Outlook down: Microsoft's email service failing to receive messages

Email service Outlook appears to be suffering an outage, predominantly affecting users in the United States.

According to data from DownDetector, issues began roughly an hour ago at 11am ET/4pm BST, preventing users from receiving messages and, in some cases, logging into their accounts.

Currently, however, the Microsoft status portal is reporting no issues whatsover, so it's unclear what is causing the problems. Neither has Microsoft acknowledged an issue via social channels.

We'll update this page as new information emerges...

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Outlook outage

On Twitter, Outlook users are reporting various different problems, ranging from mail delivery issues to errors affecting email signatures.

Others are complaining about the poor timing of the outage, just as users in the US enter the thick of their working day.

An account attached to Arizona State University claims Microsoft has been made aware of the issue and is currently investigating, although it's unclear where this information has come from.

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