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Maintenance
US IMAP email server downtime

On 22 July 2026 at 10:00 am US/Central time (UTC -5) one of our US IMAP email servers will be shut down for infrastructure maintenance. The server will be offline during the maintenance and the expected downtime is 6 hours.

Affected customers will be notified individually via email.

No incoming mail will be lost while the server is offline. Mail that arrives during the maintenance will be deferred and delivered once the mail server is back online.

We realize that the timing of this relocation is not ideal. If you have business-critical mailboxes and would like them to be available during the maintenance then please email support@opalstack.com or reply to this message to make arrangements to have your mailboxes migrated to a different IMAP server prior to the scheduled maintenance date.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this maintenance then please email the Opalstack support team for assistance.

Past Incidents

8th October 2024

No incidents reported

7th October 2024

No incidents reported

6th October 2024

No incidents reported

5th October 2024

No incidents reported

4th October 2024

No incidents reported

3rd October 2024

No incidents reported

2nd October 2024

No incidents reported

1st October 2024

Email: USA US SMTP blocked by Microsoft

At this time messages sent from the US SMTP server to Microsoft email domains like hotmail.com, live.com, outlook.com, and their international variants are being blocked by Microsoft.

The cause of the block has been identified and corrected and we are now waiting for Microsoft to remove the block.

We'll update this post as soon as the block has been lifted or when there is other information to report.

  • Microsoft has lifted the block and their servers are now accepting mail from the US SMTP.