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Google investigates Gmail IMAP sync issues affecting Outlook users
2023-02-22 19:54

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Microsoft Outlook flooded with spam due to broken email filters
2023-02-20 16:58

According to reports from an increasing number of Microsoft customers, Outlook inboxes have been flooded with spam emails over the last nine hours because email spam filters are currently broken. This ongoing issue was confirmed by countless Outlook users who have reported that all messages were landing in their inboxes, even those that would have been previously tagged as spam and sent to the junk folder.

Microsoft Outlook outage prevents users from sending, receiving emails
2023-02-07 07:50

Microsoft is investigating and working on addressing an ongoing outage affecting the company's Outlook webmail service. According to information shared via the company's Microsoft 365 Status Twitter account, Redmond is performing targeted restarts to portions of the infrastructure impacted by a recent change.

Microsoft 365 outage takes down Teams, Exchange Online, Outlook
2023-01-25 09:11

Microsoft is investigating an ongoing outage impacting multiple Microsoft 365 services after customers have reported experiencing connection issues."We're investigating issues impacting multiple Microsoft 365 services. We've identified a potential networking issue and are reviewing telemetry to determine the next troubleshooting steps," the Microsoft 365 team said in a Twitter thread. "We've isolated the problem to networking configuration issues, and we're analyzing the best mitigation strategy to address these without causing additional impact."

New StrelaStealer malware steals your Outlook, Thunderbird accounts
2022-11-09 22:51

A new information-stealing malware named 'StrelaStealer' is actively stealing email account credentials from Outlook and Thunderbird, two widely used email clients. StrelaStealer arrives on the victim's system via email attachments, currently ISO files with varying content.

Microsoft rolls out fix for Outlook disabling Teams Meeting add-in
2022-11-03 23:18

Microsoft is rolling out a fix for a known issue affecting Outlook for Microsoft 365 users and preventing them from scheduling Teams meetings because the option is no longer available on the app's ribbon menu. The Teams Meeting add-in can be found in the Calendar view, and it helps Outlook users to create Teams meetings from Outlook.

Microsoft shares workaround for ongoing Outlook login issues
2022-10-28 18:57

Microsoft is working on a fix for ongoing sign-in issues affecting some Outlook for Microsoft 365 customers and preventing them from accessing their accounts. While Microsoft says that the Outlook Team is working on a solution for this known issue, an official workaround is available for those who want to access their accounts until a fix rolls out.

Microsoft shares fix for Exchange Online mailbox issues in Outlook
2022-10-18 19:31

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Microsoft is rolling out a fix for Outlook crashing after launch
2022-10-07 17:56

Microsoft is finally rolling out a fix for an issue known since August and causing Outlook for Microsoft 365 to freeze and crash right after it's opened. "When you start Outlook Desktop, it gets past loading profile and processing, briefly opens, and then stops responding," Microsoft explains.

Microsoft Outlook is disabling Teams Meeting add-in, how to fix
2022-09-19 16:52

Microsoft is investigating a known issue affecting Outlook for Microsoft 365 users and preventing them from creating Teams meetings using the app's ribbon menu. The Teams Meeting add-in, as its name says, can be found in the Calendar view and it enables Outlook users to schedule a Teams meeting from Outlook.