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If you’re having trouble with your mail server delivering mail
(Unrouteable address) then make sure the domain is resolving. If it’s a
local delivery then you need to ensure the mail server is receiving it
properly.

LOG: MAIN PANIC
User 0 set for local_delivery transpoever_users list

In Cpanel I checked the response, the server was able to get its local
mail server but it stopped sending mail completely.

Run the following:

/scripts/eximup –force
/scripts/restartsrv_exim

This will force update exim and restart the mail service.

There are so many great things that make open source wonderful. Far to
many to list here but there are some things that I think shouldn’t be
open source. Whenever you rely on a shopping cart that’s completely open
source I think you’re putting yourself at a far greater risk than if you
were to purchase one from a stable, reputable organization that
maintains their software.

I’ve come to find numerous holes in products such as OsCommerce and
Agora Cart that have frankly scared the hell out of me with information
leaks that are unacceptable. I won’t go into detail about some of the
issues with these for users who are prone to these type of attacks but
I’d suggest changing your software.

Any largely popular script instantly becomes a popular target with
publicity as well. Things like phpBB, Calendar and other easy PHP
scripts have had their share of security problems. I’m glad that some of
these companies take these kind of holes seriously but the problem is
that users never update their software anyways. I guess sometimes users
would rather the risk of being hacked than the almost for sure risk of a
broken upgrade.

I guess everyone needs a few lessons in security, prorammers, store
owners and customers a like.

I’m really suprised to see products such as Modernbill who do not improve their current software by adding something as simple as an advanced search tool. Why can’t I search for a client by last name and email address? When you have a database of more than a few clients these kind of simple, functional tools are expected. Somehow this still was missed by Modernbill? Instead they’re focusing on V5 with multicurrency support to add more confusion and probably less functionality. Get back to basics people, add things we use daily please.

I’m not sure why the majority of hosting providers today are focusing on
the discount bargin basement hosting services for $.99 and $5 a month
plans. The Internet is becoming more and more of a business tool than
ever before. If the hosting industry and the companies looking for an
idea to stand out from the generic crowd I think more services should
offer backup and failover type services.

Why not have your website down on one server but have another system
have it up and running? Businesses today want redundant, reliable
hosting. What’s worse than their site being offline for a period of time
is the problem of having email go down. No business today can stand
having business offline for a mere 5 minutes. They need something
reliable that’s spam and virus free.

When I find out of a company that offers redundant servers for a single
hosting plan or site with redundant email services and failover systems
I’d be glad to share. So far I see monsterhosting.ca making a nice jump
at the market, I applaud them for this. They’re still trying to keep the
service affordable yet offer an extra level of stability.

Steve

Well I’m happy to announce the new WebHostGear blog. I’ll do my best to post daily findings in the hosting industry to keep things interesting for all. If you have anything you’d like to add please let me know. It’s just one more thing to make WebHostGear a unique hosting resource site.

Thanks

Steve