ICANN Announcements

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ICANN Email Affected by Global IT Outages

19 July 2024

20:35 UTC: ICANN is having email issues and we may not receive your email. ICANN’s external email vendor has been affected by today’s global IT outages, and email-dependent services may be affected during this time. Beyond this, all other services are operating as normal. We will update you as this progresses. 

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ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a nonprofit public benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world.