script that has files set to global write/read permissions (0777), please change these folders and /or files to 0755 if you encounter any problems. Further info here.
(a) Script permission and ownership: scripts should be owned by <user>:<user> and should, generally, have permissions of 0644. (b) Directory permissions & ownership (not including public_html): script's directory should be owned by <user>:<user> and have permisssions of 0755. (c) .htaccess: remove any php-related settings from within .htaccess files. These will always cause an HTTP 500 response.

01/24/2007 - (a) Our billing and account managing software was upgraded: login here. Now you are able to set domain redirects etc. at the registry level and also to cancel unwanted domain registrations etc. (b) Confixx servers upgraded to latest version and to PHP 5.

01/17/2007 - All cPanel servers: PHP has been upgraded to version 5.2.0. Zend Optimizer was upgraded to 3.2.2.

12/18/2006 - There are various Email issues that concern customers who one way or the other send, redirect, or forward mail to Hotmail accounts. NOTE that these issues are caused by Hotmail's change of spamming policies, and not by anything on our servers. Any forwarded/redirected mails to Hotmail seem now to be classified as spam by Hotmail. Details here: http://forums.cpanel.net/showthread.php?t=61689

12/17/2006 - Our U.S. based Plesk servers were upgraded to Plesk 8.1. You can now use AWstats, in addition to Webalizer.

11/03/2006 - kernel and other security software updated for all VPS servers. Server reboot.

08/17/2006 - PHP 5 & osCommerce and other scripts -- there is a PHP bug: If you have a problem with osCommerce or other PHP scripts, please see your error logs (accessible in Plesk as well as from cPanel control panel): if you see some entry like this -- "Cannot re-assign $this" then look for a solution here: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=27659 ... simply comment out the line
$this = null;
in the file referred to in the error logs. So it looks like this:
// $this = null;
In case of osCommerce this is the file .../classes/upload.php

08/15/2006 - 19:30 PM - server-3 is continuously being mail-bombed. We are changing all IPs, shared IPs and naemserver IPs. Please expect serveral hours downtime. There is unfortunatly no other solution to this.

08/12/2006 - server-2 and server-7: All accounts restored on new hardware.

08/05/2006 - 8:20 AM, server-3 hardware was replaced (HDDs were swapped). Please let us know if problems continue. / server-2 and server-7: we still see problems creating new hosting accounts -- working on that.

07/29 to 07/31/2006 - Major upgrade: Plesk servers "server-2" and "server-7" will be upgraded, hardware as well as OS, Plesk version, and PHP version. Hardware: 3.2 GHz Intel P4 to then 3.8 GHz Intel P4; OS from CentOS 3.6 to CentOS 4.3; Plesk version from 7.5.4 to version 8.0.1; PHP from version 4.4.2 to version 5.1.4. Please watch this page for further details about date and time.UPDATE 2: (07/30/06) server-2 upgrade finished, except 'Application Vault' programs.

07/22/2006 - server-4 (Plesk) was upgraded to Plesk 8.0.1 and PHP 5.0.4.

07/18/2006 - all Plesk servers: the "Application Vault" auto-installers for many programs (b2evolution, myBloggie, WordPress, e107, Drupal, Joomla, phpWebSite, ZenCart, and others) have been updated, and we have added two new installers for Vanilla Forum and Textpattern.

06/10/2006 - server-9 (cPanel) hardware upgrade: server-9 hardware upgrade completed. See last week's email for further details.

05/26/2006 - cPanel server (all) upgrades: PHP from 4.4.2 to 5.1.4, and MySQL from 4.1 to 5.0.21.

05/12/2006 - We are now also offering discounted dedicated Linux servers with basic support at: L3server.com, SPECIAL OFFERS section: cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, and Confixx are available as supported hosting panels.

04/02/2006 - About 40 new exciting scripts such as ATutor, CraftySyntaxLiveHelp, Jetbox, NoahsClassifieds, OpenBiblio, phpCOIN, Serendipity, Siteframe, and ZenCart have been added to all Plesk servers' "Application Vault." All our Plesk plans now come with 78 Web applications pre-installed ... more than any other host offers.

03/25/2006 - server-1 (Plesk) - server hardware updated to new faster P4 server with 2 Gig RAM and OS upgraded to CentOS 3.6 (from RedHat 9 before).

