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Outage in RefAssured

Email Delivery Issues to Hotmail and Outlook Domains

Resolved Minor
January 22, 2026 - Started 23 days ago - Lasted about 13 hours
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Incident Report

We are currently investigating an issue impacting email delivery to recipients with @hotmail.com and @outlook.com email addresses. Our team is actively working with our email provider to identify the root cause and restore normal delivery as quickly as possible. We will share updates as more information becomes available. Please be aware that delivery to other email domains is not impacted at this time.
Components affected
RefAssured Emails

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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED 22 days ago - at 01/23/2026 03:57AM

This incident has been resolved.

IDENTIFIED 23 days ago - at 01/22/2026 03:57PM

We have identified the cause of the email delivery issue affecting @hotmail.com and @outlook.com recipients. Microsoft is currently blocking messages from one of our sending IPs as part of their automated filtering controls.

Our team is working directly with our email provider and Microsoft to have the block reviewed and removed. We will continue to share updates as we progress in resolving this issue.

INVESTIGATING 23 days ago - at 01/22/2026 03:43PM

We are currently investigating an issue impacting email delivery to recipients with @hotmail.com and @outlook.com email addresses. Our team is actively working with our email provider to identify the root cause and restore normal delivery as quickly as possible. We will share updates as more information becomes available.

Please be aware that delivery to other email domains is not impacted at this time.

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