email problem

[glamrockchick]

Hotmail couldn't send your message because the server was busy. Please try again later.

emails cant send .. they did once but hours later, problem started today, what can i do? is it hotmails fault? so annoying

 

[DeltaMac]

I don't know if hotmail is having a problem, but that wouldn't be too unusual.

I think you can probably trust the message (for now), as the problem may be temporary.
Looks like there was some kind of problem about 12 hours ago, but not right now.
http://downrightnow.com/hotmail

 

[glamrockchick]

thanks, weird its happening to me though, nothing i can do? will it just write itself?

 

[DeltaMac]

Sure, you can report it to hotmail.
https://status.live.com/report?productid=hotmail

Will it suddenly start working again?
Probably!

 

[glamrockchick]

yep already reported it its very annoying though!

 

[DeltaMac]

Sounds like you're having a gmail day!

 

[glamrockchick]

dont really use gmail, heard its good though

 

[glamrockchick]

weird thing is, i see the messages are sent loads of times, they seem to go eventually

 

[DeltaMac]

I mentioned gmail, as that may be a service that you might consider, especially if you continue to be (somewhat) dissatisfied by hotmail.

Or, if the messages eventually go through, then some patience might be a Good Thing™

 

[glamrockchick]

yeah thanks, might try it if so, also it says they are sent but cant be sure i guess .. will soon see if get any replies i suppose

 

[Satcomer]

Have you used Connection Doctor ( in Mail go to the menu item 'Window' and in the drop down select 'Connection Doctor'. It will test you connection and if you have the program display the connection print out then you can see what the server is replying to your Mac. This way you can trace down if it is an OS X problem or setting problem.

 

[glamrockchick]

nope i havent, but im using hotmail not "mail" for my emails

 

[MisterMe]

Mail may send and receive Hotmail messages. Are you saying that you are accessing Hotmail through its webmail interface?

 

[glamrockchick]

yep through FF, i like it this way, sometimes messages send , other times says the error message, but messages are in the sent folder.. so they do seem to go.. why is it like that? will it write itself?

 

[DeltaMac]

Seems like we're just going around in circles.
If the problem is on Hotmail's end, then, yes, you can expect it to start working reliably again (although that seems a little contradictory by my past experience with Hotmail, not the best email service in the world, eh?) The only folks that can really tell you 'why does it do that?' would be the folks at Hotmail.

 

[glamrockchick]

yeah true.. i sent that message to them yesterday that you told me about on the site.. guess could go onto hotmail discussion or something? its usually fine but this is annoying

 

[MisterMe]

When you access a service via the Web, then any problem on your end will always be there. Intermittent problems are almost always the exclusive domain of the server and its owners. In this case, that is Microsoft. There is absolutely positively nothing that anyone on this forum can do to fix a Microsoft problem.

 

[Satcomer]

nope i havent, but im using hotmail not "mail" for my emails

That doesn't matter. It's a tool so the user can see what the Mail program is saying to the server. So it doesn't matter if it is web email or local server email.

 

[glamrockchick]

ok thanks for your help anyway