02/20/2006 - all Plesk servers: PHP updated to 4.4.2. osCommerce, SpamAssassin, and several security scripts updated.

02/11/2006 - eu-server (cPanel), server's operating system upgraded to CentOS 4.2, with new 2.6 kernel; new security software and patches implemented.

02/09/2006 - Virtuozzo VPS systems upgraded on U.S. and European VPS servers to version 3.0. All kernels upgraded to 2.6 for faster performance.

01/23/2006 - PHP upgrade for all cPanel and DirectAdmin servers: now version 4.4.2.

01/10/2006 - BASIC Networks is now also offering dedicated servers in Europe (with special security patching, for businesses and others concerned about security) and VPS (virtual private server) plans in both the United States and Europe. Our new server and VPS sales site is at: http://L3server.com.

12/07/2005 - server-3 (cPanel) OS update completed.

11/16/2005 - PHP on most servers updated to version 4.4.0 or 4.4.1. This was a security update. Three more servers to follow Saturday (11/19/05).

11/14/2005 - server-4 (Plesk), hardware upgrade completed.

11/10/2005 - cPanel server-3, primary HDD replaced

11/08/2005 - all cPanel servers: there is a problem with the Fantastico server -- the server that the programmer of Fantastico uses to check on licening etc., and because of this problem it seems that there are various problems with Fantastico installs. />>>> fixed now!!

08/29/2005 - all Plesk servers upgraded to Plesk 7.5.4

06/26/2005 - server-9 operating system upgraded from RedHat 9 to RedHat Enterprise 3. RHEL3 runs faster than RH9 and is also much saver.

06/19/2005 - Worked on several more issues with the server-1 restore, this time also exchanging entire server hardware with new server.

06/18/2005 - 11 PM -- We will have to do further work to fix server-1 after yesterday's restore. Server will be off-line for 4 hours starting now.

06/18/2005 - server-2 was upgraded to Plesk 7.5.3 (see below info for Webmail login change).
06/17/2005 - server-4 and server-7: Plesk upgraded to 7.5.3.NOTE that the Plesk Webmail login is now at:
                http://<YourDomain.com>/webmail/

06/16/2005: server-1 (Plesk): because of a hard drive problem, indirectly caused by an electrical problem in the server, the main HDD was replaced.

06/06/2005 - Server-3 hardware upgrade finished. Server has now a 3.2 GHz fast Intel Pentium 4 processor, new HDDs etc., Dell server. Let us know of possible problems.
NOTE: If you see an "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" page where you expected your's, simply delete the "index.html" file from the public_html folder, so that your own index.htm, index.php, default.html, etc. shows first.

05/22/2005 - server-1 was upgraded to 7.5.3

05/11/2005 - PHP was upgraded to version 4.3.11 on servers 2, 4, and 7. Other security updates where also performed.

03/30/2005 - eu-server accounts were being moved to our new cage in the Hamburg Level(3) datacenter.

03/29/2005 - server-2, server-4, and server-7 were upgraded to more powerful Dell servers (3.2 GHz, Intel P4).

03/19/2005 - 13:00 EST - server-2 emergency: Yesterday the server crashed with a Kernel Panic. Details by email.

03/19/2005 - All server-4 accounts have been transferred without major problems to the new server.

02/23/05 - On March 1st we will open our new datacenter in Hamburg, housed within the huge Level(3) datacenter there. We will now also offer dedicated server hosting and co-location services with Level(3) bandwidth.We decided for a Level(3) facilty because their networks are widely recognized to be the most reliable and fastest ones in Northern America and Europe. By mid-March all Amsterdam hosting accounts (eu-server) will have been transfered to Hamburg. We will notify you by email about the day and time of this transfer.

02/03/05 - All Plesk servers updated to Plesk 7.5.2 Reloaded.

