non receipt of emails through hotmail

Gloria Medley MacDonald 0 Reputation points
2026-10-09T05:03:19.4633333+00:00

Is Outlook restricting the amount of emails we can receive in hotmail?

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  1. Hornblower409 16,580 Reputation points
    2026-10-11T07:56:48.9066667+00:00

    @Gloria Medley MacDonald said

    The daily message limit helps us free the world from spammers

    Yes. That is a legit message from the Microsoft Mail server. It is saying that you have exceeded your Daily Sending Limit (not receiving).

    Did you get this right after sending an email to a large number of people? Or after sending a lot of emails in quick succession?

    The posted limits are pretty high, but can be much lower for a Personal outlook.com account, or if Mother Microsoft thinks you might be sending out Spam.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/sending-limits-in-outlook-com

    Limits may vary based on usage history and will be lower for non-subscribers [Non MS 365 accounts]

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  2. DYARI BARHAM 37,921 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-10-09T05:42:17.5033333+00:00

    Hi,
    Microsoft does not set a maximum number of emails you can receive per day, however you will stop receiving new emails if your account exceeds its storage limit.

    Please access your Outlook account from the web to verify if you receive new emails first:
    https://outlook.live.com/mail/
    Then check the storage. Go to Settings > Account > Storage

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