# MSN E-Mail

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msn-e-mail/150926>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 25, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msn-e-mail/150926 "2003-01-25T23:12:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![lynn73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@lynn73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynn73)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msn-e-mail/150926/1 "2003-01-25T23:12:10Z")

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Is there anyone else with MSN who can’t access their e mail? Net Messenger wasn’t working this morning but is now but I still can’t access e mail, says it’s temporarily unavailabe. A friend of mine says there’s a serious virus going around that could effect e mail.  
Anyone here anything about this?

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msn-e-mail/150926/2 "2003-01-25T23:18:28Z")

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I haven’t been able to get into my msn mail all day, though it’s switched from getting a “cannot find server” error to a screen that tells me that the account/machine is temporarily unavailable.

The virus (actually a worm) is detailed [here](http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/01/25/internet.attack/index.html), but I don’t know whether or not it’s related to the msn problem.

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**Author:** ![lynn73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@lynn73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynn73)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msn-e-mail/150926/3 "2003-01-25T23:27:22Z")

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Thanks for the info, **Lsura**. I hope MSN gets this problem fixed soon. I wonder if my e mail account will fill up then be cancelled if I can’t access it? This is a royal pain! 😉

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**Author:** ![aaaaaarrgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@aaaaaarrgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaaaaarrgg)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msn-e-mail/150926/4 "2003-01-25T23:38:46Z")

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mine is working, i just checked it a few minutes ago!

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msn-e-mail/150926/5 "2003-01-26T00:05:06Z")

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> \*Originally posted by His4ever \*  
> \*\*Is there anyone else with MSN who can’t access their e mail? Anyone here anything about this? \*\*

Yes, mine’s been down all day. It came back up a minute ago, but I’m not expecting it to stay. This always seems to happen on a weekend, and they never get it 100% fixed till Monday.

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**Author:** ![lynn73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@lynn73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynn73)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/msn-e-mail/150926/6 "2003-01-26T00:35:26Z")

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Yes, mine appears to be working now also. Hope it lasts :eek:  
Thanks for the input and info.