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

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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
    2022-07-12T21:24:23+00:00

    I managed to send to 2 groups yesterday and have received some replies so I assume successful.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-07-12T22:47:49+00:00

    System still will not display my Group Contacts.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-07-13T00:00:17+00:00

    See my response to SQLSmiles (for context). I've just checked and found that I can't view members for the original group (which I could a day or two ago) but there is no problem with the new group I set up (that mirrors the original group).

    So essentially I recreated the original group under a new name, which (touch wood) seems to work without problems. My group has 44 members and I was able to do this by opening two instances of Hotmail and comparing the new and old groups side by side.

    I should add that I don't use 354 and access my hotmail directly through my browser. The contact viewing problem is a new one for me.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-07-14T17:45:59+00:00

    It worked for a few days but its happening again. Sent 2 emails to group and they bounced back this morning. Unbelievable that the mighty Microsoft can’t get this resolved after several weeks.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-07-14T17:47:39+00:00

    It worked for a few days but its happening again. Sent 2 emails to group and they bounced back this morning. Unbelievable that the mighty Microsoft can’t get this resolved after several weeks.

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