messages sent from Yahoo to Hotmail accounts are being delayed up to 24 hours

01. October 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail, Outlook.com · Tags: , ,
I just started noticing this problem around September 27 or 28.

Emails sent from yahoo accounts are frequently getting deferred by 12 to 24 hours.  Typically, the message either comes through within a couple of minutes or else it's delayed for many hours.  I suspect that it depends on the IP address of the specific Yahoo server that's trying to send the message to Hotmail.

I'm sure there's some excuse for rejecting connections from Yahoo because they appear to be sending a lot of spam, but it's ridiculous when it means that legit messages from Yahoo are subjected to extended delays.
 
Is there any way to influence the people in charge of outlook.com to keep the yahoo IP addresses off of their delay list?

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