---
title: Email / LDAP outage.
active: true
type: maintenance
created_at: 2020-10-27 22:00
starts_at: 2020-10-27 22:00
eta: 2020-10-31 20:05
expire_at: 2020-10-28 17:31
affects: [dgo_smtp, dgo_mbox]
force_state: maintenance
---

Update: 10-28: We have located some bad LDAP nodes and have taken them out of service; so email should be restored for users.
We are still working on a root cause for the bad LDAP nodes.

A recent upgrade on dev.gentoo.org (woodpecker) has caused authentication problems for many users.
Expect problems interacting with smtp, pop3, and imap services until we can resolve this issue.