MS Hotmail Offline For Hours

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday March 13, 2004 @08:41PM from the trustworthy-computing dept.

chalker writes "According to CNN, and others, the Hotmail online e-mail service, operated by Microsoft, was down for most of the working day on Friday, affecting 'a significant portion of MS customers.' People are also having trouble accessing products such as the MSN Messenger instant messaging program. The company said it was an internal problem rather than an attack on its system and that it hoped to have service restored by 5:30 p.m. PST. As of 8:15 PM EST, Hotmail appears to be online again."

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Dammit by Frogbert · 2004-03-13 20:43 · Score: 5, Funny

And here my girlfriend is blaming that stupid mozilla program. Try explaing that its Microsofts fault to someone who thinks that MS is infallable.
1. Re:Dammit by EverDense · 2004-03-14 00:22 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I hope she's good in bed cause I'd never date someone that clueless unless she could make my
  toes curl, my eyes roll into the back of my head, and jets of steam shoot out of both ears.
  
  You want her to put you in a microwave?
  
  That is Kinky!
  
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2. Re:Dammit by AndroidCat · 2004-03-14 00:36 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  So it was you! I missed several important messages from a business associate in Nigera and others for expanding my .. opportunities. Important security update from Microsoft were lost! I'll sue!!!
  Gads, I've had my hotmail account since before Microsoft bought them. It makes a useful account to hand out on Usenet posts, Slashdot or on web pages--I can quickly give any emailer a real address for contact--mainly it's a spamtrap. But I would never ever depend on it for email or cry if it died.
  
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  One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Thanks, Microsoft! by illuminata · 2004-03-13 20:44 · Score: 5, Funny

That downtime really blew. I couldn't read my spam.

Don't let it happen again, Microsoft.

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Well it WAS working until you /.'ed it. by insanegadgets.com · 2004-03-13 20:47 · Score: 5, Funny

(nt)
...and the world collapses by MarkMcLeod · 2004-03-13 20:52 · Score: 5, Funny

So that's why I couldn't access my inbox full of ads for Penile Enlargement, Hot Sex, and credit cards...
Re:This is news??? Who the fuck cares! by kasperd · 2004-03-13 20:52 · Score: 5, Funny

It's a free email service.

I'm sure RMS would disagree with you.

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This is why everyone should subscribe to /. ... by oasisbob · 2004-03-13 21:08 · Score: 5, Funny

...Hotmail goes down on Friday, and you're the first to know on Sunday!
Can I sue? by Zakabog · 2004-03-13 21:49 · Score: 5, Funny

Can I sue for damages incurred because I couldn't order my penis enlargement pills before my porn audition? Damn you microsoft, you kept me from making millions! Now just give me some money and we'll call it even.
Re:This is news??? Who the fuck cares! by PacoTaco · 2004-03-13 22:18 · Score: 5, Funny

RMS is planning to start his own free email service. Supported clients will include Emacs and Netcat.
This is news? by God!+Awful+2 · 2004-03-13 22:36 · Score: 5, Funny

I seem to remember /. was down for a few hours last week... but somehow that story didn't make the front page.

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Re:Date in the story? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-03-13 23:46 · Score: 5, Funny

in reality it was just a few short hours.

In reality most hours are the same length. Hotmail was down for a few standard-length hours.
google news headline by BrianB · 2004-03-14 00:59 · Score: 5, Funny

Google news has been running the headline:

"Microsoft restores faulty Hotmail service"

I thought that said it all.