This issue is now resolved.
We have completed our maintenance on the authentication platform and have added additional processing capacity to the system without incident. We have enabled all rate limited services at this time and users can log into Webmail as expected. Our monitoring indicates that the platform has returned to a normalized state. Additionally, mail delivery was not impacted throughout this incident.
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Email Hosting Issues
Saturday Aug 25, 2018
[Resolved] Webmail Access
03:32 PM EDT
08/25/18
02:45 PM EDT
08/24/18
As many of you have noticed, webmail users have experienced login failures yesterday and today. We apologize for the loss of webmail access and are sharing an update while we continue work to resolve the issue.
What is going on
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
First, to control performance we are intentionally rate limiting logins to webmail, online docs, and cloud drive.
Second, 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 the load increases throughout the work day.
Upon request, we will make available an Incident Report that details the root cause of the issue, as well as remediation steps taken and actions we will take to prevent this issue from reoccurring.
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.
What is going on
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
First, to control performance we are intentionally rate limiting logins to webmail, online docs, and cloud drive.
Second, 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 the load increases throughout the work day.
Upon request, we will make available an Incident Report that details the root cause of the issue, as well as remediation steps taken and actions we will take to prevent this issue from reoccurring.
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.
12:20 PM EDT
08/24/18
Our team continues to work to resolve the issue. In the meantime, we strongly encourage the use of an email client or mobile device for access as an alternative to webmail. For assistance in setting up one of these programs, you may refer to the following link:
http://setup.emailsrvrhelp.com/
We will provide the next update once more information becomes available.
http://setup.emailsrvrhelp.com/
We will provide the next update once more information becomes available.
09:31 AM EDT
08/24/18
Hosted Email users may experience latency or errors when attempting to access webmail. As a workaround, users are advised to access mailboxes via an email client or mobile device. Cloud Drive for Hosted Email Plus has been disabled for users who subscribe to this service. Email delivery is not impacted by this incident. Our team is actively engaged and working towards a solution. Further updates will be provided as they become available.
08:49 AM EDT
08/24/18
We are investigating an issue that is affecting our Hosted Email environment. More details will be posted as they become available.