01/24/05 - Today we saw the reoccurance of yet another generation of the phpBB worm "Santy," being active on server-2 (Plesk). But it could have well been any other Plesk or cPanel server, because this latest generation is active even with the updated phpBB and PHP install. The only protection we found, other than disabling phpBB all together, is to create a .htaccess file (in TEXT format) with the following code -- or to add the following code to it if you already have a .htaccess file. The best way to edit .htaccess (which you will not see in FTP) is to use the control panel file editor. We have edited the .htaccess files for the domains having installed phpBB on server-2 already. We suggest you edit your own if you are on another server. For a discussion of this worm and code see here. Code follows:

RewriteEngine On
# prevent access from santy webworm a-e
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)highlight=\%2527 [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)rush=\%65\%63\%68 [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)rush=echo [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)wget\%20
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://127.0.0.1/ [R,L]
# prevent pre php 4.3.10 bug
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE}% s:(.*):\%22test1\%22\%3b
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://127.0.0.1/ [R,L]
# prevent perl user agent (most often used by santy)
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^lwp.* [NC]
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://127.0.0.1/ [R,L]

01/14/05 - After PHP 5 upgrade *some* installs of phpWebSite stopped working on RH9 servers, and upgrade of phpWebSite also failed if calendar option was activated. We thus keep PHP 4.3.10 on the RH9 boxes until the problem has been solved by developers.

Christmas 2004: Happy Holidays! phpBB message boards on server-9 caught, like many thousand other servers around the world, the Santy worm. We upgraded both PHP (to 4.3.10) and the installers for phpBB. After that we updated the code of each installed phpBB board. Furthermore, Plesk servers are now also upgraded to PHP 4.3.10.
Santy worm in the News:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4117711.stm

12/16/04 - All Plesk servers have been upgraded to version Plesk 7.5.1 Reloaded. On server-7 we've now replaced Horde IMP Webmail with Squirrelmail, same as with most other Plesk servers, because of compatibility issues.
With Plesk 7.5.1 you now have the following exciting advantages (among other improvements):
            1. There are now over 30 (!!) site applications in the "Application Vault" that any domain owner,
               if enabled by the reseller, can install with a few mouse clicks. These include AdvancedPoll,
               b2evolution, DocFAQ (DocBase), GTChat, Mambo, Nexellent SiteBuilder, OpenBiblio, osCommerce
               phpAds, phpBB, PhpMoney, phpWiki, TUTOS, TYPO3, WebCalendar, and others.
            2. Firewall included (server-wide).
            3. 401 (unauthorized) HTTP error page is now customizable.
            4. It is now possible to set FTP password management permission for domain level users.
            5. Mail to nonexistent user can be rejected as well as bounced or catched.
            6. Seven new pre-installed Plesk control panel skins added.

12/14/04 - All cPanel servers were upgraded to version 9.9.9. New anti-spam protection and detection scripts installed.

11/02/04 - Webmail problem on server-7 fixed.

10/31/04 - (1) We have now upgraded all Plesk servers to 7.1.5 Reloaded.
            (2) Plesk server-2 and server-4: We have replaced the default Webmail program
            IMP Horde with Squirrelmail. The reason for the change is of a technical nature, not
            because of program functionality (both programs are nice!). Under Plesk 7.1.5 Reloaded
            it is, in short, either a higher version of PHP (now 4.3.9) or Horde Webmail. After
            consulting with SW-SOFT (Plesk) technicians we decided to keep the higher PHP version,
            which should also be in the interest of those hosting customers using PHP code.

10/12/04 - PHP upgraded on all cPanel servers to version 4.3.9; Apache also upgraded.

10/10/04 - All cPanel servers upgraded to cPanel Pro 9.9.x.

08/09/04 - eu-server was undergoing a DDoS attack. We had to shut down most functions to control the attack. Server up now.

07/21/04 - 9:30 PM - server-4, corrupted psa database restored

07/14.04 - 4 AM - All cPanel servers were upgraded to new more secure Apache version; PHP now version 4.3.8.

07/10/04 - Server-7 (Plesk) has been restored. Please let us know of any problem.

07/04/04 - Apache was upgarded on server-2 (Plesk) to fix a security vulnerability.

07/03/04 - Resellers create and sell reseller accounts: We are very excited to offer you reseller accounts that allow the reseseller to create other resellers in real time — at this time for cPanel servers only; Plesk should follow in late winter. You will even be able to create reseller accounts on more than one server; e.g., you can create reseller accounts in Europe or in the U.S., thus guaranteeing your customer the best possible network connection. All resources for the reseller account you create are taken from your own account resources — create as many sub-resellers as your space and bandwidth resources allow.

