So our email isn't working here at work. We use Micrsoft Outlook (booo). Our new IT people have said that the Microsoft Server is down nationwide.
Is that even possible...? I'm not sure I believe that.
·Theme
- Forums
- Cross Site
- Out Of Topic
- Microsoft Outlook Server down?
Microsoft Outlook Server down?Follow
Your IT guy is an idiot.
Edit: It is possible that he meant your company mail server is down across all offices, assuming you're a multi-homed corporation with several branch offices and stuff, but from what I've read, I don't think that's the case.
Edited, Jan 14th 2011 1:25pm by BrownDuck
Edit: It is possible that he meant your company mail server is down across all offices, assuming you're a multi-homed corporation with several branch offices and stuff, but from what I've read, I don't think that's the case.
Edited, Jan 14th 2011 1:25pm by BrownDuck
What? Isn't outlook an email client?
BrownDuck wrote:
Your IT guy is an idiot.
Edit: It is possible that he meant your company mail server is down across all offices, assuming you're a multi-homed corporation with several branch offices and stuff, but from what I've read, I don't think that's the case.
Edited, Jan 14th 2011 1:25pm by BrownDuck
Edit: It is possible that he meant your company mail server is down across all offices, assuming you're a multi-homed corporation with several branch offices and stuff, but from what I've read, I don't think that's the case.
Edited, Jan 14th 2011 1:25pm by BrownDuck
We do not have multiple offices. There are six people in our office, and this is all we go.
Grand Master Leatherworker ThePsychoticO wrote:
What? Isn't outlook an email client?
It is. And we're using the Microsoft server. I assumed it was called the Microsoft outlook server, but perhaps that's foolish. All I know is it says down in the bottom that it's trying to connect to the server, and it can't.
You guys probably lease usage on an Exchange server, so yes it is possible if that server went down everyone else who uses that server would go down.
"I have lost my way
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
Iamadam the Malefic wrote:
You guys probably lease usage on an Exchange server, so yes it is possible if that server went down everyone else who uses that server would go down.
Beat me to it.
Shaowstrike (Retired - FFXI)
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
Shaowstrike the Shady wrote:
Iamadam the Malefic wrote:
You guys probably lease usage on an Exchange server, so yes it is possible if that server went down everyone else who uses that server would go down.
Beat me to it.
The beatings will continue until your posting speed improves.
"I have lost my way
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
Belkira the Tulip wrote:
There are six people in our office, and this is all we go.
Then your IT guy probably isn't really an "IT" guy. Also, what Adam said.
Iamadam the Malefic wrote:
You guys probably lease usage on an Exchange server, so yes it is possible if that server went down everyone else who uses that server would go down.
Donate. One day it could be your family.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
Well, I can assure you that all of Microsoft's servers aren't down. :P
◕ ‿‿ ◕
Uglysasquatch wrote:
And even though I'm not a tech person, I knew that when Stubs, who gets paid for computer work, didn't. If I were his employer, I'd be pissed.
It's not all that different from what I said, really. Just change "your company" to "your e-mail hosting company" or something like that.
Singdall has been planning this for years, quietly feeling out systems in the dark...
BrownDuck wrote:
Uglysasquatch wrote:
And even though I'm not a tech person, I knew that when Stubs, who gets paid for computer work, didn't. If I were his employer, I'd be pissed.
It's not all that different from what I said, really. Just change "your company" to "your e-mail hosting company" or something like that.
Donate. One day it could be your family.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. Victor Hugo
Iamadam the Malefic wrote:
You guys probably lease usage on an Exchange server, so yes it is possible if that server went down everyone else who uses that server would go down.
Hmm. Ok. So we're at the mercy of Microsoft? I don't like how that sounds...
Belkira the Tulip wrote:
Iamadam the Malefic wrote:
You guys probably lease usage on an Exchange server, so yes it is possible if that server went down everyone else who uses that server would go down.
Hmm. Ok. So we're at the mercy of Microsoft? I don't like how that sounds...
No, you're at the mercy of the company that hosts the Exchange server.
Although, we're all at the mercy of Microsoft if you think about it.
"I have lost my way
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/pawkeshup
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/pawkeshup
Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/pawkeshup
Blog: http://pawkeshup.blogspot.com
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/pawkeshup
Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/pawkeshup
Blog: http://pawkeshup.blogspot.com
Olorinus the Ludicrous wrote:
The idea of old school is way more interesting than the reality
Iamadam the Malefic wrote:
Belkira the Tulip wrote:
Iamadam the Malefic wrote:
You guys probably lease usage on an Exchange server, so yes it is possible if that server went down everyone else who uses that server would go down.
Hmm. Ok. So we're at the mercy of Microsoft? I don't like how that sounds...
No, you're at the mercy of the company that hosts the Exchange server.
Although, we're all at the mercy of Microsoft if you think about it.
I use Hotmail and MSN on Linux.
The really fun part of hosted servers, is depending on how down "down" is, every incoming e-mail any of your clients is trying to send you right now has likely evaporated without a trace. They probably won't even get a delivery failure. Hundreds of clients could have e-mailed you during that outage and all those e-mails will go unanswered for all time...
Either your IT guy is an idiot, or whoever is paying your IT bills is cheap.
Either your IT guy is an idiot, or whoever is paying your IT bills is cheap.
Arch Duke Kaolian Drachensborn, lvl 95 Ranger, Unrest Server
Tech support forum | FAQ (Support) | Mobile Zam: http://m.zam.com (Premium only)
Forum Rules
Tech support forum | FAQ (Support) | Mobile Zam: http://m.zam.com (Premium only)
Forum Rules
BrownDuck wrote:
Your IT guy is an idiot.
