I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

Your name@domain.co.uk Microsoft account is currently 6.4 GB over your
storage limit of 5 GB. When you?re over your storage limit, you can no
longer:
List of things I can't do.

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are name @outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is outlook.com.

Any thoughts?

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his
life.
(Jeremy Thorpe, 1962)

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On 07/09/2026 in message <117lv0o$33ubi$1@dont-email.me> Daniel70 wrote:

On 7/09/2026 5:47 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

Your name@domain.co.uk Microsoft account is currently 6.4 GB over your >>storage limit of 5 GB. When you?re over your storage limit, you can no >>longer:
List of things I can't do.

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are name >>@outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is >>outlook.com.

Any thoughts?

Did "they" give you a clickable link where you could fix the problem by >supplying your Credit Card number?? ;-)

Yes, four links:

https://t.infomail.microsoft.com/r/?id=h11a028e9f,15fcc6f,330e9666

then 667, 668, 669.

All give me the chance to increase my storage, not clicked of course!

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
640k ought to be enough for anyone.
(Bill Gates, 1981)

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On 2026/9/7 10:9:41, Daniel70 wrote:

On 7/09/2026 5:47 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

Your name@domain.co.uk Microsoft account is currently 6.4 GB over your
storage limit of 5 GB. When you?re over your storage limit, you can no
longer:
List of things I can't do.

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are name
@outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is
outlook.com.

Any thoughts?

Did "they" give you a clickable link where you could fix the problem by supplying your Credit Card number?? ;-)

(Indeed; if so, where do those links go?)

If something has a limit of 5 GB, it seems unlikely to me that you can
get to 6.4G over that.

_Do_ you _have_ remote storage of some sort, and if so do you know how
much you are using? I can't imagine not knowing, unless perhaps it's
using IMAP, though for that 6.4G (really 11.4G) would represent a _lot_
of emails. Other candidates would be things like dropbox, OneDrive etc.,
but I'd imagine you'd know about those. Does the "list of things I can't
do" give any hint as to where/what this storage might be?
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Now, don't worry. We'll be right behind you. Hiding.
(First series, fit the sixth.)

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Jeff Gaines wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:
[...]
Any thoughts?

One thing to keep in mind: The value of the FROM field -Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com - does not guarantee that the sender
is actually the microsoft.com domain. It?s a good idea to carefully
examine all the message headers, paying particular attention to the
Received fields.

PS. I?m assuming the message was not digitally signed using SMIME.

--
Regards
Arkadiusz 'Black Fox' Artyszuk

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J. P. Gilliver wrote:
[snip]

_Do_ you _have_ remote storage of some sort, and if so do you know how
much you are using? I can't imagine not knowing, unless perhaps it's
using IMAP, though for that 6.4G (really 11.4G) would represent a _lot_
of emails.

Did you know? Real world users never delete their emails!

In the days of POP3, their local mailboxes would fill up.

With IMAP, the server storage fills up. My email hosting company
provides 50GB mailbox storage as their entry level product, and sells
more when asked.


--
Graham J

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On 07/09/2026 in message <117lvo3$347g5$1@dont-email.me> J. P. Gilliver
wrote:

On 2026/9/7 10:9:41, Daniel70 wrote:

On 7/09/2026 5:47 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

Your name@domain.co.uk Microsoft account is currently 6.4 GB over your >>>storage limit of 5 GB. When you?re over your storage limit, you can no >>>longer:
List of things I can't do.

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are name >>>@outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is >>>outlook.com.

Any thoughts?

Did "they" give you a clickable link where you could fix the problem by >>supplying your Credit Card number?? ;-)

(Indeed; if so, where do those links go?)

If something has a limit of 5 GB, it seems unlikely to me that you can
get to 6.4G over that.