06/25/04 - We now have over 500 Website templates available. All existing hosting customers can download these for free. Please use the SUPPORT REQUEST form (linked to from our 'Contact Us' section) if interested.

06/21/04 - Our new 2.8 GHz fast Intel Pentium 4 server with cPanel interface is now live: "server-9".

06/09/04 - 3:00 AM - Apache and PHP were recompiled on all cPanel servers, replaced with newer more secure versions. PHP is now version 4.3.7. cPanel was upgraded to version 9.4.

05/25/04 - 4:40 AM - This morning server-4 had a problem with sub-domain creation and starting of 'named'. Fixed.

05/22/04 - All cPanel servers are now running Exiscan and ClamAV anti-Virus programs on a server level, a highly effective anti-Virus setup. The anti-Virus database is being auto-updated every 4 hours.

05/21/04 - We now offer free eNom domain registration accounts, a better deal than what you'd get at eNom directly (unless you are a high volume registrar).

05/15/04 - We apologize for the Apache Webserver problems on server-4 this morning. The problem was caused by an attack of virus infected messages to several accounts on the server. We have now changed server settings to better deal with this situation.

05/14/04 - All Plesk servers are now running qscanq and ClamAV anti-Virus programs on a server level. These two in combination seem to work more effective than our earlier solution. The anti-Virus database is being auto-updated every 4 hours.

05/12/04 - All cPanel servers: We did an emergency upgrade to cPanel version 9.3 because of an email security problem with 9.2. As a side effect you will now see a somewhat different graphical interface. We also installed more WHM themes to choose from ... have a look.

05/10/04 - All Plesk servers: we fixed a Plesk 7 bug (or better: limitation) that would not allow the creation of domains (and related email accounts) starting with numerals. It seems Plesk had introduced this with version 7 because such names are against RFC rules; but then, such rules are not governing. Anyway, you can now again create domains starting with numbers.

04/21/04 - All Plesk servers are now running PHP 4.3.5 or 4.3.6 (latest).

04/15/04 - Horde Webmail problem on server-7 fixed.

04/13/04 - All data from server-1 was moved to a new server because of a serious hardware failure early this morning. The server's motherboard died. After several tests we also found that some of the data was corrupted (as a result of the motherboard malfunctioning). The new server is a complete new build and we only transferred the data from the old server, not the system install--today's data. You may experience a few more reboots tonight as we are still reinstalling things on the new server. Please let us know of any problems (using the REQUEST SUPPORT forms)
Server-7, after applying a Plesk patch has some problems with Horde Webmail. A technician is working on the problem.
All cPanel servers: Zend Optimizer has been updated to version 2.5.1 -- phpbb message boards are now working correctly again.

04/10/04 - server-1 was updated to Plesk 7.

04/08/04 - Working with PerlDesk slowed down our Support too much (we only tried that for four days). We now have another system via email, almost as before. Yet, we ask you all use the "SUPPORT REQUEST" form for existing customers. Depending on the "Dept." you check it will go to the appropriate person/s. The basic acct. info from that form will help us to work on your request more efficiently. Thanks.

04/04/04 - 5:45 PM ... server-4: A buggy file, part of OpenSSL, was causing restart problems for apache (apache is the Webserver). We recompiled and upgraded OpenSSL, but on the way, as it was not at all clear what the cause was at first, we also upgraded and recompiled apache itself and PHP. PHP is now at version 4.3.5, the latest. We do not see any need do update PHP on other servers at this time (where PHP is at 4.3.4).

03/09/04 - U.S. and Amsterdam cPanel servers: Firewall software was installed for better protection from DoS attacks and outside spammers. Please report any possible problems.

03/07/04 - All Plesk servers: new backup/restore utils for Plesk 7 were installed (so you can again use the backup function in Plesk!). Also, Plesk 7.0.1 patch was applied. This patch fixed some bugs and address security issues.

02/26/04 - We have, for the time being, disabled the trouble ticket system within Plesk. Within a few days we will introduce another trouble ticket system, using PerlDesk as software. We'll see if we can have the ticket system within Plesk work with this.

