The problem marks the software giant's continued woes with its Internet products, which also have included periodic Hotmail outages.
"We are experiencing an unexpected latency problem with email service on the WebTV network," according to a tape-recorded message at WebTV's help line. "We apologize for the inconvenience while our network operations team makes the necessary repairs to ensure full availability of WebTV service."
CNET News.com readers and an editor have reported delays in receiving their email during the weekend. A WebTV spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.
"Messages sent through WebTV are arriving hours, even days late, both coming and going," one user complained.
WebTV, based in Mountain View, California, provides TV services for set-top boxes, satellite products, and other TV-related devices. Microsoft uses WebTV technologies in the Microsoft TV software platform.
Microsoft bought WebTV in 1997. It counts some 900,000 users and plans to have 1 million users by the end of the year. More details to come.
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