Cotse down - Page 2

ST123 · 19 Aug 2010, 04:32 PM

Though webmail is actually down for me now.

Can someone else confirm www.cotse.net

?

markwolk · 19 Aug 2010, 06:10 PM

Working fine for me.

DavidJ · 20 Aug 2010, 06:47 PM

Webmail is down for me right now. This is the second time today.

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markwolk · 20 Aug 2010, 06:57 PM

Down for me too. Both webmail and SMTP. I guess it's one service I won't be renewing.

DavidJ · 31 Aug 2010, 03:27 PM

Right now, once again:

Webmail down, IMAP working.

Thanks.
David.

DavidJ · 3 Sep 2010, 09:04 AM

Hi!

Is SMTP down at the moment? I suddenly can't authenticate?

Thanks.
D.

markwolk · 3 Sep 2010, 09:29 AM

It works for me, but for several days mails I send from my domains via Cotse have been failing SPF. The SPF record that had worked for several months suddenly stopped working.

DavidJ · 18 Jan 2011, 02:12 PM

Hi!

For at least the last hour or two, Cotse has been so slow as to be almost inaccessible both by IMAP and Webmail. Timeouts. All of my other Internet resources seem to be functioning fine.

I am in Western Asia.

Anyone experiencing similar problems?

Thanks.
David.

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Update:

As far as I can tell, everything on the cotse.net domain now times out, as does at least one of their alternative domains.

Thanks again.
D.

markwolk · 18 Jan 2011, 05:51 PM

Yeah; same for me. SMTP is down.

DavidJ · 18 Jan 2011, 09:58 PM

This is getting annoying. It's been several hours now that for practical purposes, I can't get at my email.

I did send him an email a few hours ago, in case he doesn't check the servers first thing when he wakes up. I hope he has enough sense to use for Cotse's own email accounts MXs - or alternate MXs - completely independent of his own servers, just for situations like this.

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Update:

Just got this from Steve:

"Line issues, perhaps due to storm, are affecting our mail network. They
are working on it and told us it would be resolved this am."

markwolk · 19 Jan 2011, 02:32 AM

Works again.

DavidJ · 19 Jan 2011, 05:57 AM

Working here now, too.

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Update: Dead again! Webmail doesn't connect at all, and IMAP is too flaky to allow email to be downloaded or read (though I can sometimes get a list of the folders).

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markwolk · 19 Jan 2011, 02:46 PM

Yeah; works here, but very slow.

Nikolaos · 20 Jan 2011, 06:40 AM

Interesting. I went to cotse.net on the web just to take a look and it seems to be down. But mail.cotse.net seems to be up and responding to pings. Is this a paid provider? They seem rather unreliable for a for-fee service, judging by this thread...

DavidJ · 20 Jan 2011, 02:19 PM

It is indeed a paid provider, and as far as uptime goes, it is indeed less reliable than it should be, but it also has its virtues.

It is not all that unusual for parts of the Cotse system to be up while others are down, as you can see by the history of this thread.

I would also not trust ping to give useful information about a server which is very flaky at the moment of the test. I have frequently seen cases where four short default ICMP packets get through in both directions when no useful information can.

Good luck.
D.

20 Aug 2010, 06:57 PM	#19
markwolk Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 349	Down for me too. Both webmail and SMTP. I guess it's one service I won't be renewing. Last edited by markwolk : 20 Aug 2010 at 07:02 PM.

18 Jan 2011, 02:12 PM	#23
DavidJ Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 178	Cotse unusable at the moment? Hi! For at least the last hour or two, Cotse has been so slow as to be almost inaccessible both by IMAP and Webmail. Timeouts. All of my other Internet resources seem to be functioning fine. I am in Western Asia. Anyone experiencing similar problems? Thanks. David. ***** Update: As far as I can tell, everything on the cotse.net domain now times out, as does at least one of their alternative domains. Thanks again. D. Last edited by DavidJ : 18 Jan 2011 at 02:18 PM. Reason: Status Update

18 Jan 2011, 09:58 PM	#25
DavidJ Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 178	This is getting annoying. It's been several hours now that for practical purposes, I can't get at my email. I did send him an email a few hours ago, in case he doesn't check the servers first thing when he wakes up. I hope he has enough sense to use for Cotse's own email accounts MXs - or alternate MXs - completely independent of his own servers, just for situations like this. T D ************ Update: Just got this from Steve: "Line issues, perhaps due to storm, are affecting our mail network. They are working on it and told us it would be resolved this am." Last edited by DavidJ : 18 Jan 2011 at 10:45 PM. Reason: Update

19 Jan 2011, 05:57 AM	#27
DavidJ Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 178	Working here now, too. ************************ Update: Dead again! Webmail doesn't connect at all, and IMAP is too flaky to allow email to be downloaded or read (though I can sometimes get a list of the folders). T D Last edited by DavidJ : 19 Jan 2011 at 02:06 PM. Reason: Update

19 Aug 2010, 04:32 PM	#16
ST123 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 151	Though webmail is actually down for me now. Can someone else confirm www.cotse.net ?

19 Aug 2010, 06:10 PM	#17
markwolk Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 349	Working fine for me.

20 Aug 2010, 06:47 PM	#18
DavidJ Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 178	Webmail is down for me right now. This is the second time today. T D

31 Aug 2010, 03:27 PM	#20
DavidJ Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 178	Right now, once again: Webmail down, IMAP working. Thanks. David.

3 Sep 2010, 09:04 AM	#21
DavidJ Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 178	Hi! Is SMTP down at the moment? I suddenly can't authenticate? Thanks. D.

3 Sep 2010, 09:29 AM	#22
markwolk Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 349	It works for me, but for several days mails I send from my domains via Cotse have been failing SPF. The SPF record that had worked for several months suddenly stopped working.

18 Jan 2011, 05:51 PM	#24
markwolk Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 349	Yeah; same for me. SMTP is down.

19 Jan 2011, 02:32 AM	#26
markwolk Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 349	Works again.

19 Jan 2011, 02:46 PM	#28
markwolk Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 349	Yeah; works here, but very slow.

20 Jan 2011, 06:40 AM	#29
Nikolaos Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 345	Interesting. I went to cotse.net on the web just to take a look and it seems to be down. But mail.cotse.net seems to be up and responding to pings. Is this a paid provider? They seem rather unreliable for a for-fee service, judging by this thread...

20 Jan 2011, 02:19 PM	#30
DavidJ Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 178	It is indeed a paid provider, and as far as uptime goes, it is indeed less reliable than it should be, but it also has its virtues. It is not all that unusual for parts of the Cotse system to be up while others are down, as you can see by the history of this thread. I would also not trust ping to give useful information about a server which is very flaky at the moment of the test. I have frequently seen cases where four short default ICMP packets get through in both directions when no useful information can. Good luck. D.