02/22/04 - The server-2 software + hardware upgrade needed to be postponed to Sunday night (today); we have been working on it.Please note that any changes you make to your websites today will be lost, as the backup files we use are from early Sunday morning (EST).

02/20/04 - server-4 and server-7 were upgraded to Plesk PSA 7. What's new? SpamAssassin (can now be enabled on domain basis with your own settings), osCommerce shopping cart, Trouble Ticketing System, PostNuke, phpBB, phpBook, bbclone, SiteBuilder. .... Enjoy!

02/19/04 - Because of reliability problems with server-2, which is simply getting old, we will upgrade hardware and software for this server over the weekend, starting Friday evening. We will go with a faster Intel Pentium 4 processor (now Intel Celeron) and the latest Linux version.We will also upgrade to Plesk 7 at this point, which gives you some extra tools such as SpamAssassin (to be enabled on a per account basis) or SiteBuilder. However, the main reason for this upgrade is really that the server has become less reliable in the past weeks, and that our fixes do not really solve all problems. Please do expect several hours of downtime on Saturday. The downtime for websites during upgrade will be less obvious (shorter) then it will be for email. This is because all sites will have been transferred to the new server when we change the DNS settings (nothing to change on your end) -- so the downtime you will experience will be caused by the DNS change. We do the upgrade as a transfer because this is the savest way to ensure that all sites are set up okay on the new server. This leaves us the option to delay the DNS update if something should go wrong without causing more downtime.

02/06/04 - We will be ready to offer accounts on one or two Linux/cPanel servers in EUROPE (Amsterdam) from around February 14th. Why Europe? Network connections should be up to 40% faster for Web surfers accessing your sites on these servers from Europe (as compared to connections from Europe to our U.S. servers). If your cliental is mostly in Europe, then you might want to consider this offer. Also, we would not do any maintenance work during the (European) business day, as has been the case until now as most of our customers are located in North America, and because of the time difference (8 to 12 hours) this has been a minor problem.Support will be provided from both our Netherlands and U.S. offices.

02/05/04 - UPGRADES: Plesk servers #1, # 4, and #7 are now running SpamAssassin and ClamAV, a new anti-virus program (in addition to BitDefender). ClamAV is also running on server-2 (but not SpamAssassin). Servers #1 and #4, the two RedHat 9 boxes, also have Squirrelmail installed, in addition to Horde Webmail.
SpamAssassin is the most efficient anti-Spam tool available. On our cPanel servers each user can run it with his/her own settings -- but Plesk doesn't yet allow this option. We installed it and set the Spam score to 8.0. A score of 5.0 would label 99% of all incoming Spam messages as such, but it would also label some non-Spam messages as Spam; "8.0" is a less radical setting, but it may still happen now that no-Spam messages are labeled as Spam if they contain certain terminology, all-CAPS, etc. SpamAssassin will NOT delete any message, it will only mark messages that it detects as Spam with "[Spam]" in the message's subject line.You can decide what to do with them ... e.g. to have Eudora or Outlook filter them out, or to simply ignore them.
Squirrelmail is another Webmail program; many people like this better than Horde Webmail.On servers #1 and #4 you can access it at: http://webmail.[your-domain.com]/sq/

01/09/04 - "Fantastico" script installer now available for all cPanel plans. Fantastico allows you to install over 30 Open Source scripts with a click of the mouse, from within cPanel (please choose the "x" skin [theme] and look for the Fantastico icon).

01/08/04 - cPanel server's kernel upgraded to latest secure version.

12/28/03 - We forgot to mention earlier that the absolute path to your web files and cgi-bin folder has changed on server-4. Before it was
/usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/YourDomain.com/ ...
...and now it is:
/home/httpd/vhosts/YourDomain.com/ ...
Some cgi scripts might use the absolute path -- so please open your scripts in case they don't function anymore.
cgi and perl are working fine in general ... see the test files here:
http://server-4.com/cgi-bin/hello.cgi and http://server-4.com/hello.cgi
A general tip: If you can't get a cgi script to work, try adding the option -w to the first line in the script:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

12/26/03 - Because of security concerns we are upgrading Apache on server-4. Websites might be up and down, but email will work without interruption. Please be patient -- hackers have become the main problem to the hosting industry. In the last couple of months we have seen very "violent" attacks.We begun this Apache update last night but do have some problems. Because of the situation with the old server-4, we could not get all this done before this replacement server was online.
You will also noticed that we jacked up security for passwords for both domain accouts and emails. Please make sure to select GOOD passwords that none of the hacker dictionary programs can crack (combine letters + numbers, e.g. Gr2Z9&qs). The system will not anymore allow you to use dictionary passwords.