Do you have remote storage of some sort, and if so do you know how
much you are using? I can't imagine not knowing, unless perhaps it's
using IMAP, though for that 6.4G (really 11.4G) would represent a lot
of emails. Other candidates would be things like dropbox, OneDrive etc.,
but I'd imagine you'd know about those. Does the "list of things I can't
do" give any hint as to where/what this storage might be?

I do have One Drive because I put a couple of mp4 files up recently for somebody to download. Unfortunately it is one of the first programs I un-install when I do a clean install of Windows because I don't want my
stuff on other people's computers. Anyway I had to re-install One Drive
then guess at which log on I used, fortunately got it right first time! I
have 12.5 MB there so I think I can safely ignore the email.

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
I take full responsibility for what happened - that is why the person that
was responsible went immediately.
(Gordon Brown, April 2009)

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On 07/09/2026 in message <xn0puhirak1ntbu01z@news.individual.net> Jeff
Gaines wrote:

On 07/09/2026 in message <117lvo3$347g5$1@dont-email.me> J. P. Gilliver >wrote:

On 2026/9/7 10:9:41, Daniel70 wrote:

On 7/09/2026 5:47 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

Your name@domain.co.uk Microsoft account is currently 6.4 GB over your >>>>storage limit of 5 GB. When you?re over your storage limit, you can no >>>>longer:
List of things I can't do.

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are name >>>>@outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is >>>>outlook.com.

Any thoughts?

Did "they" give you a clickable link where you could fix the problem by >>>supplying your Credit Card number?? ;-)

(Indeed; if so, where do those links go?)

If something has a limit of 5 GB, it seems unlikely to me that you can
get to 6.4G over that.

Do you have remote storage of some sort, and if so do you know how
much you are using? I can't imagine not knowing, unless perhaps it's
using IMAP, though for that 6.4G (really 11.4G) would represent a lot
of emails. Other candidates would be things like dropbox, OneDrive etc., >>but I'd imagine you'd know about those. Does the "list of things I can't >>do" give any hint as to where/what this storage might be?

I do have One Drive because I put a couple of mp4 files up recently for >somebody to download. Unfortunately it is one of the first programs I >un-install when I do a clean install of Windows because I don't want my >stuff on other people's computers. Anyway I had to re-install One Drive
then guess at which log on I used, fortunately got it right first time! I >have 12.5 MB there so I think I can safely ignore the email.

Whoops, I think my maths is screwed, the files are:

20/04/2024 14:47 3,819,272,802 Wyc1989.mp4
15/06/2004 20:01 8,456,208,436 WYC1989.mpg

Is that more than 5 GB?

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
This mess is what happens when you elect a Labour government, in the end
they will always run out of other people's money to spend.
(Margaret Thatcher on her election in 1979)

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On 07/09/2026 in message
<87b6ff01-fcc9-4519-8933-518e55d96c8a@blackfox.org> Arkadiusz 'Black Fox' Artyszuk wrote:

Jeff Gaines wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:
[...]
Any thoughts?

One thing to keep in mind: The value of the FROM field >-Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com - does not guarantee that the sender is >actually the microsoft.com domain. It?s a good idea to carefully examine
all the message headers, paying particular attention to the Received
fields.

PS. I?m assuming the message was not digitally signed using SMIME.

In eM Client hovering over addresses and links shows the real address in
the status bar, as I said to J P Gilliver I think I have screwed up my
maths and this is genuine :-(

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
The only thing necessary for evil to prevail is for good people to do or
say nothing. (Edmund Burke)

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On 2026/9/7 11:33:37, Jeff Gaines wrote:

On 07/09/2026 in message <xn0puhirak1ntbu01z@news.individual.net> Jeff

Gaines wrote:

[]

I do have One Drive because I put a couple of mp4 files up recently fo

r

somebody to download. Unfortunately it is one of the first programs I

un-install when I do a clean install of Windows because I don't want m

y

stuff on other people's computers. Anyway I had to re-install One Driv

e

then guess at which log on I used, fortunately got it right first time

! I

have 12.5 MB there so I think I can safely ignore the email.

