I just finish a chat with a MSN tech guy (annoyingly chat with
technical support wasn't an option on the MSN support page, so I did
Customer Service who quickly handed me off to a tech support guy).
Here's the relevant part of the conversation (Bryan was the tech
support):-
Bryan
As expected, there's an ongoing maintenance on the servers, William.
This maintenance primarily impacts the use of your Outlook Connector.
The maintenance post was updated straight from Redmond and it's still
ongoing until now, 10/13/2006.
11:18:56 AM Bryan
This is a known issue and the Operations Team is currently
investigating the issue.
11:19:07 AM
Any idea of when it will be resolved
11:19:13 AM Bryan
This is for the sole purpose of improving the service.
11:19:53 AM Bryan
The timeframe is not indicated on the posting, William. However, I'll
take notes here that you were affected by this maintenance.
11:20:01 AM
Thank you
11:20:28 AM Bryan
Should the issue persist within 24 to 48 hours, please contact us back
and ask for an E-mail Resolution Specialist for a possible workaround.
11:20:33 AM Bryan
Please accept my apologies though for not being able to assist you
fully.
I hope that helps the rest of you suffering from this issue.
William