This blog/site was down for a while today. Note: going to dograt.com is the same as accessing www.dograt.com.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>ping dograt.com Pinging dograt.com [173.254.3.155] with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Ping statistics for 173.254.3.155: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss)
I don’t know why it was down. Stuff happens, as I know all too well from my many years working with computers, enterprise class as well as consumer grade. It came back briefly before crashing again, but now it seems to be holding. While it was down, SMTP continued to work.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>ping mail.dograt.com
Pinging mail.dograt.com [173.254.3.155] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 173.254.3.155: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=54
Reply from 173.254.3.155: bytes=32 time=58ms TTL=54
Reply from 173.254.3.155: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=54
Reply from 173.254.3.155: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54
Ping statistics for 173.254.3.155:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 55ms, Maximum = 61ms, Average = 57ms
Although I had no direct access to my mail service via IMAP, I forward everything to Microsoft Mail. That made it possible for me to continue directing e-mail through my domain. The Department of Redundancy Department in action.