Fasthosts incident
Sending email to Microsoft-hosted email addresses may not be possible
Fasthosts experienced a minor incident on May 6, 2026 affecting Sending Mail, lasting 1d 4h. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- identified May 06, 2026, 10:28 AM UTC
Some emails sent to Microsoft-hosted email addresses may be rejected due to Microsoft blocking some of our IP addresses. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience you may be experiencing.
- identified May 06, 2026, 03:04 PM UTC
We have found the cause for the disruption and are working on resolving it.
- monitoring May 07, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC
We have eliminated the disruption for almost everyone affected. We are monitoring the situation to ensure that the issue does not reoccur.
- resolved May 07, 2026, 03:11 PM UTC
The systems are stable and all services are functioning normally again.
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