How Can It Take So Long ??

[chriswhi]

To fix their email servers once and for all !!

[devnull]

Originally Posted by chriswhi

To fix their email servers once and for all !!

I'm guessing what with no webmail inbox/folder content they have had some sort of hardware outage and are ploughing through the time consuming process of restoring backed up data (my inboxes/folders are empty but my online address book is intact). As for inbound email since the outage started - well that's another story - there's going to be one heck of a backlog ...

[kmount]

Even if they are restoring backed up data (good assumption that there's a back up!) it should not take this long.

[devnull]

Originally Posted by Chaz

Even if they are restoring backed up data (good assumption that there's a back up!) it should not take this long.

Perhaps that's the problem? They can't find the backups ...

[devnull]

Originally Posted by chriswhi

To fix their email servers once and for all !!

My f2s.com account is back. A couple of my domain addresses are back too. But the one that really matters is still an empty inbox (and folders) ...

[devnull]

Logged into my own domain webmail account and sent a test to a google account. The email was delivered but the "sent" folder in webmail is empty ...

[commie]

"Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Account: '?????????', Server: 'inmail.f2s.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F"

I take it that email is not working again?

[Haze]

STILL no working email, I am becoming more than a little frustrated with this.

Task 'inmail.f2s.com - Receiving' reported error (0x8004210A) : 'The operation timed out waiting for a response from the receiving (POP) server. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).'

Task 'inmail.X.f2s.com - Receiving' reported error (0x800CCC0F) : 'The connection to the server was interrupted. If this problem continues, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).'

Task 'inmail.f2s.com - Receiving' reported error (0x800CCC0F) : 'The connection to the server was interrupted. If this problem continues, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).'

[devnull]

Email I sent from my F2S hosted domain address @ Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 11:56 AM arrived in my google inbox 18:55 today ...

So there is a queue and it is moving. Not sign yet of inbound email to F2S ...

[devnull]

... and my forwarding rule is working again

[Haze]

Have just now been able to access via webmail but nothing is downloading still via POP3 yet.

[killie99]

status page says it was fixed at 7pm today ... but also claims the outage started at 9:20 this morning, what a crock of steamin' dog poo!!!!!!!!

[devnull]

Originally Posted by Haze

Have just now been able to access via webmail but nothing is downloading still via POP3 yet.

Yep, webmail is back (including folders) -but- my most recent received email is timestamped 28th November ...

POP is still no worky but still trying ...

[killie99]

Originally Posted by devnull

Yep, webmail is back (including folders) -but- my most recent received email is timestamped 28th November ...

POP is still no worky but still trying ...

yep, "the connection to the server was interrupted"

Oh well I'll log yet another ticket .....

[anna]

I thought I would give my webmail one more try - and viola - it's up and running, plus 172 messages in the inbox.

I thought I'd never see them.

Just checked my outlook though, and you guessed it - server was interrupted, so it's not working yet.

[RalphB]

These email problems just make me eternally grateful that I paid for my own domain (using UKWSD to host) which gives me unlimited (or near enough) email accounts as part of my domain.

The monetary cost (for two domains, .co.uk and .com) plus all the web hosting and email accounts is about £60 every two years.

The peace of mind it brings is priceless. Their service is impeccable. Like f2s used to be when they were based in St. Albans!

I took me about 6 months to painstakingly change my email address for my subscriptions, newsletters etc. Now all I get from f2s is junk mail.

Well, that's when it's working, which at 20:08 this evening it still isn't.

[grumpyoldgeezer]

Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Account: '******', Server: 'inmail.f2s.com', Protocol: POP3, Port: 110, Secure(SSL): No, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F


That's what they call resolved!!

[Morelli]

Should I take things personally?
For well over a month my usage figures are recorded at least double the actual and starting Saturday I now can’t access any of my pop3 emails. Webmail seems to be working – meaning I can access the relevant inboxes but of course I don’t know whether emails are arriving there.
Anyone know if Tiscali provide customer support?

[Aski]

Anybody from F2S / Tiscali available for comment? Or maybe even to let us know what's happening and a timescale with this email issue?
You know, the kind of thing that used to be called customer service...

[aos101]

Originally Posted by killie99

yep, "the connection to the server was interrupted"

Oh well I'll log yet another ticket .....

Yeah I'm getting something like that using POP3. Both servers are just closing the connection as soon as you open it most of the time, before they even send the greeting. IMAP doesn't seem to have the problem.

[rawcopy]

E-mail is still playing up this morning too.
Webmail available.
Unable to connect via e-mail clients.
To coin a phrase, "How can it take so long?"

Mutter mumble...

[annc]

OMG - still no e-mail this morning!!! This is a joke

Ann

[killie99]

Originally Posted by morelli

anyone know if tiscali provide customer support?

rotflmao!