Microsoft: Missing Hotmail messages are back

Over the previous end of the week, various Hotmail clients revealed that their Hotmail messages in different envelopes were no more. (What's more, were, obviously, none too cheerful about it.)

Microsoft authorities said on January 3 that the organization had recognized the reason for the issue and settled it.

This is what despite everything we don't have the foggiest idea: what number clients were influenced? What caused the issue? What is Microsoft doing to ensure it doesn't happen once more? No word.

Refresh: One inquiry replied. In excess of 17,000 clients were influenced by the Hotmail blackout (out of 360 million Hotmail clients add up to.)

This is the official articulation the organization is discharging, through a representative, with no additional data gave:

"There was not a broad blackout. We are working with the select clients who detailed issues, and apologize for any bother." 

On January 2, Microsoft authorities posted a message in the Hotmail bolster gatherings recognizing the issue:

"We have distinguished the wellspring of the issue have reestablished email access to the individuals who were affected. We perceive that despite the fact that we reestablished email get to, a portion of the influenced clients did not get mail sent to them amid the last 24-72 hours. We are redressing that and ought to be done by late this evening Pacific time. " 

On January 3, there was a subsequent message presented on the discussions:

"We have reestablished the messages to the individuals who were affected. In the event that you are as yet missing your messages, it would be ideal if you post your issue here (it would be ideal if you take note of that you should be signed in to the windowslivehelp.com site to have the capacity to post) with however much nitty gritty data as could reasonably be expected (How much wasn't reestablished, and a points of interest that you may have) We earnestly apologize and thank you for your proceeded with persistence." 

I didn't lose access to any of my Hotmail messages throughout the end of the week. I did, nonetheless, encounter an odd - and perhaps related - issue with Hotmail on my Windows Phone 7 loaner gadget. For two days, my telephone didn't show a check of new Hotmail messages on my opening screen. At the beginning of today (January 3), the check is showing once more.

I asked the previously mentioned representative whether my issue may be identified with the missing Hotmail messages and was informed that nobody else had revealed the issue I had. I'm interested: Any other WP7 clients out there notice a comparative issue this end of the week?

I'm additionally intrigued on the off chance that anybody has more data on the reason/goals of the blackout.