I was going to say "do you use IMAP rather than POP for email?", but ...

Whoops, I think my maths is screwed, the files are:

20/04/2024 14:47 3,819,272,802 Wyc1989.mp4
15/06/2004 20:01 8,456,208,436 WYC1989.mpg

Is that more than 5 GB?

... yes; three commas means G, so the second file alone would exceed 5.


Does the "list of things you can't do" sound plausible? Main question,
have you had confirmation from the person for which you put those files
up that s/he has downloaded them (not just looked at them, but actually downloaded them to somewhere on his/her machine)? If so, you can delete
them from the online storage, which I'd do regardless of whether the
email is a scam or not.
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

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On 07/09/2026 in message <117m4q2$362qv$1@dont-email.me> J. P. Gilliver
wrote:

I was going to say "do you use IMAP rather than POP for email?", but ...

Whoops, I think my maths is screwed, the files are:

20/04/2024 14:47 3,819,272,802 Wyc1989.mp4
15/06/2004 20:01 8,456,208,436 WYC1989.mpg

Is that more than 5 GB?

... yes; three commas means G, so the second file alone would exceed 5.

Does the "list of things you can't do" sound plausible? Main question,
have you had confirmation from the person for which you put those files
up that s/he has downloaded them (not just looked at them, but actually >downloaded them to somewhere on his/her machine)? If so, you can delete
them from the online storage, which I'd do regardless of whether the
email is a scam or not.

Yes, she has downloaded them so I'll delete them, must sharpen my maths!

--
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day.
Tomorrow, isn't looking good either.

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In article <xn0puhejvjw05mf01x@news.individual.net>,
jgnewsid@outlook.com says...

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

...

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are name >@outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is >outlook.com.

Outlook.com is an official Microsoft domain. However, you need to be
able to read a URL to be sure that this is actually the domain involved.

A URL starts with a protocol designator, which could be:
http:
https:
ftp:
mailto:
.. and some others.

Then there's a server address. It starts with two slashes (Tim Berners-
Lee eventually admitted only one was needed, but that's the standard
now.

So far, we might have https://

Then the server address itself. Read from the right.
Top-level domain might be .com (not .ru for Russia perhaps, or .ro for Romania).

So far, we might have https://{something}.com

Next (still reading right-to-left) the main organisational domain. Say
that's "outlook" (owned by MS). Then the second-level domain is
outlook.com.

So far, we might have https://{something}.outlook.com
Whatever that {something} is, it'll be part of outlook.com, so ok in
this context.

https://outlook.com is enough for a working domain. (Try it!)

But very often there is a third-level domain prepended in front. www is
very common (just means "send any traffic to the web server").

So far: http://www.outlook.com - all good.

You can have other third-level domains. Try:
https://onedrive.microsoft.com - that redirects successfully to another
of Microsoft's stable of domains: live.com
Alternatively, try https://account.microsoft.com - takes you to the
pages used to manage your Microsoft account.

BUT (big BUT): you often have to trim off all the other junk that
follows the dot-separated server address. Tokens like '&' and '?' are
used to append data to the address. A common one (if you share links
from Facebook) is &fbclid= { and then a very, very long string of
characters). This is Facebook's tracking information which they use to
sell you things you might want.

Here's a full example, lifted from a random post in Facebook:

https://rafflehouse.com/?rh_gen_date=20260828 &rh_objective=acquisition&rh_draw_type=house&rh_audience=competitions&rh _offer_type=none&rh_location=london&rh_format=video&customer_type=new_cu stomer&utm_medium=paid&utm_source=fb&utm_id=120251664492000306_v2_s03 _e66_cc1_i97937674&utm_content=120251683544700306&utm_term= 120251664492000306&utm_campaign=120251664492040306 &fbclid=IwY2xjawULhqNwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtATAAYWRpZAGrOFETaAOSYnJpZBEwZ3lmdn FuNjJrbWRRcWVjeXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7ZilMhxTbQEGVMYC lrfSrbIxu94sF6CNr9jJO-y9sZURYVDoOF9PTBhG_TiA_aem_z_hyXhnmdsB4yfaMOC6Ajw

Here, everything after the .com/ is "additional data" (e.g. rh_location=london) and not part of the address which determines where
you get connected to. Note that:
https://rafflehouse.com.scam/ would be part of the 'scam' domain - and presumably unsafe. Easy to make that mistake from a quick glance, and
get caught.

