Wow, got an email from a customer who's no longer getting password recovery emails from a #libre web app I run for them. Turns out Microsoft has randomly turned off the (non-auth) SMTP service they were using to send the emails (rather than an authenticating account, as that incurs a license fee). Part of an unannounced 'security initiative', apparently.
I feel nothing but pity for people who, though no fault of their own, have Microsoft corporation software foisted upon them. Poor sods.
Dave Lane 🇳🇿 /
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2023-11-21 21:03:16
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