nevermind... servers down for maintenance... about 20% users affected, should be back in service after 9pm pst tonight.
From Apple:
At approximately 4:00 PM PST 3/10/02 we will be performing maintenance and repairs on on one of our email servers. The servicing of this server is expected to be completed by approximately 9:00PM PST tonight. During this time period approximately 20% of mac.com users will be unable to access their mac.com email. Most affected users will receive an "Authentication Failed" error message. Other mac.com users will be unaffected by this maintenance.
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From Apple:
At approximately 4:00 PM PST 3/10/02 we will be performing maintenance and repairs on on one of our email servers. The servicing of this server is expected to be completed by approximately 9:00PM PST tonight. During this time period approximately 20% of mac.com users will be unable to access their mac.com email. Most affected users will receive an "Authentication Failed" error message. Other mac.com users will be unaffected by this maintenance.