ANOTHER BIG BUT: The URL you see may not be the one that's actually
used. If you've ever seen something like "for more info, click here",
where "here" is an underlined link, you can see that there's a "display
name" for a URL (in any HTML page, web or email) with an actual URL
associated with it. Usually, if you hover over a link, your browser or
email client will display (often subtly) the actual link you're
hesitating over. Yes, it's a minefield.

One thing you can usually do is right-click over a link, and pick "copy
link address". Then paste that into ChatGPT, Gemini or whatever AI you prefer, and ask it to "tell me about this link - is it a scam?". This
is what Gemini told me about the long link I quoted above:

"This link points to Raffle House, a well-known online platform in the
UK that runs prize draws and competitions offering high-value
residential properties (such as dream homes) and cash prizes, often
paired with charitable donations.

Based on the URL parameters attached to your link:

rh_gen_date=20260828: Indicates the campaign or ad creative was generated/updated around late August 2026.

rh_location=london / rh_format=video: Shows that this particular link
was tied to a video-based promotional campaign focused on a London
property draw.

utm_source=fb / utm_medium=paid: Confirms that this is a paid tracking
link originating from a Facebook (Meta) advertisement."

I hope that helps.

--
--
Phil, London

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Jeff Gaines <jgnewsid@outlook.com> wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

Your name@domain.co.uk Microsoft account is currently 6.4 GB over your storage limit of 5 GB. When you?re over your storage limit, you can no longer:
List of things I can't do.

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are name @outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is outlook.com.

Any thoughts?

Sure looks like a scam if the domain they're bitching about isn't one
you own (well, one you rent since you never do own a domain, just rent
it from a registrar). I don't do this, but others will registrar their
own domain, and then bring it to a service provider rather than operate
their own web and DNS servers.

Use a web browser, go to outlook.com, sign in THERE, and check your
storage quota.

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Microsoft used to (years ago) dole out a 15GB quota on MS accounts.
That was to match the 15GB that Google doled out. Microsoft wanted to
draw users away from Google. Then Microsoft went stingy trying to
promote sales of storage, and downed the quota to a meager 5GB. If you
already had 15GB, you could grandfather in the larger quota, but had to
log into your account using a web browser (not an e-mail client) to
retain the old quota. I did that, and kept my 15GB quota on my Hotmail account, but was too late for my Outlook.com account (no, I did not meld
my Hotmail into an Outlook account like Microsoft wanted me to, but
instead created a new Outlook account the moment Microsoft made that
domain available). Meanwhile, Google has retained their 15GB quota.
You could use Google Drive(*) to get 15GB instead or, or in addition to,
your MS 5GB quota.

(*) MS OneDrive and Google Drive sync clients conflict with each other
which can stall file updates. Only run 1 local sync client.

I used to have a Dropbox account, too, but it only doled out a measly
2GB for storage. I only used it to sync code with another programmer on
a project both of us were working on. After the project ended, and
after years of never using Dropbox, I closed the account, and
uninstalled their local sync client.

You can find an online spreadsheet that compares various free online
storage providers at:

https://comparisontabl.es/cloud-storage/

mega.io and filen.io offer 20GB free quota. Never used those, so no
idea if they spam you, have a local sync client, have an idle expiration (account expires after N years of non-activity), or whatnot.

