Archived Service Status (2006)
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Archived Operational Issues (2006)

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Upgraded WebMail
Tue 19th Dec 2006
12.00pm
pvThe WebMail upgrade went smoothly and the new system should now be operational. This will avoid attachment corruption that a few people have reported.
Advance upgrade warning
Tue 19th Dec 2006
10.15am
pvWe are upgrading the webmail system on Tuesday, so it will be temporarily unavailable for approx 10 minutes from 10.15am.
Normal service is resumed
Fri 15th Sep 2006
16.40
pvNormal service should now be resumed, after the unexpected login problem this afternoon. I would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused during the temporary downtime.
Update
Fri 15th Sep 2006
16.00
pvMail should now be restored. We are just resolving the issues with some of the unavailable websites.
Update
Fri 15th Sep 2006
15.30
pvUnfortunately, POP mail is still unavailable. No emails will be lost because the backup servers (and outgoing mail) are working normally. It's just the POP login which has failed. Some hosted websites may be unavailable. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.
Mail unavailability
Fri 15th Sep 2006
14.00
pvWe're working to get mail back as quickly as possible. All other services should be working normally, including outgoing mail.
Scheduled Maintenance warning
Fri 15th Sep 2006
12.00 - 13:30
pvPOP3 will be temporarily unavailable whilst we perform routine maintenace updates on the mail server. Some hosted websites may also be temporarily unavailable.
Unexpected downtime
Thur 14th Sep 2006
12.15 - 12:30
pvDue to a router failure in London, we lost connectivity for approx 15 minutes. This was outside the control of Orpheus but was luckily resolved in a short time.
smtp (outgoing mail) was manually restarted after it was discovered that it didn't come back up correctly after the earlier problem. Everything should be working normally as of 3pm but I'd like to apologise for this unexpected outage.
Scheduled Maintenance warning
Thur 14th Sep 2006
05.00 - 05:30
pvApprox 10% of DSL connections may experience a 5 minute outage whilst convergence work to improve the performance of the overall network is carried out.
Scheduled Maintenance warning
Wed 13th Sep 2006
12.00 - 13:30
pvPOP3 will be temporarily unavailable whilst we perform routine maintenace updates on the mail server. Some hosted websites may also be temporarily unavailable.
Scheduled Maintenance warning
Thur 7th Sep 2006
13.30 - 15:00
pvPOP3 will be temporarily unavailable whilst we perform routine maintenace updates on the mail server. Some hosted websites may also be temporarily unavailable.
All servers working normally
Thur 31st Aug 2006
15:00
pvServers are now back up and working correctly, following routine maintenance. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Scheduled Maintenance warning
Thur 31st Aug 2006
13.30 - 15:00
pvPOP3 will be temporarily unavailable whilst we perform routine maintenace updates on the mail server. Some hosted websites may also be temporarily unavailable.
Connectivity problems fixed
Sun 27th Aug 2006
5.30pm
pvThe earlier connection problems have been resolved. Apologies to anyone who was affected.
Connectivity problems
Sun 27th Aug 2006
4.00pm
pvSome customers may be experiencing connectivity problems. This appears to be a routing issue outside the control of Orpheus and is unfortunately outside our control. All Orpheus servers and services are operating normally.
DNS problems resolved
Wed 12th Jul 2006
1.53pm
pvEarlier DNS issues should have been resolved. All hosted websites should be working normally.
DNS problems
Wed 12th Jul 2006
1.15pm
pvSome users are reporting DNS problems when trying to FTP upload hosted websites. I'm currently investigating this problem.
Earlier WebMail issues resolved
Tue 11th Jul 2006
10.30am
pvWebMail should be working normally again now.
WebMail issues
Tue 11th Jul 2006
9.30am
pvDue to recent upgrades WebMail no longer appears to work on PC browsers. It will works ok with RISC OS ones though. I'm investigating the problem, which appears to be related to the pre-update templates (skins).
