Update: 9:51 pm Sunday

The mail server upgrade was completed about an hour and a half ago...and everything appears to be back to normal. We're waiting for the mail delayed during the transition to catch up...but that should happen overnight.

Thanks for your patience during the upgrade.

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Update: 9:18 am Sunday

The web server upgrade went fairly smoothly, although it did take a bit longer than expected. But since the wee hours of Sunday morning tend to be the time of the week when we get the fewest visitors, the disruption was minimal. The web site is back in full operation with the exception of services that rely on mail.

The mail server upgrade went well, but there are a lot of data to be moved from the old mail server to the new server before mail can be turned on again. (Mail has to be shut down during the transfer process or the two machines would get out of synch - with the strong possibility that some mail would be lost. Once the files are transferred from the old to the new, the new mail server will go live and service should return to normal.)

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justFRED.ca will go dark for about an hour around midnight Saturday as we begin the upgrade to new servers. The outage could be longer - or shorter - depending on the time it takes to transfer files and get the new system into operation.

The mail server upgrade, however, is expected to take about 18 hours (again - it could be more or less depending on a number of factors) so we will be unable to send or receive email during that period. This will also have an impact on mail-related web services, such as online purchases, our contact form and so on.

Our blog system is on an entirely different network and, in the event there is anything new to report, we should be able to post updates once the web site is back in service.

Thanks for your patience. The objective, as always, is to make justFRED faster and more reliable for our steadily growing number of regular and intermittent visitors.

Cheers,

George

justFRED.ca