Maintenance is completed and all three mail servers appear to be
functioning as expected.

On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 10:17 AM Irelann Anderson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> *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]>.
>
>
> --
> Irelann Kerry Anderson          phone:    (207)581-3508
> Systems and Operations
> Information Technology Services
> University of Maine System
> 5752 Neville Hall
> Orono, Maine 04469-5752
>


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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