Index: trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_server_status
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--- trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_server_status	(revision 29572)
+++ trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_server_status	(revision 30317)
@@ -44,4 +44,10 @@
 chdir $rundir or die "failed to cd to $rundir";
 
+
+my $down = 0;
+if ($down) {
+    print "Postage Stamp Server will be down for maintenance it will back at approximately 00:00 2010-12-11 UTC\n";
+    exit 0;
+}
 
 my ($pts, $pantasks_script) = tempfile ('/tmp/pts.XXXX', UNLINK => !$save_temps);
