Currently All the City Photography websites are off line while we are updating the systems, we have become a little stuck one part of the process which deals with email accounts for our photographer members.
As we are updating the servers, Never have I came across such a loony system for emails.
The start of the issue is that the software packages don’t exist as a single point or solution. This means that:
- user handling is separate (requires 3 software packs)
- incoming mail is separate to holding email,
- transferring incoming to holding is different.
- Scanning (viruses and spam) are all different.
- holding to mail box and then mail box to the user is dealt with with 3 other software programmes.
Of course, this is something a little special as all the 13 bits of software have to be put together and work, which is a little bit of an issue.
We have had the system working, BUT — the system would send spam, so that had to be put to a stop. Then we had an issue with creating user accounts and integrating this across the system.
On the website (member sites) side of things, we have managed to get this all fixed and working as it is simple and easy to do, the email side of the services are currently holding everything up.
Until Such time as we have the Mail systems working correctly all City-photography website will be down.
Oh BTW I fixed this about 20 minutes after posting this.