12/23/03 - Spammer attack on server-4: Server has been replaced with new server and OS. The new server is a 2 GHz fast Intel Pentium server with 1 Gig of RAM, 2 hard drives.
Main IPs -- depending on your account type, either 66.98.228.63 or 66.98.228.132. Namenerservers as before, but new IPs (There is no need to change these with your registrar!!! Just note these for newly created domains):
ns1.server-4.com (66.98.228.134)
ns2.server-4.com (66.98.228.135)

12/19/03 - server-2: Email problem ... passwords stopped working, and with some accounts emails would bounce. It took a while to find the problem (Plesk bug!) and a solution. We apolgize. The problem seems to happen a lot (see here and here, if interested) -- it really is a Plesk bug. We finally solved this by deleting and recreating all 'mailnames' for all e-mail accounts on the server -- a solution that Plesk (SWSoft) was not aware of, which is why it took us a while, trial-and-error fixing, in this case.

11/12/03 - server-7 had a problem with a bad partition table (hard drive), causing data to be written onto the HDD with errors, which again caused server overloads and crashes. This had caused the server to be unstable. The problem was taken care of this morning.

10/30/03 - new Plesk production server brought online: server-1 (2.4 GHz fast)

10/22/03 - 2:45 to 4:45 AM (EST): All Plesk servers are being patched to version 6.0.2.

10/13/03 - Apache on server-2 was down 3 times for several minutes during the night and morning. It turned out that the old drive that had been replaced 10 days ago (but is still in the server) had been mounted - by mistake - and couldn't be accessed correctly. We've taken care that this won't happen again.

10/05/03 - new backup system implemented on all Plesk servers; domains can now easily be backed up and restored to/from domain owner's or reseller's PC hard drive; new security patches applied to all servers

10/05/03 - server-2 upgraded to Plesk PSA 6.0.1; please consult the PSA 6 online GUIDE if you have any questions as regards to the functionality (linked to on our support page). For a listing of new features scroll down this page to the 07/11/03 entry.
NOTE that your client (reseller) LOGO should now have the size 558 x 50 pixels ... so you should change this and re-upload your logo

10/03/03 - server-2 and server-4 restored from backup; hard drives exchanged; server-2 upgraded to RedHat 7.3; PHP upgraded on both servers to version 4.3.3

09/24/03 - California's new anti-SPAM law: From January 1, 2004, if you send SPAM to OR from California the penalty is "$1,000 per e-mail and $1 million per incident." Note that this also applies to owners of SPAM advertised sites -- that is, if you hire a third party to SPAM-advertise your site. More here.

08/18/03 - cPanel/WHM upgraded to version 7.4.x on server-3

08/04/03 - server-4 : PHP upgraded to version 4.3.1. All services up.

08/03/03: server-4 successfully upgraded to Plesk PSA 6.

07/22/03 - apache was recompiled on cPanel/WHM server-3 because of a security breach

07/17/03 - RAM memory for server-7 upgraded to 1 Gig ... server was down for about 8 minutes.

07/14/03 - cPanel/WHM upgrade:
cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) have been upgraded from version 6.x to version 7.2. Server was down 5 minutes. NOTE that we also had to migrate you over to the new X-skins in order to allow you to access the full functionality of version 7.2.

07/12/03 - PSA 6 was successfully installed on server-7 (only). Server was down for about 1 1/2 hours.
We have postponed the install on server-4 for another 7 to 10 days because of some unexpected problems during the attempted install. .... Note that you will have to create a new LOGO (if you use your own logo) for the reseller account, as Plesk has changed the size to now: 558 x 50 pixels.... Further related issues will be posted here.

