*What is happening?*
Starting at 6AM Sunday morning we will be  applying security updates to
mail.msln.net (lv-o-msln-mail.its.maine.edu), mail.maine.edu (lv-o-mx-
7.its.maine.edu) and f.maine.edu (lv-o-mail-fwd2.its.maine.edu)  and then
will reboot them.

mail.msln.net provides mailboxes, web mail and mail relay for many MSLN
sites.  During this maintenance these will be briefly unavailable.

mail.maine.edu provides mail relay, mail forwarding and is the front door
for Userid Manager and some self service account management.   During this
maintenance these will be briefly unavailable.

f.maine.edu handles legacy mail forwarding.  During this maintenance,
making changes to forwardings will be briefly unavailable and legacy
forwarding may be delayed a few minutes.

*How long will it take?*
We expect the service to take about 5 to 10 minutes per machine.

*Why is this work necessary?*
For security and support reasons we need to keep our systems running on
recent well supported operating systems.

What happens if the work is not successful?

We will back out to snapshots of these machines taken prior to application
of the changes.

For Support of UMS software, services, or systems please contact IT Support
Services at 800.696.4357 or by email: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
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Irelann Kerry Anderson          phone:    (207)581-3508
Systems and Operations
Information Technology Services
University of Maine System
5752 Neville Hall
Orono, Maine 04469-5752