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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by dd8601fn on Friday November 13, 2026 @09:50AM (#50484357)
It was like that because each check/send process was pop3 call that looked more like processing a queue of work for offline clients.

Now it’s more like being subscribed and listening for events.

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by Reason077 on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:25PM (#50486686)
The transition from POP to IMAP was a big step forward, back in the day.
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