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1 Mar 2012, 12:33 PM | #1 |
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vfemail down?
This is the dot net vfemail. The webmail has been problematic than usual lately, but now no access to their webpage.
Anyone else using the service and having an outage? I'm a paid user ( an inexpensive yearly plan ) but not looking good right now. I'm guessing it's been offline for at least a couple hours but not sure. I ONLY use webmail so this ain't good. Anybody? |
1 Mar 2012, 02:31 PM | #2 | |
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1 Mar 2012, 06:29 PM | #3 |
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In UK and also cannot access vfemail.
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1 Mar 2012, 08:15 PM | #4 |
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I am also a paid subscriber. The service has had a good track record for reliability, but webmail is indeed down at the moment. I hope Rick Romero is OK and will fix it soon. That is one of the hazards of a basically one-man shop, but there are different hazards with the big services, so it's all a question of weighing the pros and the cons.
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1 Mar 2012, 10:00 PM | #5 |
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It is back up now.
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7 Apr 2012, 04:18 AM | #6 |
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Down again. I primarily use webmail but POP is also down AFAIK. I have an inexpensive yearly plan, and webmail has been useable normally, but problematic to put it nicely.
I'm gonna reluctantly gonna have to move away from this service unless some explanation and promise of improvement is forthcoming. I've posted a couple times in the "forum" a couple times (the forum is also unreachable when webmail goes down) and none of my posts were "approved" in spite of being nothing more than asking why webmail was "glitchy" with server timeouts, etc. Edit...now I believe the POP is working, but since I use Webmail incombination with POP it still isn't gonna fly....the Webmail is still down. Last edited by cahero : 7 Apr 2012 at 04:34 AM. |
7 Apr 2012, 08:24 AM | #7 |
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OK, the website and webmail are now accessible....that is all folks.
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19 Jun 2012, 03:13 AM | #8 |
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From their homepage last night 6/17.....
"ALERT!!!! Due to unforseen circumstances users will not be able to retrieve any mail for the next 24 hours. Incoming mail will be queued for delivery. Bulk mail senders can still relay. We apologize for any inconvienance this may cause." .......IMHO should have mentioned in their message when the "24 hours" period started? I've had an inexpensive yearly subscription to this service for quite a while Hopefully this issue will resolve soon....but as of the time I write this (2 pm New York 6/18) their homepage isn't available and IMAP isn't working either) I'm sure it will come back up but the question is when? I get the impression that I'm one of the few EMD users that use vfemail as one of their primary providers. |
19 Jun 2012, 03:43 AM | #9 |
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Thank you for heads up, cahero!
I do too use vfemail quite a bit. This forum is awesome. Whenever I cannot access my email, someone already knows what is going on. It is so helpful! Thank you so much for heads up. I don't mind waiting for the email to come back up, if there is an advance notice. Problem is I fetch vfemail via mail client, so I don't see notifications posted on the vfemail front page. I wish advance notices about website maintenance would be send to us via email. I think it is time to switch away from vfemail. I just need something more robust, something that doesn't take 24 hours + to bring back online.
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19 Jun 2012, 05:45 AM | #10 |
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Still down for me, too. I am a paid subscriber to vfemail and although I do not make heavy use of it, I like knowing it is there when I need it, so this is not good news.
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19 Jun 2012, 06:16 AM | #11 |
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Looks like its down for paid as well as free subscribers
No web mail or pop/imap |
19 Jun 2012, 07:17 AM | #12 |
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Your comment puzzled me. If a service is down, it's down for everyone. I don't think I've ever heard of a provider being down for free subscribers only (assuming such a thing would even be technically feasible!)
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19 Jun 2012, 08:06 AM | #13 | |
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19 Jun 2012, 08:21 AM | #14 | |
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the free server can be down while paid is up and running |
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19 Jun 2012, 08:22 AM | #15 |
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