*What is happening?*
Starting at 6AM Sunday morning we will be  replacing mail.maine.edu (
mx-3.its.maine.edu) with a new machine (lv-o-mx-7.its.maine.edu) running an
up to date operating system.

This machine provides mail relay for many machines and mail forwarding for
a number of domains and proxies links to some ID management functions.
 During this maintenance these will be briefly unavailable.

*How long will it take?*
We expect the changeover to take about 20 minutes, but are reserving an
hour in case there are issues.

*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 switch back to using the old machine and try again at a later date.

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