[LINK] did I miss decommissioning of Hotmail

Marghanita da Cruz marghanita at ramin.com.au
Sun Sep 7 08:37:56 AEST 2025 

but wait there is more:

> Yes, lately Hotmail/Outlook randomly block mail servers.
> They usually get unblocked after a certain period of time.

Marghanita

On 9/2/25 10:42, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
> Thanks again Scott,
>
> Passed info onto my ISP, finally got real person. I asked if they have 
> been on hols or just overwhelmed.
>
> Still did not get ticket from online form only from chat. Form also 
> for sales.
>
> sent error message again - it identifies live.com and hotmail.com 
> email addresses failing since about 24 July. New hotmail addresses 
> failed in last week. All emails previously worked for me.
>
> I also gave them reference (acknowledgement) to link 
> https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
>
> Marghanita
>
> On 9/1/25 19:24, Scott Howard wrote:
>> S3150 means that the sending IP address is blacklisted.
>>
>> You need to talk to your ISP/email provider.
>>
>> Presuming it's the same IP your last email to this list went through, 
>> I can see it on at least 2 blacklists - those likely aren't directly 
>> related to Hotmail blocking, but they show a pattern...
>> https://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=blacklist%3a203.132.1.1
>>
>>   Scott
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM Marghanita da Cruz 
>> <marghanita at ramin.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> Johann, more info would be useful. Issue that ISP did not respond
>> previously, and I don't like my chances now but it might be my ISP
>> and I
>> will send them the error message which includes: "host
>> hotmail-com.olc.protection.outlook.com
>> <http://hotmail-com.olc.protection.outlook.com> <snip>SMTP error
>> from remote mail
>> server after pipelined MAIL
>> FROM:<marghanita at ramin.com.au>SIZE=<snip><snip>Unfortunately,
>> messages
>> from <snip>weren't sent. Please contact your Internet service
>> provider
>> since part of their network is on our block list (S3150). You can
>> also
>> refer your provider to
>> http://mail.live.com/mail/troubleshooting.aspx#errors. [Name=Protocol
>> Filter Agent"
>>
>> On 9/1/25 18:28, Johann Kruse wrote:
>> > Hi folks,
>> >
>> > Hotmail.com and live.com <http://live.com> <http://live.com>
>> email addresses are still
>> > supported in the Outlook.com service, no changes or loss of
>> > functionality for people using those email domains.
>> >
>> > If you’re getting errors they’re unrelated.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Johann
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, 1 Sep 2025 at 17:43, Marghanita da Cruz
>> > <marghanita at ramin.com.au> wrote:
>> >
>> > Roger,
>> >
>> > I would guess lots of error messages coming your way -error messages
>> > only began after 24 aug 2025.
>> >
>> > I am now thinking that my mailing lists would also have a few
>> hotmail
>> > addresses. Started at the dawn of Internet. But my last mailout
>> > generated unrelated error messages
>> >
>> > I have alerted family, after error message for first timtoday, who
>> > probably need to talk to their children to fix.
>> >
>> > It seems live.com <http://live.com> <http://live.com> addresses
>> also affected.
>> >
>> > M
>> >
>> > On 9/1/25 15:34, Roger Clarke wrote:
>> > > Admittedly I've never thought about how to do a clean-out of
>> my now
>> > > 30yo address-book;  but a quick look finds 736 hotmail addresses.
>> > >
>> > > That compares with a mere 5 oz.au !?
>> > >
>> > > I'm building a new community at the moment, and 5 / 230 (2.17%)
>> > of the
>> > > invitees have hotmail (and hotmail-only) addresses.
>> > >
>> > > Traffic's apparent with 20 unique hotmail addresses since 1
>> Jan 25.
>> > >
>> > > _________________
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On 1/9/2025 13:58, Marghanita da Cruz wrote:
>> > >> Thanks Scott - just quoted your email - to those trying to
>> > correspond
>> > >> with live and hotmail adresses - which were giving me error
>> > messages,
>> > >> now.
>> > >>
>> > >> I take it yahoo ok?
>> > >>
>> > >> M
>> > >>
>> > >> PS I just googled and my duke was first non MS item to come
>> up - I
>> > >> could not be bothered reading any as did not pertain to mu
>> address
>> > >> except I got error messages when trying to send to others. This
>> > has
>> > >> only recently started happening.
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> On 9/1/25 11:44, Scott Howard wrote:
>> > >>> Microsoft renamed hotmail to outlook.com
>> <http://outlook.com> <http://outlook.com>
>> > <http://outlook.com> in...
>> > >>> 2013.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> hotmail.com <http://hotmail.com> <http://hotmail.com>
>> <http://hotmail.com> (and
>> > live.com <http://live.com> <http://live.com> <http://live.com> and
>> > >>> their other variations) all still work - it's just that the
>> > service
>> > >>> has been branded as Outlook since... well... 2013.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> And no, that's not a typo.  This happened over 12 years ago, so
>> > >>> you're probably wondering why My Duke decided now was a good
>> > idea to
>> > >>> cover the rename of a personal email server that happened 12
>> > years
>> > >>> ago?  The simple answer is that this entire article is SEO
>> > spam and
>> > >>> nothing more.
>> > >>>
>> > >>>   Scott
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>> On Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM Marghanita da Cruz
>> > >>> <marghanita at ramin.com.au> wrote:
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>     > Rollins Duke
>> > >>>     > Rollins Duke
>> > <https://www.bitrecover.com/blog/author/rollins/>
>> > >>>     > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rollinsduke/>
>> > >>>     > Published: July 15th, 2025 • 6 Min Read
>> > >>>     >
>> > >>>     > Since Microsoft Hotmail has disappeared, many people are
>> > >>>     confused and
>> > >>>     > asking if is Hotmail still active or not? In this
>> > article, we are
>> > >>>     > going to have an in-depth discussion on this topic
>> > today. What
>> > >>>     > happened to Hotmail? its history, is it still active, is
>> > Hotmail
>> > >>>     going
>> > >>>     > away, or can you still access your Hotmail emails and
>> other
>> > >>>     data, etc.
>> > >>>     >
>> > >>>
>> > >>>      From and more at
>> > >>> https://www.bitrecover.com/blog/is-hotmail-still-active/
>> > >>>
>> > >>>     M
>> > >>>
>> > >>>
>> > >>>     --     Marghanita da Cruz
>> > >>>     Telephone: 0414-869202
>> > >>>     Email: marghanita at ramin.com.au
>> > >>>     Website: http://ramin.com.au
>> > >>>
>> > >>> _______________________________________________
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>> > >>>
>> > >
>> > -- Marghanita da Cruz
>> > Telephone: 0414-869202
>> > Email: marghanita at ramin.com.au
>> > Website: http://ramin.com.au
>> >
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>> >
>> -- Marghanita da Cruz
>> Telephone: 0414-869202
>> Email: marghanita at ramin.com.au
>> Website: http://ramin.com.au
>>
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Marghanita da Cruz
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Email:  marghanita at ramin.com.au
Website: http://ramin.com.au

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