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my hotmail account stopped receiving emails from yahoo account holders

Two days ago emails from friends who use yahoo email service started to be blocked. I checked and they are not a blocked sender. I added them to my safe sender list and the emails still did not come through.

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Email
asked 2026-05-18T15:22:21.1133333+00:00
Susan Abrams 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-19T04:49:54.6733333+00:00
Hornblower409 8,635 Reputation points
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Outlook calendar entries disappeared.

Prior to today, I've been able to access calendar entries for several prior years. Now (5/18/26) I can only get access to entries from 5/17/25. That is only for the past year. This is a serious problem for me because I kept important personal info on the…

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Calendar
asked 2026-05-18T21:12:09.7866667+00:00
LINDA MARSHALL 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-05-19T04:43:25.01+00:00
Chloe-L 13,560 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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How to stop a subscription bomb

I have been attacked by a subscription bomb. My hotmail/outlook inbox is being filled with unsolicited subscriptions.

Outlook | MacOS | New Outlook for Mac | For home
asked 2026-05-18T16:19:57.7033333+00:00
Rita Sharpen 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-05-19T04:39:17.1433333+00:00
Hornblower409 8,635 Reputation points
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Someone else's name appears when my email adress is entered?

Hello, When using outlook and I type my email address in some other name is attached to my email. Ive changed my passwords, searched contact list. Please help.

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For home
asked 2026-05-16T22:48:15.2266667+00:00
Mark Mainland 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-19T04:38:24.4233333+00:00
Winnie-B 7,765 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Hotmail account blocked. Everytime I fill in the recover form with information I receive an automated response that the information is not enough to prove that it is my email.

Good Morning I've been trying for a about a month now regularly trying to get access to my secondary email, but to now avail. To start from the beginning, I've received an email saying that there was suspicious activity in my email and when I tried to…

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Email
asked 2026-05-16T13:39:38.62+00:00
José Silva 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-19T04:36:00.2033333+00:00
Winnie-B 7,765 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Outlook folders are empty

In Outlook on Mac, the folders I created to save emails are empty. Why? Where did they go?

Outlook | MacOS | Legacy Outlook for Mac | For home
asked 2026-05-18T22:37:12.0966667+00:00
Sue 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-19T04:35:17.9666667+00:00
Winnie-B 7,765 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Hotmail claims "You've tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect account or password", but I haven't

I used to randomly get an issue with my Hotmail account, that I had tried to sign in too many times with an incorrect account or password. This of course was not true, but on checking the sign in locations, I could see that people in various countries in…

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Email
asked 2026-05-18T21:05:06.2233333+00:00
Mark Ellis 26 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-19T04:31:12.9633333+00:00
Chloe-L 13,560 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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email being sent to me being bounced and emails going to Junk folder even though I have marked them as OK

I have three issues 1. I've had two people contact me stating that emails to me are being bounced as "Unable to deliver message after multiple retries, giving up.", this one came from AOL and another contact on globalnet.co.uk is also having…

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For home
asked 2026-05-18T16:52:53.6933333+00:00
Keith Miller 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-19T04:26:39.44+00:00
Hornblower409 8,635 Reputation points
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Is there a way to turn off the "New Editor" on Outlook for mac?

My outlook for mac (16.109) has a new editor for writing emails. This editor makes outlook unusable when writing non-English emails. I have to effectively write emails in Word now before pasting them in outlook. The main issue is that language detection…

Outlook | MacOS | New Outlook for Mac | For business
asked 2026-04-13T12:54:53.35+00:00
Bart Mesuere 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-19T04:23:05.4133333+00:00
Hornblower409 8,635 Reputation points
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cant sign into epic games bc idk the old email to verfy the six digit code

cant sign into epic games bc i dont know the old email and cant get to the email the six digit code is on

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Account management, security, and privacy
asked 2026-05-18T19:59:28.61+00:00
noah wallace 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-19T04:20:28.3633333+00:00
Chloe-L 13,560 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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I can't delete emails that are in my inbox.

I can't delete emails that are in my inbox. Yes, I know how to delete. No, my mailbox is not full. Yes, i have restarted the program and my computer. Still won't delete.