Edit: It is possible that he meant your company mail server is down across all offices, assuming you're a multi-homed corporation with several branch offices and stuff, but from what I've read, I don't think that's the case.
Edited, Jan 14th 2011 1:25pm by BrownDuck
Edit: It is possible that he meant your company mail server is down across all offices, assuming you're a multi-homed corporation with several branch offices and stuff, but from what I've read, I don't think that's the case.
Edited, Jan 14th 2011 1:25pm by BrownDuck
Your IT guy is a ******* idiot.
Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
The really fun part of hosted servers, is depending on how down "down" is, every incoming e-mail any of your clients is trying to send you right now has likely evaporated without a trace. They probably won't even get a delivery failure. Hundreds of clients could have e-mailed you during that outage and all those e-mails will go unanswered for all time...
Either your IT guy is an idiot, or whoever is paying your IT bills is cheap.
Either your IT guy is an idiot, or whoever is paying your IT bills is cheap.
This is exactly what happened on our end a week ago. Because of this, we ended up having quite a few things fall through the cracks and man oh mann for a lawyer to miss something because the email wasn't working is like walking into a courtroom without your pants on and the judge declaring that you're going to jail for indecent exposure and because you have a small *****.
Thumbelyna Quick Hands wrote:
Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
The really fun part of hosted servers, is depending on how down "down" is, every incoming e-mail any of your clients is trying to send you right now has likely evaporated without a trace. They probably won't even get a delivery failure. Hundreds of clients could have e-mailed you during that outage and all those e-mails will go unanswered for all time...
Either your IT guy is an idiot, or whoever is paying your IT bills is cheap.
Either your IT guy is an idiot, or whoever is paying your IT bills is cheap.
This is exactly what happened on our end a week ago. Because of this, we ended up having quite a few things fall through the cracks and man oh man for a lawyer to miss something because the email wasn't working is like walking into a courtroom without your pants on and the judge declaring that you're going to jail for indecent exposure and because you have a small *****.
Female judge in your example?
Shaowstrike (Retired - FFXI)
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
Shaowstrike the Shady wrote:
Thumbelyna Quick Hands wrote:
Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
The really fun part of hosted servers, is depending on how down "down" is, every incoming e-mail any of your clients is trying to send you right now has likely evaporated without a trace. They probably won't even get a delivery failure. Hundreds of clients could have e-mailed you during that outage and all those e-mails will go unanswered for all time...
Either your IT guy is an idiot, or whoever is paying your IT bills is cheap.
Either your IT guy is an idiot, or whoever is paying your IT bills is cheap.
This is exactly what happened on our end a week ago. Because of this, we ended up having quite a few things fall through the cracks and man oh man for a lawyer to miss something because the email wasn't working is like walking into a courtroom without your pants on and the judge declaring that you're going to jail for indecent exposure and because you have a small *****.
Female judge in your example?
Why couldn't it be a male judge?
Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
whoever is paying your IT bills is cheap.
Most likely this.
That said, in their defense, it doesn't make sense to have a dedicated Exchange environment for an office of ~10 people.
"I have lost my way
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
Thumbelyna Quick Hands wrote:
Shaowstrike the Shady wrote:
Thumbelyna Quick Hands wrote:
Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
The really fun part of hosted servers, is depending on how down "down" is, every incoming e-mail any of your clients is trying to send you right now has likely evaporated without a trace. They probably won't even get a delivery failure. Hundreds of clients could have e-mailed you during that outage and all those e-mails will go unanswered for all time...
Either your IT guy is an idiot, or whoever is paying your IT bills is cheap.
Either your IT guy is an idiot, or whoever is paying your IT bills is cheap.
This is exactly what happened on our end a week ago. Because of this, we ended up having quite a few things fall through the cracks and man oh man for a lawyer to miss something because the email wasn't working is like walking into a courtroom without your pants on and the judge declaring that you're going to jail for indecent exposure and because you have a small *****.
Female judge in your example?
Why couldn't it be a male judge?
The male judge would be more likely to have sympathy due to being in the same boat.
Shaowstrike (Retired - FFXI)
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
91PUP/BLM 86SMN/BST 76DRK
Cooking/Fishing 100
"We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary."
— James D. Nicoll
Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
The really fun part of hosted servers, is depending on how down "down" is, every incoming e-mail any of your clients is trying to send you right now has likely evaporated without a trace. They probably won't even get a delivery failure. Hundreds of clients could have e-mailed you during that outage and all those e-mails will go unanswered for all time...
This shouldn't happen, unless the sending mail server isn't configured to prevent it. The outgoing server from wherever all the source emails are coming from *should* spool the email until it gets a received confirmation from the target server. Of course, some cheap email services don't do this (cause they're cheap or even "free"), so those emails are lost if not caught at the other end. But nobody should be using those services for anything important.
Any reasonable business should make sure to cache both incoming and outgoing email. Actually, for a law firm (like in Thumb's case), it's becoming a near necessity`not just to cache them, but to never delete them (they get archived in a database instead). Court rulings in the last few years have disallowed legal documents sent electronically without sufficient trail to prove when and where they were sent. This means that you *must* use an archiving database with internally coded timestamps in order to ensure the authenticity of your documents.
King Nobby wrote:
More words please
Am I the only one who thought of Alice and Bob at some point in this thread?
Recent Visitors: 199
All times are in CST
Anonymous Guests (199)
- Forums
- Cross Site
- Out Of Topic
- Microsoft Outlook Server down?
© 2024 Fanbyte LLC