Fasthosts incident
Sending email to Microsoft-hosted email addresses may not be possible
Fasthosts experienced a minor incident on January 7, 2026 affecting Standard Email and Sending Mail, lasting 1d 22h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Standard EmailSending Mail
Update timeline
- identified Jan 07, 2026, 11:47 AM UTC
Some emails sent to Microsoft-hosted email addresses may be rejected due to Microsoft blocking some of our IP addresses. We are in contact with Microsoft to request de-listing. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience you may be experiencing.
- identified Jan 08, 2026, 04:58 PM UTC
We have successfully minimised the disruption and are working to completely resolve it as soon as possible.
- resolved Jan 09, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC
The issue has been resolved.