They did... and they always do... here is the email sent out...
Greetings - Please find following an update on OpenSRS. 1. Upcoming scheduled downtimes (horizon) 1. Upcoming scheduled downtimes (horizon) ------------------- Our test environment, horizon.opensrs.net, will be taken offline for a registry imposed maintenance window on: Tuesday February 5, 2002 19:00 hrs - 21:00 hrs UTC (14:00 hrs - 16:00 hrs EST) AND on: Thursday, February 7, 2002 <---Today 19:00 hrs - 21:00 hrs UTC (14:00 hrs - 16:00 hrs EST) These downtimes are estimated at two hours each. These maintenance windows have been set by the gTLD registry operator, and will affect all ICANN accredited registrars equally but will not affect any LIVE registrations. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you. As always - thanks for your continued support of OpenSRS! Thanks - Ken Joy Product Manager, OpenSRS [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 1:24 PM Subject: Horizon Down? > I've been getting my template files set up most of the day and connecting to > the Horizon test server. All of the sudden I kept receiving a socket > connection error. After trying to figure out if it was something I did after > 30 minutes, I went to login to http://resellers-test.opensrs.net/ and saw > this message: > > Our TEST environment has been taken offline for a registry imposed > maintenance window from: > Date: Thursday, February 7, 2002 > > > Time: 1900 hrs - 2100 hrs UTC/GMT > 1400 hrs - 1600 hrs EDT > > The estimated length of this downtime is 2 hours. > > This maintenance window has been set by the gTLD registry operator, and will > affect all ICANN accredited registrars equally. We apologize for any > inconvenience this may cause you. > > > > Can you guys send out an email informing us of this from now on? If I would > have received an email I wouldn't have wasted all that time trying to figure > out why it wouldn't connect. > > 2 hours is a long time to be down.....especially during business hours. > Guess I'll have to wait til tomorrow to finish my templates. > > > Jeff > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > >
