Fellow geeks, once again I need your input.
I have an Outlook.com email address, this main address has three aliases. As of last night, the main address only receives mail from Microsoft mail services (Outlook.com, Hotmail, Live). From all other service providers, it seems that I can only receive mail from German providers, and (really odd!) from the Seven Forums
.
One alias receives mail normally, two other aliases receive nothing. Friends sending mail from Finland, Sweden and other countries can send mail normally but I never receive the messages. Sending from my own Finnish address, the Outlook.com main address and three aliases received nothing.
Short: Outlook.com main address receives mail only if sender has an @outlook.com, @hotmail.com, @hotmail.co.uk, @live.com or @live.co.uk address or if the service provider is local (German). One alias can receive mail totally normally, everything comes through. Two aliases receive nothing, not even mail from Microsoft or German services.
All accounts, main and aliases, can send normally.
As one more test I asked fellow geek and guru, our member Julian to send me a message to all four addresses using a non-Microsoft address. He did that, and as I suspected only that functioning alias received his test mail.
He also sent a personal message to my main address using his @live.co.uk address. This message came through as expected.
Test results:
See screenshot (from Windows 8 Mail App):
If you have any thoughts on the subject, please let me know.
Kari
I have an Outlook.com email address, this main address has three aliases. As of last night, the main address only receives mail from Microsoft mail services (Outlook.com, Hotmail, Live). From all other service providers, it seems that I can only receive mail from German providers, and (really odd!) from the Seven Forums
.One alias receives mail normally, two other aliases receive nothing. Friends sending mail from Finland, Sweden and other countries can send mail normally but I never receive the messages. Sending from my own Finnish address, the Outlook.com main address and three aliases received nothing.
Short: Outlook.com main address receives mail only if sender has an @outlook.com, @hotmail.com, @hotmail.co.uk, @live.com or @live.co.uk address or if the service provider is local (German). One alias can receive mail totally normally, everything comes through. Two aliases receive nothing, not even mail from Microsoft or German services.
All accounts, main and aliases, can send normally.
As one more test I asked fellow geek and guru, our member Julian to send me a message to all four addresses using a non-Microsoft address. He did that, and as I suspected only that functioning alias received his test mail.
He also sent a personal message to my main address using his @live.co.uk address. This message came through as expected.
Test results:
- Julian's personal message from his Microsoft (Live) service arrived
- Julian's test message to Alias 1 arrived
- Julian's test messages to two other aliases and main address did not arrive
See screenshot (from Windows 8 Mail App):
If you have any thoughts on the subject, please let me know.
Kari
My Computer
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- HP ENVY 17-1150eg
- OS
- Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
- CPU
- 1.6 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
- Memory
- 6 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850 Graphics
- Sound Card
- Beats sound system with integrated subwoofer
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17" laptop display, 22" LED and 32" Full HD TV through HDMI
- Screen Resolution
- 1600*900 (1), 1920*1080 (2&3)
- Hard Drives
- Internal: 2 x 500 GB SATA Hard Disk Drive 7200 rpm
External: 2TB for backups, 3TB USB3 network drive for media
- Cooling
- As Envy runs a bit warm, I have it on a Cooler Master pad
- Keyboard
- Logitech diNovo Media Desktop Laser (bluetooth)
- Mouse
- Logitech Performance Mouse MX
- Internet Speed
- 50/10 Mbps VDSL
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender 4.3.9431.0
- Browser
- Maxthon 3.5.2., IE11
