[ros-general] Web and Mail system migration

[Colin Finck]

Hello,

We're planning to migrate the Web and Mail system to a new server and
upgrade these components in the next 24 hours.
This affects the whole Website at www.reactos.org plus all @reactos.org mail
addresses including the mailing lists. During the migration, these services
may be temporarily unavailable.

The Web server migration includes upgrading the server components (e.g.
Apache, MySQL, PHP) and applications (e.g. RosCMS, phpBB) to newer versions.
Besides, the configuration of the server components was tuned for a better
overall performance.
The mail boxes, mail relays and mailing lists will be moved to a dedicated
virtual machine, which will also offer a groupware system for official
ReactOS developers and testers.

Our plan is to do this upgrade in two big steps, namely first the Website
and afterwards the mail stuff, to keep the downtime as low as possible.
Minor problems are expected after the migration and will be fixed shortly.
In case of major unforeseen problems, the downtime of particular components
might be extended to the next 48 hours.

Best regards,

Colin Finck