[outages] RIM MXs down?

[Jay R. Ashworth]

----- "Josh Luthman" <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
> On 5/16/10, Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
> > Is it my turn to notice Blackberry email not coming in?  iPhones
> > notwithstanding,
> > I still have 3 or 4 blackberries to which I forward mail, and I have
> > slightly over 200 messages bouncing off them.
> >
> > Only one or two other messages deferring outbound, so I don't think
> > it's me.

Well, I just did a telnet test:

[root at benjamin ~]# telnet mx03.bis.na.blackberry.com 25
Trying 216.9.248.34...
Connected to mx03.bis.na.blackberry.com (216.9.248.34).
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.

No discernable delay on close.  So apparently at least *some* Blackberry 
incoming MXs are broke.  Improperly thinking I'm on a blacklist, and dropping
the connection without telling me why is a valid value for "broke".

Is there a format back-end contact for RIM for such problems, anyone?

Cheers,
-- jra

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