Resolved: Delayed Delivery of Emails to @bu.edu Addresses
Friday, July 23rd, 2021
Incident Discovery Time: 03:16pm on 07/23/2021
Time of Resolution: 03:57pm on 07/23/2021
Services Impacted: Email & Calendaring
Description of Impact
Between approximately 2 pm and 4 pm today (7/23/21), email delivery to all BU addresses was delayed. Delivery delays during this time ranged from 20-55 minutes.
Incident Description and Resolution
IS&T teams have resolved the incident.
Additional Information
IS&T teams have identified a large legitimate delivery that had saturated mail delivery; there will be an evaluation of how to minimize the impact of this delivery in the future.
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Previous Update
Incident Discovery Time: 03:16pm on 07/23/2021
Services Impacted: Email & Calendaring
Description of Impact
We are currently experiencing delayed delivery of email messages, with some messages being delayed up to an hour.
Current Status
IS&T teams have identified a large legitimate delivery that has saturated mail delivery. Delivery times are now beginning to improve.
Additional Information
This impacts both Faculty/Staff addresses on Office365 and student addresses using BU Google mail.
Next Update: 05:00pm