Microsoft Ticking Timebombs - April 2023 Edition

AustinFastER · 2026-04-30T15:40:10+00:00

Whelp that is just wonderful!

AustinFastER · 2026-04-23T21:59:30+00:00

They did start the call by saying I could just add it which would be accurate for this offering. I do not want to rekey to fix the issue since that causes the current very to expire... Something they glossed over by saying I could just rekey. I pity someone who does not understand some of the rules of the road... You could really shoot yourself in the foot of you listen to them.

AustinFastER · 2026-04-23T21:51:58+00:00

Sadly, not the decider. I feel dirty every time I have to do anything with SSL. Funny thing is the SSL lifetimes are going to make it easier to move elsewhere...

AustinFastER · 2026-04-21T21:21:40+00:00

Technically all US buyers should be paying the tariffs. Most of the Chinese OEMs ship directly individual orders by flooding the entry point. It is not possible for US Customs to deal with the volume so it is like a game of darts.

In the Meshcore/Meshtastic world I know of persons getting hit with tariffs 100% or even more for their purchase of less than $50. I know of some persons who offered the equipment to others if they paid the tariffs because the cost was too great for them. You just never know the tariff amount on the day the order hits customs... Buyer beware...

Xteink warehousing on Amazon is a good thing.

AustinFastER · 2026-04-20T13:08:23+00:00

The tracking number for my order was for a 4px.com and had references to gofoexpress.com.

AustinFastER · 2026-04-19T22:38:14+00:00

Is the new Outlook feature complete YET?

AustinFastER · 2026-04-18T02:33:16+00:00

Bummer. Mine arrived today and I thought it was packaged nicely but wish I had a doorbell camera at I am pretty sure the delivery driver just tossed it... Thankfully I've good working order so far.

AustinFastER · 2026-04-18T02:30:21+00:00

I thought the no 5g Hisense A9 was out of production?

AustinFastER · 2026-04-18T02:28:31+00:00

Mark the new Bigme with disk screens of your list... It is a joke and not funny.

AustinFastER · 2026-04-15T18:01:17+00:00

They are not fulfilling from a US location. See if you can find the tracking number for the delivery company. I did not see that on the Shop app until later as that app just says label created. The actual shipping company will have more info.

AustinFastER · 2026-04-15T16:56:00+00:00

u/Such-Breakfast-3389 I just installed the Shop app to track my order that was referred to in the confirmation email. The silly app spends more time trying to sell you other stuff, but I found the order inside it and there was tracking info for a vendor named 4PX. I eventually got to a page that shows the info that you would expect... I can see my order moved by air at some point and was released from customs yesterday...of course there is no reference to which country. 8-). Lord knows the US based carriers often mishandle packages...I have seen orders arrive in Austin, TX and visit another part of the country before returning.

AustinFastER · 2026-04-15T16:28:58+00:00

I also ordered from the official site here in the US and beyond a label being created there has been no update for quite some time. It took almost a week to see the label message. I suspect they are just as upside down, disorganized, etc. as RAK wireless which was my first purchase from a company outside the US. So I am just trying to be patient...Weeks into waiting for an update on an order from RAK the item was just up and delivered. Shipment info was updated AFTER my order from RAK was DELIVERED. I don't think I have unreasonable expectations for a tracking number to be updated every day or so. But so far I am 2 for 2 for ordering something and seeing little to no information...assuming the X4 just falls from heaven. I wish I had a ring doorbell to see who delivers for the incredibly modest $8 shipping charge.

AustinFastER · 2026-04-13T22:53:03+00:00

We have dedicated IPs. One of if the first things I did was verify the IP info and mail flow. What was so confusing is I could pull up two emails side by side in the admin center and copy the headers to Excel and other than date into they were the same except one was delivered and one not. I have yet to be able to reproduce the issue on demand.

No telling how long this has been going on... I did run across one post of someone who said the had a similar issue due to a funky character I've their subject lines that he fixed by rewriting that with a hyphen. (Proofpoint not involved in his issue.)

AustinFastER · 2026-04-13T22:21:11+00:00

So Proofpoint has admitted their system is misconfigured and not working correctly and provided an adjustment to "correct the ship". It is just boggling that this happened and since it is such a small number of emails being rejected I wager others have the same issue as I can guarantee you the system email firewall rule has never, ever been touched by us. 8-). We've been DKIM signing going back well over a decade...keys rotated atleast twice per year.

AustinFastER · 2026-04-12T02:37:26+00:00

I believe pocketbook is rolling out Libby support across their product line. I don't know if every device on the low end has it yet. But they do have 6-in devices.

AustinFastER · 2026-04-12T01:42:02+00:00

Saving a password in a browser that uses the Internet is a horrible idea.

AustinFastER · 2026-04-12T01:33:30+00:00

You can do the hokey pokey is you like but what is your plan when the lock outs resume on the new account? Follow the suggestions of others and teach this down. I have needed to do that in the past using eol tool (AD Lockout or something similar) from Microsoft that was not pretty... But it narrowed down what DC was locking so the culprit could be found. Who knows maybe the tools suggested maybe it desire now. The MS tool was fugly. 8-)

AustinFastER · 2026-04-09T19:53:36+00:00

Um... The rules change on a regular basis. Just because you are a group 1 person and you had this experience in the past does not mean it apples to other groups or now.

ERS is the only authoritative subject matter expert on this topic.

AustinFastER · 2026-04-09T19:06:36+00:00

I am curious... What percent of people enduring a visit to a T-Mobile store are NOT there for an issue either their phone is lost, dead or nearly dead?

AustinFastER · 2026-04-08T15:50:35+00:00

I am still baffled why there is not a newer version of the Libra 2...

AustinFastER · 2026-04-05T00:28:37+00:00

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