Host5 Migration continues

It looks like tonight (Friday) will see the last remaining moves from Host5 to the new Host8. I'd say 99% of all moves have gone without any incident. This is excellent news and also encouraging for similar migrations we'd like to make for some of our other servers.

Regarding the current migration, here are some random notes:

1) How tell tell if your website has been moved? For Windows users, select Start > Run and then enter "ping yourwebsite.com". Of course, substitute your actual domain name where it says "yourwebsite.com". A black box will appear and some numbers will begin appearing in three rows. If the last number is .96, you're on the new server. If it reports .7, you're still on Host5. If it reports something other than .96 or .7 you're not on Host5 and not affected by this move.

2) Webmail is now using /webmail or /sqmail instead of /squirrelmail. We've been phasing out /squirrelmail for quite some time on our new servers. We think it's too long, hard to remember and possibly a spelling hazard. So, for example, if your website is abc.com, you would access web-based email by going to http://www.abc.com/webmail. Keep in mind we're still using Squirrelmail, just modifying how you access it.

3) If there are any pages or forms on your website that are being called securely, please be sure to modify your secure path from host5 to host8. That's all you need to do.

4) Check your website and verify it's the last version you updated. Because some sites were restored from a recent backup, it's possible some changes were made just after our backup was created of your site. This means the restored version of your website would not have included your changes.

That's all for now, check back for more updates...

Anthony
Web Feat
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