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On 9/7/26 6:25 AM, Jeff Gaines wrote:

On 07/09/2026 in message <117lvo3$347g5$1@dont-email.me> J. P. Gilliver wrote:

On 2026/9/7 10:9:41, Daniel70 wrote:

On 7/09/2026 5:47 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

Your name@domain.co.uk Microsoft account is currently 6.4 GB over your >>>> storage limit of 5 GB. When you?re over your storage limit, you can no >>>> longer:
List of things I can't do.

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are name >>>> @outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is
outlook.com.

Any thoughts?

Did "they" give you a clickable link where you could fix the problem by
supplying your Credit Card number?? ;-)

(Indeed; if so, where do those links go?)

If something has a limit of 5 GB, it seems unlikely to me that you can
get to 6.4G over that.

Do you have remote storage of some sort, and if so do you know how
much you are using? I can't imagine not knowing, unless perhaps it's
using IMAP, though for that 6.4G (really 11.4G) would represent a lot
of emails. Other candidates would be things like dropbox, OneDrive etc.,
but I'd imagine you'd know about those. Does the "list of things I can't
do" give any hint as to where/what this storage might be?

I do have One Drive because I put a couple of mp4 files up recently for somebody to download. Unfortunately it is one of the first programs I un-install when I do a clean install of Windows because I don't want my
stuff on other people's computers. Anyway I had to re-install One Drive
then guess at which log on I used, fortunately got it right first time! I have 12.5 MB there so I think I can safely ignore the email.

You know if you are just posting a few items on One Drive, you don't need to install the
program. You can open one drive in you browser and upload from there. I do it a lot
with Google drive.

--
Mint 22.3, Thunderbird 153.2.0esr, Firefox 155.0.1
Alan K.

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On Mon, 9/7/2026 6:59 AM, Jeff Gaines wrote:

On 07/09/2026 in message <117m4q2$362qv$1@dont-email.me> J. P. Gilliver wrote:

I was going to say "do you use IMAP rather than POP for email?", but ...

Whoops, I think my maths is screwed, the files are:

20/04/2024ÿ 14:47ÿÿÿÿ 3,819,272,802 Wyc1989.mp4
15/06/2004ÿ 20:01ÿÿÿÿ 8,456,208,436 WYC1989.mpg

Yes, she has downloaded them so I'll delete them, must sharpen my maths!

You could probably re-encode those. But that's a lot of work.
HEVC could be better than H.264 or MPEG2. As a CODEC, that's not
always a good choice, so research first (licensing?).

I tried a test run

ffmpeg711 -y -vsync 0 -hwaccel cuda -hwaccel_output_format cuda -i KEY01.mp4 -c:a copy -c:v h264_nvenc -b:v 5M output.mp4

but the file I tried it on, ended up no smaller, so I need some
bitrate parameters and messing about to do better. I'll drop the
bitrate a bit and try again. The CUDA encoder in the video card (GTX 1650), runs at 32x realtime. Which reduces a 3 hour movie to a 6 minute task
(and raising my video card to 50C from 36C). Two pass CPU-based encodes
are usually better, but the source video for this one, is pretty sharp
and resistant to degradation. The movie does definitely have some
content in it, that encoders hate. You should always review videos
with a quick scroll-thru, to determine whether the conversion has
any bad spots in it.

ffmpeg711 -y -vsync 0 -hwaccel cuda -hwaccel_output_format cuda -i KEY01.mp4 -c:a copy -c:v h264_nvenc -b:v 2M output.mp4

KEY01.mp4 6,570,687,638 bytes (6266 MiB)
output.mp4 2,798,350,482 bytes (2668 MiB)

You could make it, to below 5GB total. Depending on tool availability,
it could be a little work or a lot of work (I've spent two weeks on and
off, messing around with what works and what isn't good enough).

