System Status

The user identity system that controls all usernames and passwords consists of numerous subsystems. The subsystem that handles webmail logins is performing slowly. Once a user has successfully logged in, however, email performance is normal.

There is no impact to incoming or outgoing email.
Users who access email via desktop or mobile device email clients are not affected by this issue. If you need help setting up a device, click here to get easy to use instructions: http://setup.emailsrvrhelp.com/

How we are responding

We are adding login processing capacity to the system to address current performance issues. Due to the size and complexity of our systems, this work must be done carefully. Capacity improvements will begin this evening and will continue through the weekend.

While additional capacity will mitigate the current state, we are actively investigating the underlying cause of the issue.

What is next

We are closely monitoring system loads and will continue to do so. Because of the nature of this incident, we may have to initiate some amount of rate limiting for webmail logins on Monday, 27 August 2018, as we load increases throughout the work day.

Conclusion

We deeply apologize for users experiencing trouble accessing webmail. We know that email is important to you and will continue to work diligently to resolve this issue.
We will post status updates as significant events occur."

Emergency Maintenance - Hosted Email

We will be performing an emergency maintenance to enhance the systems responsible for managing webmail login requests. The maintenance window will begin Friday August 24, 2018 at 8:00PM EST and end on Sunday August 26, 2018 at 10:00PM EST.

While all measures are being taken to prevent any impact to users, some may experience a brief disruption of service during the maintenance window.