Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page
by burningChrome on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:10PM
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I asked someone in our teams meeting if they were having issues with their outlook today. What followed was a 5 minute hate fest on outlook. I'm not a big fan, but was kind of surprised so many people genuinely hate it.
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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page
by abirch on Thursday November 12, 2026 @03:37PM
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If you could create a real world Outlook, it'd be like the Office Space fax machine.
Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page
by Khaine on Thursday November 12, 2026 @05:53PM
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The new version which is a skinned web browser is terrible
Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page
by ant6n on Thursday November 12, 2026 @07:58PM
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Office on Mac is like malware. It brings the system to a halt.
The worst part about Outlook is the broken search. In the world of infinitely smart AI, the e-mail search in Outlook is embarrassingly stupid.
Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page
by D13Fd on Thursday November 12, 2026 @08:22PM
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It’s not just that it’s stupid. It’s broken. It can’t handle email that is on the server and not on the machine, and they’ve configured the app to store most email only on the server.
Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page
by ant6n on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:21AM
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That choice is also so stupid. Why doesn't Outlook just store the text of every single email on all devices. The stupid software needs gigabytes of storage, why can't it spend a couple of megabytes on making e-mail actually work.