Points to RSS feeds as an alternative. http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2014/06/30/microsoft-suspends-emails/1
<irony>But google said rss is sooo 2012 and shut down reader, why use rss and not twitter or facebook?</irony>
Microsoft has announced that the mailing list is coming back on the 3rd of July. Shortest. Closure. Ever.