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Stop PIPA and SOPA
S968 & HR3261 are threatening the Internet. Most of the web sites you use strongly oppose these bills. Find out why, and how you can help put a stop to this madness before it's too late!
Happy Veterans Day!
November 11th, 2011
Today is Veterans Day!
As we mark Veterans Day, we're reminded of the incredible sacrifices that our nation's servicemen and women make each and every day in order to protect our freedoms. America's men and women in uniform - both active duty and retired - deserve a debt of gratitude for their selfless service to our country.
So to all our Veterans, the team at ETRN extends a very special THANK YOU! Thank you for your selfless sacrifices and the Honor that you show our Country in your service!
PwnedList - A great web tool for finding out if your username or e-mail address has been compromised
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20110607 - RESOLVED - partial outage - Kansas City
Earlier today we suffered an outage at our mkc1 (Kansas City) data center. Here are some details about today's event:
The Tornadoes in Joplin, MO and Reading, KS on 5/22/2011
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of the Joplin Missouri and Reading Kansas tornadoes. Please contact us if there is anything that we can do to help!
Here are some resources that may be helpful:
The Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
To all of those that are or will be effected by the tsunami or the earthquakes, please know that our prayers are with you all. Stay safe and God by with you.
Additional resources related to this disaster.
Got DNS?
A long time customer of ours hired a marketing company to develop a new web site for them. After their new web site went live, they quickly discovered two problems:
Come Rob My House
"Come Rob My House"
That's how a criminal reads your Out of Office Auto Reply e-mails. In the criminal's eyes the rest of your e-mail goes something like this:
We Answer Your Questions: FAQ
Q: What is the maximum e-mail attachment size?
A: The ETRN.com e-mail servers do not limit the size of individual e-mail attachments. The ETRN.com e-mail servers do impose a 400 MB maximum total message size limit. Individual customers can choose a smaller message size limit. We can also customize the handling of "over-sized" e-mails. Please contact us to discuss your specific needs. A couple of important facts:
1. Attachments are typically encoded in what is called Base64[1]. As a result, the actual length of MIME-compliant Base64-encoded binary data is usually about 137% of the original file size.
2. E-mails often contain both plain text and HTML components. This also increases the overall size of the e-mail.