You're probably entirely right.
I didn't mean to be a jerk, but my intentions don't matter, I was a
jerk. I could use stronger words to describe my behavior but I'm trying
to keep this rated E for Everyone.
Me being a jerk has derailed this - as lots of people are replying
defending him, etc. - you don't have to do that - at least not on
account of what I've said.
I was the jerk, I acted unprofessionally, and I am sorry for that.
I do understand he was just trying to help, and I do appreciate that,
even though I clearly didn't show it.
I am not and was not ever actually frustrated with Michael Wise - but
Microsoft as a whole - and my frustration was misdirected at him -
that's on me.
I won't make excuses or try to justify my behavior, but I promise to do
better moving forward.
I am sorry, everyone.
Michael Denney
MDDHosting LLC
On 2026-02-20 21:25, Rob McEwen via mailop wrote:
I'm not a Microsoft employee - all of the following is just surmised
info - educated guesses...
...but It's my understanding that the business side and the consumer
side of Microsoft's spam filtering is essentially two different
departments - but with much overlap, too. I recall hearing at some
point some years ago - that they had plans to merge these two together
into one department and one technology - but I get the impression that
they made progress towards that - but then essentially abandoned or
postponed that goal.
Meanwhile, I also get the impression that Michael Wise works more on
the business (M365) side, and not as much on the consumer (outlook.com
and hotmail) side. So I think when he says things like "I no longer can
comment on the Consumer side of the house" - a huge part of that is
that he simply doesn't want to comment on the part he isn't as familiar
with and/or he doesn't want to get in trouble with another group at
Microsoft where he might not know all their rules for public discourse.
(It's hard to keep up with EVERYTHING!) And Microsoft's spam filtering
department is huge, with lots of people and lots of "moving parts".
So it's no wonder that Michael Wise is probably trying to be cautious
with his every word, likely erring on the side of saying too little
than too much, especially when it involves the consumer side, where
he's likely not as familiar with that side as he is with the Business
(M365) side.
Therefore, we're fortunate that he participates as much as he does.
It's a good deed that could easily be overly punished.
Rob McEwen, invaluement
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