Dear Colleagues, [apologies for duplicate messages] Tomorrow, 28 November 2003, we need to perform a maintenance work on the RIPE Whois Server for hardware replacement. During the maintenance work, - Whois Database updates will be stopped, - all update mails to auto-dbm@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 07:00 UTC (08:00 Amsterdam time) on 28 November 2003, Friday, and expected to last 2 to 3 hours. We apologise for the inconvenience caused, and we are sorry for the short notice. Please do not hesitate to contact ripe-dbm@ripe.net for any questions. Best regards, -- Engin Gunduz Software Engineering Department RIPE NCC