Critical PHP Vulnerabilities

23rd October 2026

At 3am Thursday morning 22 October (NZDT) the PHP foundation released updates to fix two serious critical PHP vulnerabilities. PHP is the underlying technology upon which sites built with WordPress, Drupal, Silverstripe and most other popular website frameworks run. These vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, could ...

Verified sending domains are now mandatory

8th May 2026

This change affects users of our BoltMail email marketing platform. We are now requiring a verified sending domain for all email campaigns. Verified sending domains prevent email spoofing and are required when sending bulk email to all major ESPs including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. Up until now we had been strongly encouraging the use of ...

Domain registration pricing update for 2025

10th June 2025

Due to increased costs at the domain registrar, our base price for all .nz domains and common international domains including .com, .org. and .net will be increasing from $28 to $34/year (+GST). Some specialty domains have also increased. For a full domain price list please refer to https://www.bolthost.nz/pricing/domain-names/

Increased subscribers limit on the free BoltMail plan

30th March 2025

We have increased the subscribers limit on the free BoltMail plan from 100 to 300 subscribers. The free plan will now display a small BoltMail logo at the bottom of all emails sent. All paid plans remain un-branded. If you would like to change your plan please refer to this knowledgebase article: How to upgrade/downgrade your plan

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