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Email
asked 2025-10-08T17:40:45.3966667+00:00
Joe Jaggie 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-19T04:19:52.23+00:00
Hornblower409 8,635 Reputation points
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Recently updated my email name - now getting spam from my old email ??

I recently changed my email username but started receiving spam emails from my old email. I can't block the sender because it's "my" email. I can't change the old email password because Microsoft doesn't have that email in their system. I've…

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Account management, security, and privacy
asked 2026-05-18T17:22:16.12+00:00
AP 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-05-19T04:15:51.3266667+00:00
Winnie-B 7,765 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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I received an email sending a code to log into my account

I received an email to my email account with a code to log into Microsoft. I never tried to do this. I have my phone as well as security code go to my email but want to change my password which I can’t seem to find on the site. I looked at history of log…

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Account management, security, and privacy
asked 2026-05-19T04:05:18.06+00:00
Jodie Riggio 0 Reputation points
accepted 2026-05-19T04:15:47.9333333+00:00
Jodie Riggio 0 Reputation points
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locked out of hotmail account. The mobile attached to account for code is no longer in use.

I cant access my hotmail account as its blocked. I have tried resetting password but the number attached to the account is old. I fill out a recovery form but get no response. I'm a bit stumped, any help would be appreciated.

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Account management, security, and privacy
asked 2026-05-18T08:55:22.22+00:00
neil curnow 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-19T04:13:13.1966667+00:00
Darhyl Amizola 41,650 Reputation points Independent Advisor
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Why why why are replies to emails sent to me, by a friend, being blocked by the Outlook team. Not all of them but one in particular. Very annoying and means unable to attend outings with one of my groups. Never happened before

Unable to attend outings with one of my groups as outlook us not allowing me to reply to my friends email requesting whether or not I am able to attend

Outlook | Outlook for mobile | Outlook for iOS | For home
asked 2026-05-18T10:05:02.7666667+00:00
Michele Grant 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-19T04:11:57.9866667+00:00
Hornblower409 8,635 Reputation points
1 answer

need to delete bad email address from 365 for mac

Someone sent me a bad email address and I can't get rid of it in 365 for mac. Please please do not tell me to hit an X. There IS NO X to hit. The delete button also is not working. I just want to get rid of this bad email address everywhere in…

Outlook | MacOS | New Outlook for Mac | For business
asked 2026-05-18T15:17:56.8933333+00:00
Cynthia Spidell 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-05-19T04:05:23.2933333+00:00
Hornblower409 8,635 Reputation points
1 answer

Emails coming from siphoned inbox taking too long to come through

Hello, I have an email inbox that was made years ago when I was a teenager that is set up to send all emails to my regular inbox. I still have accounts for lots of different sites set up with the old email. However, I want to change the passwords of some…

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Account management, security, and privacy
asked 2026-05-18T20:56:22.26+00:00
Kai 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-19T03:50:10.12+00:00
Hornblower409 8,635 Reputation points
1 answer

IMAP password

Why do I keep getting a request for my hotmail IMAP password every time I sign into Gmail?

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Account management, security, and privacy
asked 2026-05-18T21:39:44.0633333+00:00
Harlan Holmes 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-19T03:43:46.6166667+00:00
Hornblower409 8,635 Reputation points
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my email address is linked to a closed Microsoft account

I opened a Microsoft account years ago with the email address ******@gmail.com. I don't use that email address anymore, but access Drive and photos as i still have items saved. While I had the account, I changed the email address to ******@gmail.com -…

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Email
asked 2026-05-18T23:27:23.4633333+00:00
Sheila Rousch 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-19T03:35:32.6633333+00:00
Hornblower409 8,635 Reputation points
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Is Outlook.Com down? Unable to access email from web and/or client

Just this evening I was trying to login to my outlook.com email. I get a server error 500: I dont know if this is an issue only on my region/location UTC Date: 2026-05-18T15:07:25.601Z Client Id: 3D94DADDB0E046F4995B3BFDFB2CB15B Session Id:…

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Email
asked 2026-05-18T15:12:15.7966667+00:00
Elizalde Esteban 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-05-19T03:30:20.4433333+00:00
Hornblower409 8,635 Reputation points