anybody else out there who uses the free lycos email account service?

i know they were doing system updates at their end on the 19th and they said there will be no email on that day and maybe the day after at the latest. its now the 22nd and i still have no email

i log on the homepage and click email to go and view them however my page just times out and will not load at all

any body else been able to log into their account today?/onwards?
any ideas as wht is happening?

i need this as my ucas (uni) application was done through this service

thx