MSN E-mail glitch fixed

Officials at Microsoft confirmed that a glitch in the online service's E-mail system prevented many users from receiving messages last week. Users with names starting with P, Q and R were unable to process E-mail for almost a week. The problem is largely

Paul Thurrott

February 6, 1997

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Officials at Microsoft confirmed that a glitch in the online service's E-mail system prevented many users from receiving messages last week. Users with names starting with P, Q and R were unable to process E-mail for almost a week. The problem is largely fixed, although a few lingering problems remain.

MSN has over 2 million subscribers and is the third largest online service after AOL and CompuServe

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Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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