SMRTR TechJan 26, 2026Ars Technica

Why has Microsoft been routing example.com traffic to a company in Japan?

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Microsoft's Outlook autoconfiguration mistakenly routed example.com traffic to Sumitomo Electric's servers for five years. Microsoft removed the endpoint instead of fixing it, causing email validation failures.

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