E-mail chaos as internet server on the verge of collapse

E-MAIL messages sent to Cypriot addresses may not arrive, or may suffer delays as the existing mail delivery server is being overstretched.

The server, housed at the University of Cyprus in Nicosia, was originally designed for a much smaller number of internet users. However, the lure of the internet for Cypriots has seen over 10,000 computers connected up to the web and the server is now on the verge of collapse.

The whole system is in the process of being upgraded, but until this work is completed, interruption is likely to continue.

At present there is no backup server and although local providers have offered to supply this service, it has yet to be implemented.

As an interim measure, urgent e-mail can be sent without using the .cy suffix, but this should not be used under normal circumstances.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.