Mail sending on server NC018 was re-enabled at 00:31 UTC. We apologise for the disruption.
Please contact support if you have any questions or concerns.
Server and System Status
SMTP on server NC018 re-enabled
1 February 2012 00:54:52 +0000SMTP on server NC018 stopped
31 January 2012 22:25:01 +0000The SMTP server on server NC018 has been stopped while we deal with a spam issue. This means that our clients who send email via mail.niner.net will not be able to send email temporarily. Incoming email will still arrive as usual.
We will post here again when everything is back to normal.
DNS issue at server NC018 data centre
16 November 2011 07:53:49 +0000At approximately 04:24 UTC on 16 November, the data centre where server NC018 is located apparently experienced some issues with their DNS servers. At the moment we’ve only had one report from automated systems of a brief issue with SMTP on the server, but this was quickly cleared. There have been no further reports, and we’ve received no reports from clients related to this issue.
Relay server back online
14 October 2011 14:48:58 +0000The relay server is once again back online. We apologise for the inconvenience, and are working with the affected client to ensure that this problem is addressed.
Relay server offline
14 October 2011 14:27:28 +0000The relay server is again offline while we clean up spam. It will be back online again within about half an hour.
Relay server back online
11 October 2011 16:55:57 +0000The relay server is back online, and the source of the spam has been blocked until that client has re-secured their mail server. Thanks for your patience.
Relay server offline
11 October 2011 16:03:13 +0000The relay server is offline for a few minutes while we clean up some spam that has been submitted through it. We’ll post an update here when it’s back online.
Connectivity issues from Vancouver
30 September 2011 11:43:40 +0000For a couple of hours early in the morning (Pacific time) today, server NC020 was inaccessible from Vancouver. (This also applied to some of our clients with virtual private servers in the same data centre.) Through monitoring tools and other techniques we were able to determine that the server was indeed up and fully operational, so we can only conclude that there must have been some connectivity issue in the Vancouver area that affected all or most ISPs.
Ping results for server NC020, 2011-09-30.
Problem with server NC020
30 August 2011 19:46:08 +0000Server NC020 was down within the last couple of hours and was rebooted as a result. We’re investigating both the duration and cause right now, and will post further updates here.
Server NC020 rebooted
17 May 2011 14:24:16 +0000We have rebooted server NC020 and everything is fine now. We suspect one of the websites hosted on this server received a lot of traffic within the last hour or so — more than the server could handle. We’re still looking at all of the logs and will determine whether or not that was the case and post more here when we have all of the information.
