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Hotmail Worm/Virus Infection Breaking Email?

Via eMail Battles.

Since 29 November, millions of Comcast subscribers have been unable to send email to MSN or Hotmail. Comcast reports:

Emails sent from Comcast.net subscribers to MSN or Hotmail.com email accounts will be denied and the subscriber will receive the error "550 permit denied". This is caused by a problem on Microsoft´s end caused by a virus. Microsoft is actively working to correct the issue. No ETC was supplied. Abuse will continue to monitor the situation and updates will be posted when available.

Subscribers that have attempted to send emails to MSN/Hotmail prior to the block may receive the error message "Delivery status: Failed. Message could not be delivered to the domain - Hotmail.com. Failed to accept the recipients. MTA Response: 551" today as a result of the current block. Abuse is tracking the issue.

posted by Fergie @ 12/02/2005 09:46:00 AM