The times I gave were correct - perhaps I used the incorrect form for EDT
and EST. We'll be giving a 48 hour update on the maintainance window and
I'll be sure to use the correct form then :)
Charles Daminato
TUCOWS Product Manager
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Eric Paynter wrote:
> > Our current window is scheduled from 2000 EDT Saturday April 28th (0100
> > GMT Sunday April 29th) until 1200 EDT Sunday April 29th (1700 GMT Sunday
> > April 29th). This outage will impact all production systems.
>
> Uh, I just realized, isn't EDT=GMT-4 while EST=GMT-5? If so, then your time
> conversions in this note are off by one hour. I believe it should be April
> 29 at 0000 GMT to April 29 at 1600 GMT.
>
> If I'm wrong, be sure to make a fool out of me!
>
> -Eric P.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 6:52 AM
> Subject: OpenSRS Live Reseller Update - 04/18/01
>
>
> > Greetings -
> >
> > Please find following an update on OpenSRS.
> >
> >
> > Upcoming scheduled downtime
> > -----------------
> > For the last couple of months, we have been planning a significant
> > architectural improvement to our core systems. As a result of this, we
> > are going to require a "one-time" maintenance window of 16 hours.
> >
> > Our current window is scheduled from 2000 EDT Saturday April 28th (0100
> > GMT Sunday April 29th) until 1200 EDT Sunday April 29th (1700 GMT Sunday
> > April 29th). This outage will impact all production systems.
> >
> > This operation will provide us with significant room for growth, as well
> > as allow us to deploy new features and functionality faster.
> >
> > We will be running thorough tests over the next few days to ensure that
> > this operation is executed as efficiently as possible. We will announce
> > any revisions to this schedule 48 hours before the start of the window.
> >
> > We appreciate your patience and understanding in this matter, and
> > apologize in advance for any inconveniences this may cause you.
> >
> >
> > .ca registry resumes operation
> > -----------------
> > We have been notified that the .ca registry has resumed operation, and
> > we have re-started services with them. You can once again register and
> > manage .ca names through our systems.
> >
> >
> > Multilingual update
> > -----------------
> > Verisign has announced that the new multilingual codepoints (languages)
> > will be released on Thursday, April 19th, at 2:00 PM. The OpenSRS system
> > will be ready to accept orders in the new languages at that time.
> >
> > Resellers who are interested in reselling multilingual names should
> > ensure that they're OpenSRS profile is multilingual enabled. There are
> > no new contracts to sign, provided you have already signed the contract
> > to become an Tucows gTLD reseller. To see if your are multilingual
> > ready, simply log in to the Reseller Web Interface at
> > http://resellers.opensrs.net, and click on the 'Place Order Manually'
> > link.
> >
> > Once in the order page, click on the 'Language' drop-down menu, and make
> > sure that 'UTF-8' is one of the options presented. (It doesn't matter if
> > it's the only option presented, just that it's there.)
> >
> > For information on ordering multilingual domain names through the
> > OpenSRS system, please see the user guide at:
> >
> > http://www.opensrs.org/multilingual.shtml
> >
> > Note: Once the codepoints are released, if you have multilingual names
> > enabled, you will be able to order multilingual domains using the Bulk
> > Loader, the Place Order Manually link (both found in the Reseller Web
> > Interface), or by using version 2.33 of the client code (to be released
> > on Thursday, April 19).
> >
> >
> > As always - thanks for your continued support of OpenSRS!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > sA
> > Scott Allan
> > Director, OpenSRS
> >
>
>
>
