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Outage in Help Scout

Outlook Outage

Resolved Minor
January 22, 2026 - Started 1 day ago - Lasted about 10 hours
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Incident Report

It looks like Outlook is down right now, so you may see issues with emails from Outlook being forwarded into Help Scout, and if using Microsoft's servers for outgoing mail (using custom SMTP) you may encounter issues with delivery. We are monitoring this, and will post an update once everything's back to normal.
Components affected
Help Scout Email Processing

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RESOLVED about 16 hours ago - at 01/23/2026 06:40AM

Microsoft have confirmed that all products are operational. This means emails from Outlook being forwarded into Help Scout and Microsoft's servers for outgoing mail (using custom SMTP) should now be working.

If you're still experiencing issues, please contact our support team so we can investigate further.

MONITORING about 23 hours ago - at 01/22/2026 11:29PM

Just checking in to say we are still keeping an eye on this. Microsoft are still reporting degraded service functionality, so incoming emails from Outlook, and outbound emails sent through Microsoft's servers are impacted by this. We'll continue to monitor and post updates here.

MONITORING 1 day ago - at 01/22/2026 10:01PM

Microsoft are still reporting degraded service for Outlook, which continues to impact both incoming mail forwarded from Outlook account, as well as outgoing mail being delivered through Outlook's servers. We are continuing to monitor the issue, and will post again once it has been resolved by Microsoft.

MONITORING 1 day ago - at 01/22/2026 08:46PM

It looks like Outlook is down right now, so you may see issues with emails from Outlook being forwarded into Help Scout, and if using Microsoft's servers for outgoing mail (using custom SMTP) you may encounter issues with delivery. We are monitoring this, and will post an update once everything's back to normal.

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