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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by chrisandchris on Friday November 13, 2026 @08:24AM (#50483160)
> What is driving me nuts is that we still heavily rely on email.

That itself wouldn't be a problem - email is very decentralised.

The problem is that we thought that putting like 2 companies in charge of most email communication is a good idea.

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by cekanoni on Friday November 13, 2026 @09:19AM (#50483873)
amin to that!
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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by xp84 on Friday November 13, 2026 @10:46AM (#50485216)
Yeah I don’t think anyone wanted that, we just ended up this way because it makes spam control more convenient. Without spam, email is incredibly simple to self-host. I suspect it may have ended up one of the most common services for companies to self-host.
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