Terence Eden

This is very weird. I had a passport.net account with Microsoft from 2010. Obviously that service has long since been discontinued.

Today I received this legitimate email from MS to that account saying my storage is full.

But when I try to sign into MS, it doesn't recognise the old account.

I am 100% sure this isn't spam. It comes from MS, only links to their website, passes SPF, DKIM, etc.

I wonder which old service is gradually filling up? How on earth can I sign in?

#Microsoft

Mar 21 at 4:43pmWeb
Show threadTerence Eden3d ago

Looks like this is a weird bug with Microsoft - they're sending out storage emails to obsolete accounts or where there are no storage issues.

https://bsky.app/profile/kirbycheatfurby.bsky.social/post/3mhh23bq64c22

https://www.reddit.com/r/Outlook/comments/1rwl3ou/i_got_your_microsoft_storage_is_full_even_though/

https://www.reddit.com/r/FuckMicrosoft/comments/1rwla54/what_the_hell_someone_please_explain_whats/

Anthony (@kirbycheatfurby.bsky.social)

did anyone else get a microsoft email saying their storage is almost full? a lot of people claimed to on reddit, and it seems like a false alarm, but i clicked it and now i'm scared? 😭

Bluesky Social
Show threadTerence Eden3d ago

Good to know it isn't just me!

https://woof.tech/@Sorro/116267682341550726

Show threadThe Essence of Woerm Sin3d ago
@Edent I got it too, also saying over 80% and no, it isn't. (52% full in my case)
Show threadPierric3d ago
@Edent I've been forced to come back to the marvelous world of Microsoft at work. I was expecting it to be a bad experience, but wow, have my expectations been surpassed. It's cataclysmic. Takes a brand new high end laptop to its knees, and the bugs are as incredible as they are numerous. End to end: windows, outlook, office apps... Nothing should have been allowed to be pushed to prod.
Show threadDerick Rethans3d ago
@Edent I think I had one too, but I discounted it as spam/scam and deleted it. As I don't really ever use any of their stuff (anymore)
Show threadDavid Geary3d ago

@Edent Yep, got the exact same email for a Onedrive account that I don't use, so has nothing in it. Had to double-check the email as I was convinced it must have been a phishing attempt.

What's the betting this is another case of using AI to blindly perform a task without checking first that it's doing it right.

Show threadDaniel Durrans3d ago
@Edent I got the same email!
Show threadTerence Eden3d ago
@dan whoa! To a similarly obsolete account?
Show threadDaniel Durrans3d ago
@Edent yep!
Show threadGary 3d ago
@Edent I had one of those this week, too, for an account I haven’t used for years.