Some users complained about getting tens or even hundreds of such emails within minutes.

This usually happens when a bug prevents Teams from sending out email notifications.

Users inboxes are simply flooded with emails right after the bug gets fixed.

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Lets see how you might block the annoying Your teammates are trying to reach you Teams notifications.

Thats taking rather a sledgehammer approach, but it works.

Heres a screenshot of the whole rule.

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Create a New Security Group and Transport Rule

Team notification emails generally come from noreply@email.teams.microsoft.com.

They can then create a transport rule and add that group so as to avoid incoming emails.

Keep in mind that transport rules apply to emails that are in transit.

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They take action on the emails that flow through your organization before they are delivered to the recipients.

Whos Emily Kirby?

Many users got an email saying that Emily Kirby was trying to contact them in Microsoft Teams.

block teams is trying to reach you outlook rule

And they were surprised to see they could not connect to that person.

Moreover, the email came from a noreply address.

When users punch such emails, the link usually takes them directly to their web client.

They can then connect to the person who contacted them.

Dont worry about getting such emails.

Theyre not spam emails.

Emily Kirby is a real person.