This document shows only major/significant system/network issues. For other information, please follow our official announcements as described in:
More recent status information occurs first.
Last revised: Mon Oct 8 20:59:53 PDT 2007
Note: Hardware problems were expected (see announcement below) but have not occurred so far. If all goes well you should encounter no problems at all.
Subject: [a2i-info]News/proxy/webmail server hardware issues
Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2007 09:44:41 +0000 (UTC)
Our machine, which is our Usenet News server and also plays additional roles including optional http and https proxy server, may be encountering some hardware problems. If these hardware problems continue to occur, you may experience:
It's very likely that these issues will get resolved by some time Monday, October 8, 2007
As previously announced on March 1, 2007, telnet access has now been discontinued. Use ssh instead:
The new Directadmin environment on the server sunshine.rahul.net is functioning normally.
The old Cpanel environment on the server sunbeam.rahul.net is functioning normally.
The Classic Linux servers (azure, mauve, violet, green) are functioning normally.
Dial-up PPP via Globalpops (aka NW56) is functioning normally.
A global FAQ (frequently asked questions) system is available at:
Local newsgroups are now bidirectionally gatewayed to a web forum at:
(Mon Sep 3 17:27:51 PDT 2007) Mailing list server at mailman.rahul.net down for some hours.
(Wed Jan 31 04:04:07 PST 2007) Data center provider: a network issue.
(Fri Oct 27 11:42:51 PDT 2006) Data center provider: brief power loss.
(Thu Oct 26 17:53:38 PDT 2006.) (Fri Oct 27 11:42:51 PDT 2006) Data center provider: brief power loss.