Hey Dave,
Yes the email is down and there are no notifications going out. We are putting in a new backup server (which is why the site has been down several times in the last week) and it has caused a little havoc with the email system. It's been no fun for Rainman and me either because the confirmation emails aren't going out so we are having to help everyone as they request it via our websupport

We may have a couple of times this week where we will take the site down again to configure the server and fix the email but then we should really be flying around here.
The good news is that the money people donates here does go to very good use.