IRC and Mail Servers down

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The IRC and mail servers are down. There is some bad wheather near Livonia. Maybe the two events are connected and let's hope it doesn't ruin their 4th of July party.

That means you might have trouble with IRC (chatting), newsgroups, support, ordering and retrieving your serial numbers.

The guys are probably working on it right now.

We apologize for any invonvenience this may cause.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yep. Huge storm in Michigan. Wrecked my brand new landscaping too and destroyed my kid's playscape.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
FrogBoy please do everything you can to make the best out of the rest of the Holiday.

I hope your homeowners insurance takes care of this for you.
Galactic Civilizations III
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
What will I do without IRC I might have to go outside. Ahhhhh!
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sorry to hear you're having such severe weather. Bad timing hitting on a national holiday.

Maybe these guys are on to something:
03 July 2003
"In an astonishing announcement on global warming and extreme weather, the World Meteorological Organisation signalled last night that the world's weather is going haywire.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/story.jsp?story=421166
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
"I see a bad moon arising, I see trouble on the way..."
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Withdrawels again. First it was my computer and now it's the servers. >
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks for the post MadIce. Nice to know it's not my mail server for a change!

Sorry to hear about the weather. Hope it's better today.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It's been some 20 hours now (10am EST) and they still don't have the power back. There's another line of storms on the way, so this may persist until Sunday if we're unlucky.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I don't recommend Livonia Michigan as a city for having a business in. Heck, as bad as it is for the company to have been without power a full day now, imagine if you lived there? Talk about wrecking the 4th of July weekend. And it's quite hot out.

/me lives in Canton with power thankfully.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Is anyone having trouble with the stardock newsgroup....i cant download or receive any message...my other groups are working fine...i hope it isnt the hacking group up to no good thanks
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Melanie: They have no power. I would imagine any servers (newsgroups is included here) hosted on site are down. Wincustomize is hosted elsewhere and so is still up and running.
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Services should now be restored (at least IRC, news and mail are now online).
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Let's hope that the hamster doesn't get tired or that they don't forget to feed it.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I am camping at Stardock with "Mr. Kubota" the generator. It's just like camping...ut indoors, with running water, a computer and a TV....so it's really not like camping at all. I plan on staying up late and watching scary movies....probably not a good idea since I'm at the office with no lights, but I'm doin' it anyway! Current ETA on power being restored in Livonia- late Sunday evening. (insert sound of KarmaGirl whimpering here....)
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
KarmaGirl:

Thanks for your sacrifice.

oops, maybe I shouldn't have phrased it like that if it's a bit scary!
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
As of 1:30pm EST or so, power has been restored and all servers and services should be fully operational. If not, email [email protected] and I'll see what needs to be kicked.

Thank you Mr. Kubota (he insists on being called that, not just a generic "the generator") for your interim help. And a big round of applause for KarmaGirl and her better half (Jeff) for wiring him up and keeping vigil through the night.
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Excelent!
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Anyone called 'Kubota' must be preceded with a 'Mr.'...the Japanese are polite to a fault....
Though, Karma.....what's hubby's opinion of your shacking up with this Nipponese gentleman over the weekend?....
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Looks like we have the same problem again as we had on the 4th.

Correct me if I am wrong, but we might have another power failure.
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Looks like it has been restored or it was a glitch.
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sorry. Looks like it was a glitch on my side.