After countless folks found themselves unable to read or send email on Saturday afternoon as an apparent outage affected Microsoft Outlook, the company said Saturday night that service was restored.

Outage reports for Microsoft 365, and Outlook in particular, peaked around 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time before dropping off, and some users began saying their access was restored.

March 1 (UPI) --Microsoft Outlook, 365 and other services crashed Saturday, affecting tens of thousands in the United States and millions globally before services were restored in less than an hour.