Hotmail inaccessable.
March 12, 2004 2:58 PM   Subscribe

Anybody having trouble with Hotmail right now? I can't seem to access it this afternoon.
posted by konolia to Computers & Internet (14 answers total)
 
i can't access it tonight. It's 23.02 in London.
posted by Frasermoo at 2:59 PM on March 12, 2004


White page says "Service not available" (6:00 PM EST). No other information/links
posted by whatzit at 3:00 PM on March 12, 2004


Response by poster: Well, then, at least it isn't just me. (curls up in email withdrawal spasms.)
posted by konolia at 3:02 PM on March 12, 2004


Just spoke to MS, they say it was a minor outage that got compounded and they estimate 2-4 hours of downtime.
posted by chaz at 3:05 PM on March 12, 2004


Strangely from the IMAP(ish) version that I can get in Entourage/Outlook Express, I can send but can't seem to receive. I can't login through a browser, and it seems to be related to passport being down.
posted by willnot at 3:05 PM on March 12, 2004


Actually, I take that back. When I go to MSN, and click on their hotmail link in the left nav, it dumps me right into my account. I'm not sure if that is using a different address or what.

Also, I did recieve my test message through Entrouage. it's just it was in the junk folder where I wasn't looking.
posted by willnot at 3:09 PM on March 12, 2004


MSN and Hotmail outages reported.
posted by brownpau at 3:17 PM on March 12, 2004


They told me that it's actually Passport that's down, so if you were already logged in or whatever, hotmail is still technically up, etc. But logins are disabled.
posted by chaz at 3:40 PM on March 12, 2004


Reuters: Microsoft's Hotmail Users Shut Out for Hours

(But what do I know? My Hotmail worked all day.)
posted by Vidiot at 5:08 PM on March 12, 2004


Works for me.
posted by rhapsodie at 5:11 PM on March 12, 2004


for me too
posted by matteo at 6:59 PM on March 12, 2004


Response by poster: Must have been on and off. Works now, finally. *aaaahhhh*
posted by konolia at 7:48 PM on March 12, 2004


People still use that spam machine Hotmail?
posted by terrapin at 5:51 AM on March 13, 2004


Must have been on and off. Works now, finally. *aaaahhhh*
Have to laugh as yesterday the major news outlets talked about it.
posted by thomcatspike at 8:07 AM on March 13, 2004


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