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Users are reporting problems related to: sign in, website down and errors.
Outlook.com is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services from Microsoft. One of the world's first webmail services, it was founded in 1996 as Hotmail.
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Sign inProblems in the last 24 hours
The graph below depicts the number of Outlook.com reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.
January 22: Problems at Outlook.com
Outlook.com is having issues since 10:00 PM GMT. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!
Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Outlook.com users through our website.
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Sign in (61%)
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Website Down (22%)
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Errors (17%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Outlook.com outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
|---|---|---|
 Los Angeles |
Errors | |
| Arlington |
Errors | |
 Sydney |
Errors | |
| Murfreesboro |
Sign in | |
| Abingdon |
Website Down | |
 Singapore |
Sign in |
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Community Discussion
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Outlook.com Issues Reports
Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:
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Harry King
(@harryessex) reported
@Outlook wtf going on ????? Getting so much spam my inbox. Fix it please
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abbie 🤍🍄
(@abaddonbeauty) reported
Ok is anyones junk mail filter NOT WORKING? I am getting a ridiculous amount of junk mail in my outlook inbox @Outlook pls fix
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S
(@sophl1227) reported
@Outlook there is definitely a global issue with your spam filters today! I’m being bombarded and there are no auto-filtering options available. What is happening!?
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Sam
(@_samdeane) reported
@_Flinty @Outlook It really is. Not a single message has gone directly to junk today. Looking online it seems like there is an issue open but nothing official
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S
(@sophl1227) reported
@Microsoft any chance you can acknowledge a problem with your @Outlook junk filtering today?
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DantiX C
(@RoswellAntiX) reported
@Outlook My ******@msn.com junk email filter stopped working today. All email is going directly into the inbox. Please fix problem.
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Michelle Cohen
(@groovygal1969) reported
@Microsoft @Outlook when are you fixing the junk mail issue? And why does this keep happening? #fixJunkMail
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angie_seattle 🦑✍️
(@angie_seattle) reported
Junk filter @Outlook seems broken today. More crap making it’s way into my inbox. Junk is bad enough already. Wonder who twitter has exposed e-mail to?
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Bri
(@BriThibodeaux) reported
Dear @Outlook please fix the spam filter because apparently today I’m getting all of spam emails in my inbox instead of the spam folder.
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Georgia Riga
(@Spourgitaki) reported
Nothing but hundreds of #SpamEmail in my #MicrosoftOutlook inbox today. @Outlook please fix your filters, this is unacceptable
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MiMeQu
(@MiMeQu) reported
@Outlook Fix your app. Since the update three days ago, all my junk mail is now going straight to my inbox.
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Colette B
(@Lollinski) reported
Anyone else having issues with @Outlook junk filtering today? It's normally super hot but today my inbox is filled with absolutely rubbish
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AbuLarine | أبو لارين
(@AbuLarine) reported
@MicrosoftHelps @Outlook I noticed a few hours ago that my #hotmail account got crazy and sent most of the incoming junk to my inbox! Is this a known issue?
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Salty Jim
(@ViewtifulJimm) reported
@MicrosoftHelps @Outlook maybe y’all should tweet and acknowledge the junk e-mail problem on outlook
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ProFumpyYT
(@notprofumpyyt) reported
@Microsoft please fix @Outlook 's spam filter already before someones grandma loses their banking information to a no life
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Vu Dinh
(@dinhxuanvu) reported
@MicrosoftHelps Someone please fixes the completely broken email spam filter that hasn't been working for months now. Today is the day when junk emails are ALL welcome in my inbox. Do I need to pay spam filter @Outlook now?
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Pixel Pursuit
(@PixelPursuitRob) reported
@SirCrackerBulb @Outlook I've just recently been going through the same exact thing but it's on my personal email address which isn't even public. Something must be going on with Outlook that they need to fix I guess...
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Who am I? I'm
(@Beter_Barker_) reported
@Microsoft @Outlook @Windows for the love of god PLEASE FIX YOU SPAM EMAIL PROBLEM! IM BLOCKING ABOUT 25 A DAY!!!! FIGURE THIS **** OUT
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Cathryn
(@9inelivez) reported
Looks like @Outlook has abandoned all efforts at spam filters-- manually junked more than THIRTY so far today!! Fix this crap or I'm leaving a 40 yr address. #hotmailFAIL
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RushOn
(@laurabw16) reported
@Outlook how about acknowledging this #spam #junk email issue, hmm? #outlookfail
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Keith
(@kyliving) reported
Please acknowledge that you're aware of the spam filter problem on @Outlook and you're working on a solution. @Microsoft #Outlook
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Shawn
(@spfarrelltweets) reported
Anyone else who's still holding onto their Hotmail account (since 1997, baby), noticing an overwhelming amount of spam making it through to your inbox lately? What's up @Outlook? Is something broken?
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Garbage Pail Fail
(@Hotsocksblkbot) reported
@Outlook Wish you guys would let everyone know that spam blocking is down right now. #hotmailjunk
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Joseph Pechoski
(@tojoski) reported
@Outlook Please fix your broken spam filtering!
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Reef ➐
(@Reef215) reported
@Outlook Spam filtering is not working on one of my accounts. Please Fix ASAP
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Judianna
(@Judianna) reported
cc: @Microsoft @Outlook fix your darned filters, please.
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Houman
(@houman_ag) reported
@Outlook I know you've got enough crap from people today so you'd think I'd cut you slack but I won't. You deserve the crap because of how terrible your spam filtering is. Today I actually had to double check my folder to confirm if I was really looking at inbox #email #spam
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Amanda Eitzen
(@aeitzy) reported
@Outlook please fix your spam filters!
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Claire
(@clairesstudying) reported
@Microsoft @Outlook fix your spam filters!!!!
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Who am I? I'm
(@Beter_Barker_) reported
@Outlook PLEASE FIX THIS SPAM EMAIL PROBLEM YOU GUYS HAVE. IM BLOCKING ALMOST 30 SENDERS A DAY, EVERY WEEK. WHAT THE HELL?