Outlook.com reliability

digp · 31 May 2015, 12:08 AM

Views / anecdotes etc invited.

David · 31 May 2015, 12:51 AM

It seems to be reliable. Having used it since Hotmail shut down, I have not experienced any problems.

Just Bill · 31 May 2015, 01:41 PM

When I used it I had no reliability issues. Spam filtering kinda sucked.

B4its2L8 · 31 May 2015, 07:35 PM

I don't know that I've ever had reliability issues with Outlook, but I've occasionally reacted like this

or like this

when confronted with their decisions that affect security:

While other services allow for at least 20 character passwords, Outlook caps theirs at 16.

And when they came out with their alias feature a few years back, I was hoping it would be like most other services where users would be able to set things up so that only aliases would be used for actual sending & receiving of email while the account address would be otherwise unused/unknown and only used for logins. I also thought it would put my mind at ease considering their rather short password limit mentioned above. But Outlook announced that their aliases could all be used for alternative login usernames! So they blew that chance of enhancing their security at least a little bit, as far as I'm concerned.

randian · 31 May 2015, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by B4its2L8

So they blew that chance of enhancing their security at least a little bit, as far as I'm concerned.

Their alias scheme reduced security instead.

digp · 31 May 2015, 11:31 PM

They have two factor though.......

digp · 31 May 2015, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Just Bill

When I used it I had no reliability issues. Spam filtering kinda sucked.

It still seems lame, esp when forwarding from Fastmail, may be things will improve on the office 365 infrastructure.

jdtaylor · 2 Jun 2015, 12:45 AM

Very reliable, if you compare this to office 365 exchange hosting hardly any down time.

emebrs · 2 Jun 2015, 06:09 AM

I think of it as being "good enough" as far as free service goes.

Somehow their web interface manages to be very CPU intensive in my experience. I mean loading Outlook.com can nearly max out a two- or four-core Haswell chip for an extended period of time. And it's only an inbox! I even disable some scripts and it's still that bad.

31 May 2015, 12:08 AM	#1
digp Master of the @ Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,320	Outlook.com reliability Views / anecdotes etc invited.

31 May 2015, 12:51 AM	#2
David Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada. Posts: 10,355	It seems to be reliable. Having used it since Hotmail shut down, I have not experienced any problems.

31 May 2015, 01:41 PM	#3
Just Bill Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 192	When I used it I had no reliability issues. Spam filtering kinda sucked.

31 May 2015, 07:35 PM	#4
B4its2L8 Master of the @ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hiding under my bed Posts: 1,465	I don't know that I've ever had reliability issues with Outlook, but I've occasionally reacted like this or like this when confronted with their decisions that affect security: While other services allow for at least 20 character passwords, Outlook caps theirs at 16. And when they came out with their alias feature a few years back, I was hoping it would be like most other services where users would be able to set things up so that only aliases would be used for actual sending & receiving of email while the account address would be otherwise unused/unknown and only used for logins. I also thought it would put my mind at ease considering their rather short password limit mentioned above. But Outlook announced that their aliases could all be used for alternative login usernames! So they blew that chance of enhancing their security at least a little bit, as far as I'm concerned.

31 May 2015, 11:31 PM	#6
digp Master of the @ Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,320	They have two factor though.......

2 Jun 2015, 12:45 AM	#8
jdtaylor Master of the @ Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,693	Very reliable, if you compare this to office 365 exchange hosting hardly any down time.

2 Jun 2015, 06:09 AM	#9
emebrs Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 343	I think of it as being "good enough" as far as free service goes. Somehow their web interface manages to be very CPU intensive in my experience. I mean loading Outlook.com can nearly max out a two- or four-core Haswell chip for an extended period of time. And it's only an inbox! I even disable some scripts and it's still that bad.