vfemail down?

cahero · 1 Mar 2012, 12:33 PM

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?

David · 1 Mar 2012, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cahero

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?

I have not used vfemail for years...... but their website (for me) appears to be down - ie: not accessible.

aerostar · 1 Mar 2012, 06:29 PM

In UK and also cannot access vfemail.

communicant · 1 Mar 2012, 08:15 PM

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.

music4praise · 1 Mar 2012, 10:00 PM

It is back up now.

cahero · 7 Apr 2012, 04:18 AM

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.

cahero · 7 Apr 2012, 08:24 AM

OK, the website and webmail are now accessible....that is all folks.

cahero · 19 Jun 2012, 03:13 AM

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.

leiaw · 19 Jun 2012, 03:43 AM

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.

communicant · 19 Jun 2012, 05:45 AM

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.

davy51 · 19 Jun 2012, 06:16 AM

Looks like its down for paid as well as free subscribers

No web mail or pop/imap

communicant · 19 Jun 2012, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by davy51

Looks like its down for paid as well as free subscribers

No web mail or pop/imap

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!)

cahero · 19 Jun 2012, 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by communicant

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!)

Ditto for me...although Davy and I had a little disagreement on the reliability of this service recently....

No hard feelings Davy...

davy51 · 19 Jun 2012, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by communicant

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!)

Paid subscribers are not on the same server as free subscribers

the free server can be down while paid is up and running

davy51 · 19 Jun 2012, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cahero

Ditto for me...although Davy and I had a little disagreement on the reliability of this service recently....

No hard feelings Davy...

We had a discussion not a disagreement

And none taken lol

1 Mar 2012, 12:33 PM	#1
cahero Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 171	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?

7 Apr 2012, 04:18 AM	#6
cahero Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 171	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.

19 Jun 2012, 03:43 AM	#9
leiaw Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 10	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.

1 Mar 2012, 06:29 PM	#3
aerostar Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 1	In UK and also cannot access vfemail.

1 Mar 2012, 08:15 PM	#4
communicant Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 879	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.

1 Mar 2012, 10:00 PM	#5
music4praise Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 31	It is back up now.

7 Apr 2012, 08:24 AM	#7
cahero Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 171	OK, the website and webmail are now accessible....that is all folks.

19 Jun 2012, 03:13 AM	#8
cahero Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 171	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, 05:45 AM	#10
communicant Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 879	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.

19 Jun 2012, 06:16 AM	#11
davy51 Master of the @ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,077	Looks like its down for paid as well as free subscribers No web mail or pop/imap