Paul

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On 7 Sep 2026 07:47:27 GMT, Jeff Gaines wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

Your name@domain.co.uk Microsoft account is currently 6.4 GB over your storage limit of 5 GB. When you?re over your storage limit, you can no longer:
List of things I can't do.

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are name @outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is outlook.com.

Any thoughts?

Definitely a scam. When you reach 5 GB (OneDrive?), that's it. AFAIK
there's no way to go 6.4 GB over the limit, that would be 11.4 GB. Even
if it was was 6.4 GB, it would still not be possible.

--
s|b

Horum omnium fortissimi sunt Belgae.
(Julius Caesar)

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On 09/07/2026 3:47 AM, Jeff Gaines wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

Your name@domain.co.uk Microsoft account is currently 6.4 GB over your storage limit of 5 GB. When you?re over your storage limit, you can no longer:
List of things I can't do.

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are name @outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is outlook.com.

Any thoughts?

Email's from Microsoft have a variety of forms

OneDrive related and legitimate
Microsoft@onedrive.microsoft.com
Microsoft@notificationmail.microsoft.com
Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com
- the above three are almost always OneDrive related

If sent from any of the above OneDrive related email senders, the
recommended approach is to sign in to:
https://onedrive.live.com
- verify the account, its status and remedy if/when necessary


Other email's (Communication/Notices/etc., also legitimate) msa@communication.microsoft.com
email@microsoft.microsoft.com
microsoft-noreply@microsoft.com
stremail@microsoft.com
donotreply@secureserver.net
- (Rare, specifically for no longer available domain hosting) billing@microsoft.com
account-security-noreply@accountprotection.microsoft.com> member_services@live.com or @outlook.com or @hotmail.com or @msn.com outlook@email2.office.com
- (Rare, but at one time applied to all email types[Outlook, Hotmail,
Live, MSn] when using that email type for Office subscriptions or
purchase of perpetual and also earlier for no longer available
personalized email address for Outlook Premium accounts or the
deprecation of Outlook/Hotmail/Live/MSn sync-ability in Windows Live
Mail email client)



--
...w­¤?ñ?¤

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On 09/07/2026 12:47 PM, s|b wrote:

On 7 Sep 2026 07:47:27 GMT, Jeff Gaines wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

Your name@domain.co.uk Microsoft account is currently 6.4 GB over your
storage limit of 5 GB. When you?re over your storage limit, you can no
longer:
List of things I can't do.

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are name
@outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is
outlook.com.

Any thoughts?

Definitely a scam. When you reach 5 GB (OneDrive?), that's it. AFAIK
there's no way to go 6.4 GB over the limit, that would be 11.4 GB. Even
if it was was 6.4 GB, it would still not be possible.

Not true.
The notification for over-storage doesn't happen immediately
- depending upon capacity above the accounts upper limit, notification
may take 3 to 6 months for new accounts and well over a year for older accounts that had temporary extra capacity or inactive(no OneDrive usage
or sign-in activity) existing grandfathered capacity.


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On 7 Sep 2026 07:47:27 GMT, Jeff Gaines wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

Your name@domain.co.uk Microsoft account is currently 6.4 GB over your storage limit of 5 GB. When you?re over your storage limit, you can no longer:
List of things I can't do.

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are name @outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is outlook.com.

Any thoughts?

Does any of the links in the email point to a domain NOT owned by Microsoft?

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On 07/09/2026 21:01, ....winston wrote:

On 09/07/2026 12:47 PM, s|b wrote:

On 7 Sep 2026 07:47:27 GMT, Jeff Gaines wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

Your name@domain.co.uk Microsoft account is currently 6.4 GB over your
storage limit of 5 GB. When you?re over your storage limit, you can no
longer:
List of things I can't do.

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are name
@outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is
outlook.com.

Any thoughts?

Definitely a scam. When you reach 5 GB (OneDrive?), that's it. AFAIK
there's no way to go 6.4 GB over the limit, that would be 11.4 GB. Even
if it was was 6.4 GB, it would still not be possible.

