bluemonday Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Just received a mail sent 4 hours ago. And can't send anything via manx.net Anyone else having probs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immortalpuppet Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 been having problems on and off all day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted April 8, 2008 Author Share Posted April 8, 2008 Second day, still can't send mail. FFS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devil Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Welcome to manx net mail lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Still down at 1030pm so I rang - I was kept hanging on for good 5 minutes to be told that "they are working on it" but unsure as to when it will be up and running "could ring you back but it will be tomorrow sometime". - which is as much use as a chocolate fire-guard. The rhetoric of using local services keeps local people in jobs is wearing a bit thin when they have the cheek to offer such a poor service at premium rates. The MD should hang his head in shame but I hear he is too busy placating IOM Govt over the dual data centre "problem". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ai_Droid Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 The MD should hang his head in shame but I hear he is too busy placating IOM Govt over the dual data centre "problem". OOh spill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimboyfat Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 http://www.manx.net/servicestatus/mailing_...tter.asp?ID=113 It's usually a good place to start if you think there's a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 perhaps we should all have email addresses@manxforums.com ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 EXCESSIVE spamming and computer viruses has caused a major US internet service provider (ISP) to block all emails from Manx.net addresses. http://www.gov.im/eBusiness/newsresults.aspx?id=571 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immortalpuppet Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Would like to see the Date of that article, I think thats old as fook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooahhdoo Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 One machine killed it apparently Manx Radio news link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Wow - one infected machine brings the whole show to a halt? Either the service is shite or MR have misreported it. What's Option 1 when you ring 624624? Switch to another email provider? *cough* Gmail! Seriously, someone give me one good reason not to use Gmail. (Or at least, one even vaguely credible reason why manx.net mail is better and/or preferable to Gmail.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimboyfat Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Sounds to me like another reason that "experts" like us should be promoting the use of up to date and effective AntiVirus software, whoever owns the machine(s) that are responsible should know better - it's not like there aren't free solutions out there if you're that cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devil Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 i've been using gmail for a few years now and its spot on! great service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ai_Droid Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Seriously, someone give me one good reason not to use Gmail.(Or at least, one even vaguely credible reason why manx.net mail is better and/or preferable to Gmail.) I've always worried about using a domain for mail that you have no control over. Gmail (and manx.net) could remove their service at any time, boot you from it, change domains, any of that stuff, and you're left high and dry. Gmail is good, but I'd only use it for recieving forwarded mail from my own domain. One possible benefit of manx.net over gmail is security through obscurety. Gmail is targetted for attack, and they're captcha systems recently been hacked making gmail blacklisted on a lot of servers now because of the spam coming from gmail addresses. You're less likely to get that with a smaller service like manx.net Still, gmail does rule, it's got shitloads of space, one of the best virus and spam filters in the world and the webmail is simply uber. Back to manx.net mail, a whole system down from one user? It's believable, but why'd it take so long to fix? A volume of mail large enough to fek up your server should be easy to trace, and to ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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