Maintenance on RIPE Whois Server, 10 November 2003

Dear Colleagues,

[apologies for duplicate messages]

Next Monday, 10 November 2003, we need to perform a maintenance
work on the RIPE Whois Server to replace a faulty piece of hardware.
During the maintenance work,
 - Whois Database updates will be stopped,
 - all update mails to <auto-dbm at ripe.net> will be queued
     to be processed later,
 -  Webupdate and syncupdate interfaces will be unavailable,
 -  The whois queries will _not_ be interrupted.

The maintenance work will start at 12:00 UTC (13:00 Amsterdam time)
on 10 November 2003 and expected to last 2 to 3 hours.

We apologise for the inconvenience caused.

Please do not hesitate to contact <ripe-dbm at ripe.net> for any
questions.

Best regards,
--
Engin Gunduz
RIPE NCC