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How To Configure FailOver IPs On your CentOS Dedicated Server

On some dedicated services, First2Host uses Failover IP blocks and these type of IPs require manual configuration inside your dedicated server. A Failover IP block is an IP block that can be routed to different servers. If you have Failover IPs and multiple dedicated servers you can change the routing of your whole IP block to point to a different ...
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New Backup System For Web Hosting & Reseller Web Hosting Customers

New Backup System For Web Hosting and Reseller Web Hosting Customers We're currently trialing a new backup system for all Web Hosting and Reseller Web Hosting customers. In the past users who wanted to restore accounts had to contact the support team for this to be completed. Now users can restore accounts from the backup server directly from ...
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Spam Blacklist and Heartbeat Monitoring

Lots of you have been asking about the new options available in the client area for Blacklist tracking and Heartbeat monitoring. We have been trialing our new server and IP monitoring system which will warn users if your IPs ever become blacklisted in spam RBLs like SpamCop or warn you if your service ever appears offline.Continue Reading On The ...
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