Town Suggests Folks Go Old School, Contact Town Hall Via Phone As Microsoft Outlook Email Down

EAST HAVEN, CT — With the continued Microsoft outage affecting email, the town took to social media to ask folks who need to communicate with Town Hall offices and employees to pick up the phone.

"Meet the Jetsons or back to the Flintstones? Microsoft may be having a rough time, but here at the Town of East Haven, we’re kicking it old school. Can’t reach us by email? Pick up the phone and give us a call… just like the good old days!"

The number is (203) 468-3212.

Microsoft 365 posted an update on "X," on Friday morning, saying the outage is ongoing but with "encouraging" news.

"We’re seeing encouraging recovery progress, with service availability and email delivery performance improving across a growing portion of affected Microsoft 365 infrastructure. Some users may still experience intermittent issues as recovery actions continue. We’re focused on recovery for the remaining affected environments while prioritizing email queue and backlog reduction. The extended 48-hour email timeout window remains in place to help protect delayed messages as delivery catches up."