Re: [Savannah-hackers-public] Sending email via fencepost fails

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Eli Zaretskii <elizaretskii@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 16:39:53 +0300
> Cc: sysadmin@gnu.org
> 
> Since about half an hour ago, I cannot send email via fencepost port
> 587: I get "connection refused".
> Logging into fencepost via SSH does work.
> 
> What is the problem with the SMTP service on fencepost?  Can this be
> fixed, please?
> 
> P.S. And if this is due to some maintenance, why don't I see anything
> on the https://hostux.social/@fsfstatus page?

I sent that 4 hours ago, and in the meantime the problem disappeared.
Kudos to whoever labored on fixing it.

But the gripe about the FSF Status page is real: lately I find it less
and less useful in such cases.  Which is too bad.