Not true.
ÿThe notification for over-storage doesn't happen immediately
ÿ- depending upon capacity above the accounts upper limit, notification
may take 3 to 6 months for new accounts and well over a year for older accounts that had temporary extra capacity or inactive(no OneDrive usage
or sign-in activity) existing grandfathered capacity.

IIRC, the free storage limit was reduced from 15g to 5g, at some point.
That would explain the large difference, but not why it was sent now.



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dillinger wrote:

On 07/09/2026 21:01, ....winston wrote:

On 09/07/2026 12:47 PM, s|b wrote:

On 7 Sep 2026 07:47:27 GMT, Jeff Gaines wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

Your name@domain.co.uk Microsoft account is currently 6.4 GB over your >>>> storage limit of 5 GB. When you?re over your storage limit, you can no >>>> longer:
List of things I can't do.

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are name >>>> @outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is
outlook.com.

Any thoughts?

Definitely a scam. When you reach 5 GB (OneDrive?), that's it. AFAIK
there's no way to go 6.4 GB over the limit, that would be 11.4 GB. Even
if it was was 6.4 GB, it would still not be possible.

Not true.
ÿÿThe notification for over-storage doesn't happen immediately
ÿÿ- depending upon capacity above the accounts upper limit,
notification may take 3 to 6 months for new accounts and well over a
year for older accounts that had temporary extra capacity or
inactive(no OneDrive usage or sign-in activity) existing grandfathered
capacity.

IIRC, the free storage limit was reduced from 15g to 5g, at some point.
That would explain the large difference, but not why it was sent now.

The op said:
"...put a couple of mp4 files up ***recently*** for somebody to download"
i.e. 'recently' afaik would still be a notice sent 'now'

Yet, the op posted the size of the two files with dates showing much
earlier than recent/now (CY 2024 and CY 2004) - though those years might
be the file creation/modified dates not the upload dates. If the former
and uploaded recently, then a 'now' notification would still apply.


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On 08/09/2026 in message <117p5vd$8kop$1@dont-email.me> ...winston wrote:

dillinger wrote:

On 07/09/2026 21:01, ....winston wrote:

On 09/07/2026 12:47 PM, s|b wrote:

On 7 Sep 2026 07:47:27 GMT, Jeff Gaines wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

Your name@domain.co.uk Microsoft account is currently 6.4 GB over your >>>>>storage limit of 5 GB. When you?re over your storage limit, you can >>>>>no
longer:
List of things I can't do.

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are name >>>>>@outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is >>>>>outlook.com.

Any thoughts?

Definitely a scam. When you reach 5 GB (OneDrive?), that's it. AFAIK >>>>there's no way to go 6.4 GB over the limit, that would be 11.4 GB. Even >>>>if it was was 6.4 GB, it would still not be possible.

Not true.
ÿÿThe notification for over-storage doesn't happen immediately
ÿÿ- depending upon capacity above the accounts upper limit, >>>notification may take 3 to 6 months for new accounts and well over a year >>>for older accounts that had temporary extra capacity or inactive(no >>>OneDrive usage or sign-in activity) existing grandfathered capacity.

IIRC, the free storage limit was reduced from 15g to 5g, at some point. >>That would explain the large difference, but not why it was sent now.

The op said:
"...put a couple of mp4 files up recently for somebody to download"
i.e. 'recently' afaik would still be a notice sent 'now'

Yet, the op posted the size of the two files with dates showing much
earlier than recent/now (CY 2024 and CY 2004) - though those years might
be the file creation/modified dates not the upload dates. If the former
and uploaded recently, then a 'now' notification would still apply.

They are the creation dates, yes. This is genuine, I hadn't got my head
round the size of these files, One Drive allowed me to upload them then at some stage their algorithms kicked in and I was sent the email.

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Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists
or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.

