Our rsync server is up…
% rsync rsync://rsync.macports.org
release MacPorts rsync release repository, providing the current MacPorts "released" sources and the ports tree.
trunk MacPorts rsync "trunk" repository, providing experimental MacPorts sources in svn's trunk/base.
mpdistfiles Distfile mirror for MacPorts (deprecated module name, use 'distfiles' instead)
distfiles Distfile mirror for MacPorts
packages Packages built by build.macports.org
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…so I expect there’s an issue somewhere between your computer and the server.
I’m closing this ticket because there’s no bug here. If you’d like help debugging your network connection, please post to macports-users.