My Cari.net dedicated server is down..and so is cari.net!
Don’t want to be bitter but I am starting to get fed up with cari.net…The dedicated server I bought with Cari.net 2 weeks ago has been down on three occasions so far!!! that’s a lot… lucky I only use it as a dev environement at this point. Imagine if that was my production server.
What sucks the most is that I wasn’t contacted at any point regarding a scheduled/unforseen outage on all three occasions. The last one was just the worst of all, my servers has not been accessible for the pat 15 minutes?! so is cari.net anyways!
That without counting the fact that it takes me sometimes 10 seconds to open an ssh session (I have a 18Mbps connection at my home office)
Let’s hope these issues are addressed promptly and a valid explanation is provided! otherwise, my cari.net adventure will have to end right here.
PHPMailer and smtp on 1and1 shared hosting
I use phpMailer on my 1and1 shared hosting account. Recently, I could not send email anymore.
I tried debugging and this is the error that phpMailer throws:
Language string failed to load: connect_host
After googling for a solution and trying different smtp servers, accounts and smtp ports, I decided to switch to sendmail and it worked like a charm! All I needed to do was replace $mail->isSmtp() with:
$mail->isSendMail()
sendMail is located in its default location on 1and1 servers : /usr/sbin/sendmail, so no change of settings was required.
Conclusion: 1and1 probably closed its outgoing smtp ports on its shared hosting servers. Consequently, if you use PhpMailer, don’t use smtp mode anymore.
