Outlook is returning Remote Server returned '421 4.3.2 Service not available' for two of my groups.outlook.com groups

Anonymous
2022-06-28T02:36:22+00:00

* * * Mod note: See the post by Diane Poremsky MVP * * *

Yesterday and today outlook.com is refusing all group email.
I have two different groups that I use weekly. Today I get this message.'

The recipient's email system isn't accepting messages now. Please try resending your message later or contact the recipient directly.

Generating server: BN6PR19MB0962.namprd19.prod.outlook.com
Total retry attempts: 4

___@___.___
Remote Server returned '421 4.3.2 Service not available'

Original message headers:

Received: from SA0PR19MB4412.namprd19.prod.outlook.com (2603:10b6:806:ba::17)
by BN6PR19MB0962.namprd19.prod.outlook.com (2603:10b6:404:74::9) with
Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2,
cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id 15.20.5373.18; Sun, 26 Jun
2022 19:00:06 +0000
Received: from DM4PR19MB6342.namprd19.prod.outlook.com (2603:10b6:8:a7::11) by
SA0PR19MB4412.namprd19.prod.outlook.com (2603:10b6:806:ba::17) with Microsoft
SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id
15.20.5373.18; Sun, 26 Jun 2022 18:59:37 +0000
Received: from DM4PR19MB6342.namprd19.prod.outlook.com

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUTLOOK GROUPS??

I create a NEW group to test and it ALSO returns the same error.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-07-07T21:08:42+00:00

    Its a bit rubbish isn't it.? ..might have to go to googlemail service. So annoying! its been weeks....but thank you so much for finding this out at the very least x

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-07-07T02:40:45+00:00

    I am also having problems with group emails. Apparently many others are as well and this has been going on for almost 2 weeks. Is Microsoft even trying to fix the issue???

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-07-05T13:15:16+00:00

    No response or update to the case I opened. Microsoft has been too quiet on this subject.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-07-05T12:18:00+00:00

    What do you have to loose at this point? Keep us informed. Thanks.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-07-05T12:08:48+00:00

    It's extremely frustrating and the lack of effective communication is very poor customer service. I came across the article below, which might possibly point to the source of the problem. It also says that it is complex to rectify. On the one hand I can understand that Microsoft would not want to broadcast that their servers had been attacked and they have a problem; on the other hand, they need to be a bit more informative - just repeating that engineers are working on it doesn't cut the mustard. I'm going to try something tonight to see if it will act as a work-around, although it my be laborious. If it does, I'll let you know.

    Microsoft Exchange servers worldwide hit by stealthy new backdoor - Ars Technica<br><br>Ars TechnicaResearchers have identified stealthy new malware that threat actors have been using for the past 15 months to backdoor Microsoft Exchange servers ...

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