SMTP problem resolved
Sat 8th Jul 2006
5.00pm
pvThe recent problem with SMTP has now been resolved. It looks like a severe spam attack put an undue load on the server, leading to a general slow-down.
SMTP problems
Sat 8th Jul 2006
2.30pm
pvSome people are experiencing problems connecting to smtp.orpheusnet.co.uk and I'm currently investigating the problem.
News Server ok
Fri 30th Jun 2006
10.30pm
pvThe news server should be operating normally now.
News Server timeouts
Fri 30th Jun 2006
5.30pm
pvThere seem to be some intermittent problems with the news server. I'm currently investigating the problem.
Scheduled maintenance
Mon 5th Jun 2006
11.00am
pvThere will be approximately 15 minutes of downtime between 11am and 12noon today whilst we swap out a router in our hosting facility. Disruption should be kept to a minimum and I'd like to apologise in advance for any inconvenience.
BT routing problem fixed
Fri 26th May 2006
3.00pm
pvBT have just informed me that the earlier outage has now been cleared and the service restored. Other than news being a little slow at the moment, everything should be working ok.
BT Exchange outage
Fri 26th May 2006
12.43pm
pvI've just received notification from BT that one of their exchanges has suffered a major router outage, which may potentially be affecting ADSL connectivity to some customers. Engineers are working on the problem, which seems to be in the Buckinghamshire area.
List of dialling codes affected
ETA of normal service - 13:30
News operational
Fri 26th May 2006
9.04am
pvUsenet newsgroups should be available again. However, I'm continuing to monitor the server.
News issues
Fri 26th May 2006
8.00am
pvThe news server is still giving cause for concern, so I'm currently investigating the problem.
Server reboot
Thu 25th May 2006
9.15pm
pvServer reboot due to slow response. Mail backlog still being processed.
All systems working normally
Thu 25th May 2006
6.30pm
pvAll systems should be up and running again. I'd like to offer my sincere apologies for things taking slightly longer than we anticipated, coupled with some unexpected firewall issues which prevented some services becoming immediately online after the move.
Server move
Thu 25th May 2006
02.15pm
pvThe server move is complete and web services should be restored. Connection to services might be slow whilst the backlog of email is processed.
~ Scheduled Maintenance ~
Thu 25th May 2006
11.00am - 01.00pm
pvWe are moving the main servers to a new hosting facility, so there will be a period when pop.orpheusnet.co.uk and hosted websites will be temporarily unavailable. Downtime will be kept to an absolute minimum and no emails will be lost, as the backup server will handle things whilst we carry out the actual server move. I would like to offer my apologies for any inconvenience.
~ Scheduled Maintenance ~
Wed 24th May 2006
11.00am - 01.00pm
pvWe are moving the main news server to a new hosting facility, so there will be a period when newsgroups will be unavailable. We will keep the downtime to a minimum and I would like to apologise in advance for any inconvenience.
~ Scheduled Maintenance ~
Thu 4th May 2006
03.00am - 05.00am
pvThere will be approx 15 minutes downtime of the Orpheus servers whilst a router is rebooted in our hosting facility. Disruption should be minimal.
Tue 21st Mar 2006
7.00am
pvAll systems working normally. Disruption appears to be minimal.
Mon 20th Mar 2006
6.30pm
pvEngineering works in London, possible network outage
There may be a temporary downtime for approx 30 minutes between 3am and 6am on Tue 21st Mar 2006 due to essential engineering work being carried out. This is outside the control of Orpheus, but I'll be monitoring the servers just in case.
Thu 5th Jan, 11.00ampvSMTP server status
The SMTP server should be working normally. Please accept my apologies for any inconvenience the recent slowness caused.
Mon 2nd Jan, 07.30pmpvSlow connection to SMTP server
Some customers are experiencing slow connections to smtp.orpheusnet.co.uk
I'm currently investigating this problem, which will be resolved as soon as possible.
   
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