Nameserver problems

[Rick]

The folks who look after the OAS domain and emails have been having a few problems today.

Symptoms include emails being delayed, and the websites not being found.

You can (with luck) get their latest status information here.

[Mike]

Now I know why I have been able to get on the forum but not on the website all day long.

[Rick]

It was a really bizarre mix of failures. Half the domain information was accessible, and the other half was reporting all sorts of negative stuff. I suppose that might have been down to DNS caches variously holding and forgetting stuff...