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On 7 Sep 2026 07:47:27 GMT, Jeff Gaines wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

You left out the important word "purportedly" before "from". You're
aware that the From line is incredibly easy to spoof, right?

Your name@domain.co.uk Microsoft account is currently 6.4 GB over your storage limit of 5 GB. When you?re over your storage limit, you can no longer:
List of things I can't do.

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are name @outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is outlook.com.

Any thoughts?

Yes, it's a scam. I have a fastmail address and periodically receive
similar messages "from" Fastmail telling me I'm over my storage limit
and will lose access to email.

The "from" is in scare quotes because the messages are, of course,
not from Fastmail, though I have to examine the headers to be sure.
But usually I don't bother since I know I'm nowhere near my storage
quota.

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On Tue, 9/8/2026 2:31 PM, Stan Brown wrote:

On 7 Sep 2026 07:47:27 GMT, Jeff Gaines wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

You left out the important word "purportedly" before "from". You're
aware that the From line is incredibly easy to spoof, right?

Your name@domain.co.uk Microsoft account is currently 6.4 GB over your
storage limit of 5 GB. When you?re over your storage limit, you can no
longer:
List of things I can't do.

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are name
@outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is
outlook.com.

Any thoughts?

Yes, it's a scam. I have a fastmail address and periodically receive
similar messages "from" Fastmail telling me I'm over my storage limit
and will lose access to email.

The "from" is in scare quotes because the messages are, of course,
not from Fastmail, though I have to examine the headers to be sure.
But usually I don't bother since I know I'm nowhere near my storage
quota.

If you read the rest of the thread, issue is already resolved.
Jeff figured it out.

Paul

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On 09/08/2026 12:44 PM, Jeff Gaines wrote:

On 08/09/2026 in message <117p5vd$8kop$1@dont-email.me> ...winston wrote:

dillinger wrote:

On 07/09/2026 21:01, ....winston wrote:

On 09/07/2026 12:47 PM, s|b wrote:

On 7 Sep 2026 07:47:27 GMT, Jeff Gaines wrote:

I have had an email from Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com saying:

Your name@domain.co.uk Microsoft account is currently 6.4 GB over >>>>>> your
storage limit of 5 GB. When you?re over your storage limit, you
can no
longer:
List of things I can't do.

I have a couple of Microsoft email accounts but the addresses are >>>>>> name
@outlook.com.

I can't see how it can be a Microsoft account unless the domain is >>>>>> outlook.com.

Any thoughts?

Definitely a scam. When you reach 5 GB (OneDrive?), that's it. AFAIK >>>>> there's no way to go 6.4 GB over the limit, that would be 11.4 GB.
Even
if it was was 6.4 GB, it would still not be possible.

Not true.
ÿÿThe notification for over-storage doesn't happen immediately
ÿÿ- depending upon capacity above the accounts upper limit,
notification may take 3 to 6 months for new accounts and well over
aÿ year for older accounts that had temporary extra capacity or
inactive(no OneDrive usage or sign-in activity) existing
grandfatheredÿ capacity.

IIRC, the free storage limit was reduced from 15g to 5g, at some point.
That would explain the large difference, but not why it was sent now.

The op said:
"...put a couple of mp4 files up recently for somebody to download"
i.e. 'recently' afaik would still be a notice sent 'now'

Yet, the op posted the size of the two files with dates showing much
earlier than recent/now (CY 2024 and CY 2004) - though those years
might be the file creation/modified dates not the upload dates. If the
former and uploaded recently, then a 'now' notification would still
apply.

They are the creation dates, yes. This is genuine, I hadn't got my head round the size of these files, One Drive allowed me to upload them then
at some stage their algorithms kicked in and I was sent the email.

Thanks for the confirmation on both accounts.
It was a legitimate notice and consistent with a valid MSFT sending
email address.
=> Microsoft@infomail.microsoft.com

Fyi...those email links with a t. after the @ and numerical id's at the
end of the link are OneDrive unique.

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