07/11/03 (updated) .... - RE: Plesk servers, PSA 6 upgrade:
A few days ago Plesk, now SWsoft, released a major new upgrade of its control panel software -- PSA 6. We will be upgrading all servers but server-2 to PSA 6 this weekend, the night from Friday to Saturday (July 11/12 -- more exactly: July 12, from 2 AM, EST. This is a major upgrade that requires the servers to be down about one to two hours.
As for server-2, which runs RedHat Linux 7.1, we will try to upgrade at a later point, as this upgrade would require to upgrade Linux as well, which is a more complicated affair.
Note that new PSA 6 user guides for resellers and single domain owners will be available right after the upgrade is complete from the our SUPPORT page.

What's new in Plesk PSA 6.0
=========================================
[+] Ability to restrict access to Plesk control panel by IP added.
[+] Enhanced traffic accounting by services added.
[+] New OS versions are supported (RedHat Linux 9 and FreeBSD 4.7)
[-] Older OS versions are no longer supported (RedHat Linux 7.1 and FreeBSD 4.4).
[+] Plesk interface is textual from now on.
[+] Ability to define a shell executable string for some Plesk events added.
[+] Ability to apply changes to several clients/domains at once added.
[+] Plesk comes bundled with six default skins.
[+] Support for hard disk quotas on ext2, ext3 and XFS file systems added.
[+] Ability to manipulate domain skeletons via Plesk interface added.
[+] Ability for mail users to login into Plesk control panel and change mail options added.
[+] Ability to safeguard domain information by creating and restoring backup files via Plesk interface added. (Requires backup utilities to be installed.)
[+] More than one IP for Name Based Domains supported.
[+] Ability to use external mail server for domain added.
[+] SSL Certificates management is now centralized.
[+] Ability to send notifications to any e-mail address added.
[*] Security for directory permissions improved.
[+] MAPS feature updated to allow for multiple MAPS servers.
[+] Ability to restore default DNS zone and DNS template added.
[+] Ability to rename domains added.
[+] Admin Apache server log rotation added.
[+] Logrotation settings added to the domain templates.
[+] Plesk CP password reminder added.
[+] Advanced sender/recipient identification in Plesk notifications added.
[+] Admin password change is forced now upon first login.
[+] Admin's ability to define a list of Plesk events which should be logged and log viewing capability added.
[+] Ability to set expiration date for client account/domain added.
[+] Mailing lists support through mailman added.
[+] PostgreSQL and phpPgAdmin support added.
[+] Python CGIs & mod_python support added.
[+] Domain user has a possibility to select the localization from now on.
[+] System V IPC semaphores are no longer used.
[+] Both "user@domain" and "user" mail login formats now supported.
[+] Ability to manage cron functionality through Plesk interface added.
[+] Ability to have more than one "admin" logged into the interface at once added.
[+] Clients templates added.
[+] Mail aliases are now displayed (optionally) in the mail names list for domain.
[+] Any person who can login to Plesk CP can now select a skin from the set of skins installed by the Plesk administrator.
[+] Admin can now control clients permissions to manage Anonymous FTP and shell access.
[+] The domain summary report is now provided with the resources usage information.
[+] Information about psa.key can now be viewed in the Plesk interface.
[+] WAP hosting support added.
[*] SMTP starttls extension and SMTPS is now supported through Qmail patch.
[+] Plesk autoinstaller added.
[+] Independent SSL/non-SSL protected directories are supported.
[+] Centralized IP management interface added.
[+] Ability to manage minimal Apache server restart interval added.
[*] Separate configuration file for webalizer included into Plesk.
[*] Plesk now creates self-signed SSL certificates with unique serial numbers.
[*] Admin's Apache now uses mod_ssl instead of Ben-SSL.
[*] A great number of components upgraded.

07/09/03 - Reseller Resources Upgrade
Resources (disk space + bandwidth) for all existing reseller accounts have been upgraded. You now have more resources for the same flat monthly fee you paid before. See our website for details. NOTE that we weren't unable to apply those resource upgrades to a couple of reseller accounts where owners had set disk space or bandwidth to "unlimited" (which, in theory, should not be possible anyway -); .... those concerned, please contact us to get this straightened out.

06/21/03 - RE: server-2
server-2 hardware upgrade: server-2 has now been upgraded to a 1.7 GHz processor ... actually, it is an entirely new server -- Intel Celeron, that carries the harddrive of the old server-2. Server was down for 15 minutes.