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Posted by Sarcasm (Member # 4653) on :

It seems that Hotmail is down. I can't reach www.hotmail.com, and I can't connect to it through Outlook Express. Hobbes also said he was unable to check his mail. Anyone know what's up?

[ March 12, 2004, 06:51 PM: Message edited by: Sarcasm ]

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

So half the people in the world just lost their main source of communication and news....

[Big Grin]

Farmgirl

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

Every once and a while the server gets overloaded. I'm assuming that's what's happening. It better be because I want to check my mail before I leave civilizied society for a week. [Angst]

Hobbes

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

This would explain, however, why my son at home is unable IM me through MSN at the moment -- he uses his Hotmail addres as his MSN ID.

FG

Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :

I can't get my D & D stuff. [Frown]

msquared

Posted by PaladinVirtue (Member # 6144) on :

"So half the people in the world just lost their main source of communication and news...."

Must be an act of terrorism! [Big Grin]

I hope Hatrack is not next!

Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :

razzle frazzin'... [Grumble]

Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :

I am unable to access hotmail as well.

I could be getting bashed with a mace right now, and not know it....

At least my cat is safe.

Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :

Thanks, I'll try that.

Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :

Nope. Didn't work for me....

It'll be up later...

Posted by Nato (Member # 1448) on :

Think it might be a DDoS attack? If nobody's getting in, it doesn't sound exactly like an overloaded server.

Edit: spelling fix

[ March 12, 2004, 03:35 PM: Message edited by: Nato ]

Posted by Janger (Member # 4719) on :

I thought my computer was screwing up, thank God

Posted by Coccinelle (Member # 5832) on :

I too am happy it's not just me- I thought something strange happened with the school's filters. Unfortunately, I NEED my e-mail today!

Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :

France is kind of down too. Yesterday I managed to enter my account only for it to freeze when I was sending an e-mail... [Mad]

Today, I didn't get even that far.

Perhaps this is the end of Internet ?! [Wink]

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

That's funny, I got to my hotmail acct. just fine...and my MSN messenger is working fine too. Maybe it's a regional problem.

Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :

For a moment, I hoped that it came back on, but noooo... [Roll Eyes]

Posted by HRE (Member # 6263) on :

quote:
It seems that Hotmail is down. I can't reach www.hotmail.com, and I can't connect to it through Outlook Express. Hobbes also said he was unable to check his mail. Anyone know what's up?

The URL that you typed in is:

www.hotmail.com,

There should be no comma.

This works fine:

www.hotmail.com

[ROFL]

[ March 12, 2004, 06:44 PM: Message edited by: HRE ]

Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :

Quothe the Browser:

quote:
The page cannot be displayed

(nevermore?)

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

quote:
This works fine:

www.hotmail.com

No it doesn't.

Posted by HRE (Member # 6263) on :

It does for me.

Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :

Hotmail appears to be working again. At least, I was able to retrieve my new password.

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

So it is.

Posted by John L (Member # 6005) on :

I bet it wasn't Hotmail's site at all that was having problems, but various DNS servers throughout the internet. What these DNS servers do is save the internet location of a site and cache it's internet address so that when you type in whateveryourelookingfor.com it points to the correct internet address (often called IP address). Maybe Microsoft moved the location of their servers and the new address didn't propagate to all DNS servers quickly enough, or the DNS servers themselves have experienced a problem. It's happened enough recently with a few of my own ISP's DNS servers, making almost all internet browsing a pain in the rear, even on a broadband connection. It gets worked out after a while.

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

No, before I even tried to get to Hotmail, I tried to open MSN Messenger, and I got a message saying Hotmail was down. The message also included a link to an MSN page that repeated the fact that Hotmail was down, as of 14:38 today...sorry I didn't save a link.

Posted by Zamphyr (Member # 6213) on :

CNN says its an internal problem at Microsoft. I was able to log in 5 minutes ago.