# Users not receiving registration emails

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-not-receiving-registration-emails/139527>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [January 23, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-not-receiving-registration-emails/139527 "2020-01-23T13:18:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/users-not-receiving-registration-emails/139527/5 "2020-01-23T22:31:45Z")

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Yes, hotmail/outlook are the same service and are absolutely notorious for silently dropping any and all mail they decide they don’t like.

There’s not much that can be done about it, unfortunately, other than urge people to switch to a more reliable mail provider.

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