[Complete] Hosted Email server upgrade

On 28 June 2023 our Hosted Email platform will be undergoing scheduled maintenance.

During this maintenance window we will be upgrading the underlying operating system and implementing block level data replication. These changes will improve the security, performance and availability of our Hosted Email platform.

The maintenance window is from 2023-06-28 23:00 UTC to 2023-06-29 02:00 UTC. Expect approximately 60 minutes of disruption during this window.

Our support system will be unaffected. Please contact support@anu.net if you have any questions.

Price list adjustments as of 1 June

Unfortunately effective 1 June 2023 we are having to make a few adjustments to our price list to reflect the current exchange rates, energy markets and incessant price increases we have had to absorb from almost all of our suppliers.

We made very incremental changes to our pricing effective 1 January. Unfortunately our costs have continued to increase dramatically since then.

As of 1 June we will be applying a 5% price increase across all of our products and services. For a copy of our full price list please use the “Download our price list” button on our What We Offer page.

Updated prices will be reflected on your invoice from 1 June onward. Customers with fixed price contracts will be adjusted on the contract renewal date. If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact Chris Wik.

[Complete] ams2-c6-1 changes

This is an announcement for any customer who has a website or email service running on ams2-c6-1. Unfortunately, the operating system running on ams2-c6-1 is end of life and needs replacing.

On 1st of May 2023 we will be transferring all hosting accounts from ams2-c6-1 to a newer web server, ams1-c8-1. This will include email and DNS data but not web data – this will remain on ams2-c6-1 via a secure local proxy. You won’t need to do anything. We will automatically be handling the transfer and after the maintenance everything including your email accounts will operate as normal.

Customers who wish to access their website files and data directly via FTP / MySQL on ams2-c6-1 will need to be connected to our VPN and access it via the local network – please contact support@anu.net if you either do not have a VPN account and need one, or are not sure how to connect to ams2-c6-1 using it.

We expect this maintenance to begin at 8PM Amsterdam Time and be complete 2AM Amsterdam time (6 hours). During this period, email accounts hosted on ams2-c6-1 will be offline throughout, and web/DNS traffic may experience 2-3 outages of up to 15 minutes each.

This only affects clients with websites and email hosted on ams2-c6-1 – we will also be contacting customers directly if this is the case.

Ashley