Due to a number of stability issues, primarily with Email, I am moving www.atmaine.com to a new web hosting provider. These Email issues, which seem to be occurring more and more frequently, have resulted in my not receiving Emails, or in my receiving them in a very untimely fashion. Unless I’m expecting Email from someone and don’t receive it, or unless I notice a delay when posting to the announcements list, I’m not aware there’s a problem at all. Given the prominent role Email plays in my day-to-day business, this, very unacceptable situation can not continue.

So, what does this all mean and how will it effect you? Over the next few days, I will be moving www.atmaine.com to a new web hosting provider. During this time, there *may* be issues getting to the www.atmaine.com web page. I’m hoping the transition will go smoothly, however, if you get an error stating that the page can not be displayed, or can’t be found, please be patient and try again in a short while. Concerning Email, I’m not expecting any major difficulties transferring to the new provider, however, technology being what it is, there’s a very slight chance that Emails sent to me may bounce back to you while the transition is in progress. If this should happen, please feel free to either call me, or just re-send the email. Finally, the new hosting provider uses a slightly different software program to manage mailing lists such as my announcements list. I should be able to import the existing list, however to prevent spam, you may be required to re-confirm your subscription. If this looks like it’ll be the case, I’ll send out another message with more detailed directions.

I’m hoping to have everything moved to the new provider before this week’s Assistive Technology Show on Wednesday. once complete, everything should look as it did before if not better. Once the transition is complete, I will definitely post both to the www.atmaine.com main page and the announcements list.

Finally, i would just like to apologize to everyone who may have been effected by these Email issues. Certainly, I know what it’s like to Email someone only to become frustrated when no reply is forthcoming. To know that, from time to time, I’ve been that “someone” is both professionally unacceptable and personally very upsetting. Again, my sincerest apologies.

Steve