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I thought this list had been suspiciously quiet for a while, so I eventually got around to it and just checked the archives online... where it became obvious I just wasn't getting the current emails. So I fired up my secondary Tor-routed browser in paranoia mode, actually signed in to the Microsoft outlook.com web interface for the only time after actually creating it and had a poke around. Great: Microsoft had "helpfully" turned SmartScreen back on (I had immediately disabled it on account creation, it's worthless) and been redirecting *everything* from this list straight into Junk. Because I use Thunderbird normally, which doesn't automatically subscribe you to certain subfolders over POP3 (yes, Microsoft still don't offer IMAP access to proper email clients) the Junk folder hadn't been visible and I've only just spotted it. Probably also worth pointing out that despite expertly trashing everything from this list - despite the fact that any "smart" filter should have picked up on the obvious fact that I've directly replied to list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx multiple times so it's obviously not Junk - Microsoft still happily let a whole load of other actual spammy crap straight through into my Inbox. Classy. There was one funny anomaly though - in it's infinite wisdom, the Microsoft SmartScreen was letting through most of the emails from exactly one person on this list: Mr Phil Hudson. Who I think actually hates Microsoft more than any other person I know, and I know a lot of Linux sysadmins... Well, I guess the joke of subscribing to a LUG with a Microsoft account backfired in the end. Pretty inevitable I suppose. At least we've learnt that: A: Microsoft still can't run a mail service properly B: Microsoft seem to like Phil Hudson Regards -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq