Microsoft Office 365 is an online subscription service for businesses, education institutions, and government organizations that started in July of 2017.

The Software as a Service includes various apps such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Outlook. It is used by more than a million companies worldwide.

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Having said that, many Microsoft Office 365 subscribers are now complaining about delayed emails (1,2,3,4,5).

While some are stuck on ‘Pending’ or ‘Getting status’ when trying to send or receive mails, others are getting DNS errors. Those affected are angry since the problem is hampering their productivity.

Below are a few reports from Microsoft Office 365 subscribers whose emails are getting delayed.

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We are seeing issues with both client and our hosted mail servers sending mail to users on Office 365 domains. (DNS lookup fails if you are interested) Downdetector is showing reports of problems
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Office365 email delays? We seem to be getting a few our end…
Reason: [{LED=422 4.4.1 Unable to identify upstream MTA for ‘ourdomain.com’ (db224dde-d05b-44c5-b29b-411bc9bddedc,f5ba5e3f-a116-4517-ae78-02e651b46c63)};{MSG=};{FQDN=uk1.smtp.exclaimer.net};{IP=51.140.37.132};{LRT=7/6/2022 9:04:44 AM}]. OutboundProxyTargetIP: 51.140.37.132. OutboundProxyTargetHostName:
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Thankfully, Microsoft Office 365 Support was quick to respond on the matter and said the developers are currently investigating the issue with some users getting delayed emails.

However, they did not share any timeframe of when the problem will be resolved.

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If you don’t want to login into the Admin Center, here is the text EX397744 shows:

Title: Some users may experience delays when sending or receiving email messages in Exchange Online
User Impact: Users may experience delays when sending or receiving email messages in Exchange Online.
More info: Users may see the message status being stuck on ‘Pending’ or ‘Getting Status’.
Current status: We’re analyzing service telemetry information to determine the next troubleshooting steps.
Scope of impact: Impact is specific to some users who are served through the affected infrastructure in Europe, Middle East, and Africa.
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We hope Microsoft developers soon find out the root cause of the problem and fix it at the earliest so those affected can resume their normal work.

As always, we will be keeping an eye out on the matter and let you know as and when we come across more information so make sure you stay tuned to PiunikaWeb for further updates.

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Anurag Chawake
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My fascination with technology and computers goes back to the days of Windows XP. Since then, I have been tinkering with OS, mobile phones, and other things. When I am not working on anything, you will find me enjoying video games on some Discord server.

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