On Wednesday, February 24 at 08:00 UTC-8 a technician from the local Cat dealer will be on site to load bank and test our generator.
Verizon; Still No Progress
It’s been a while since we posted a Verizon update. The last time we had contact with them was at the end of December, and we recently learned that as of Friday (02-12-2010) that no progress has been made in re-provisioning the circuit to match what was ordered. The latest roadblock is that there isn’t any capacity at the San Jose hub for us. This has become the longest attempt at a new circuit turn-up that we have ever had the displeasure to experience.
New: “Allow Content Filter” option for Additional Mail Sources
Because all mail retrieved using the Additional Mail Sources feature appear to be coming from trusted internal sources, by default all filters (except anti-virus) are automatically whitelisted. You may now choose to re-enable the SpamAssassin content filter by setting Allow Content Filter option to “Yes”.
AT&T Fiber Installation, Part 2
AT&T arrived this morning to pull the fiber. The next step is for for splicer to come out.
AT&T Fiber in our telco room.
24 strand fiber optic cable.
Feb. 8 Update
AT&T splice van across the street.
Feb. 9 Update
Splicing vans in our parking lot.
AT&T is working at the last manhole in our parking lot today, so we’re guessing they’re going to be getting to our telco room shortly.
Feb. 9 Update #2
AT&T came over to terminate the fiber in our telco room, but apparently a subcontractor was supposed to have already placed a rack for them, which didn’t happen. After a few calls it was determined they will be here on Tuesday, Feb. 16 Wednesday, Feb. 17. (The date was moved back on Feb. 12.)
New: Password Change in Webmail
We’ve added provisions to change a hosted mail box password (and its matching outbound account) through both of the webmail clients.
Return of Outbound Account (AUTH) Logs
The logs for Outbound Accounts have returned!
We have added preliminary IPv6 support (display only, no CIDR searching yet) and our queue ID will now be logged if the message was accepted into the mail queue. Viewing is now by outbound account name instead of domain name, which means that submissions from “mail server” account types are now viewable in the logs.
Due to these changes there’s a new URL for the outbound account logs:
Send Mail Using IPv6!
If you’re feeling brave and have IPv6 connectivity, you can now submit mail to our Outbound Mail service (SMTP AUTH) over IPv6 by connecting to “smtpauth6.rollernet.us”. All of the same ports and TLS available under IPv4 also apply as we have simply dual-stacked the service. Please see “Submitting Outbound Mail via IPv6” on the forums for current limitations.
As far as we’re aware, Roller Network one of the very few – maybe even the first – provider in our arena to enable IPv6 for transport-level SMTP. This is quite a bit more substantial than simply making a website IPv6 available, so please send us feedback if you try it.
Temporary Removal of Outbound Account (AUTH) Logs
We are temporarily removing the “Outbound Account (AUTH) Logs” mail log view in order to implement the first phase of revamping these logs to once again become useful. Other mail logs will not be affected. Once complete the outbound account logs will be by their AUTH name instead of domain name.
The ultimate goals of this rewrite are to add IPv6 support and tracking of message status as returned by the recipient’s mail server.
AT&T Fiber Installation, Part 1
The building we’re in was already lit with Verizon fiber, but we ended up having to accelerate our plans to install a secondary fiber entrance for an AT&T loop due to the continuing delays with Verizon. This time it involves some road construction.
Interior of secondary fiber entrance.
Exterior of secondary fiber entrance.
Overview of the trench.
Ultimately this is a benefit for everyone because we have two independent fiber loops, but we had originally planned to start accepting new colocation and hosting customers last year. The next step is for AT&T to pull their fiber.
Finished trench with a concrete top.
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