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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 yourCOre 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)
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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 yourCOre 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 youAre 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?

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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 yourCOre 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.
-aThe notification for over-storage doesn't happen immediately
-a- 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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On 7/09/2026 7:22 pm, 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 yourCOre 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?)

That was the point I was making .... Was the OP, Jeff, really
communicating with MicroSoft or with .....??

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

More that doubling your limit without MicroSoft letting you know.

_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?

Hmmm!! This reminds me .... I have my E-Mails on yahoo.com.au Perhaps I
should check how much of my allowance I have vacant!!
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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 yourCOre 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.
-a-aThe notification for over-storage doesn't happen immediately
-a-a- 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 yourCOre 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.
-a-aThe notification for over-storage doesn't happen immediately
-a-a- 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 yourCOre 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.
-a-aThe notification for over-storage doesn't happen immediately
-a-a- depending upon capacity above the accounts upper limit,
notification may take 3 to 6 months for new accounts and well over
a-a year for older accounts that had temporary extra capacity or
inactive(no OneDrive usage or sign-in activity) existing
grandfathered-a 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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