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Strengthening Email Ecosystem: Outlook’s New Requirements for High‐Volume Senders

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Puneeth
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Apr 02, 2025

This applies to Outlook.com - our consumer service, which is supporting hotmail.com live.com and outlook.com consumer domain addresses.

April 29th Update - Changes have been made to the action take on messages that do not meet requirements, please see details below. Introduction In an era where email remains one of the most widel...
Updated Apr 30, 2025
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Puneeth
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Apr 04, 2025

SPF and DKIM must pass, but for DMARC, alignment from either SPF or DKIM is sufficient.

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FoxAtHome
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May 07, 2025

How or where do or can I generate a DKIM for "Windows Live Domains"?
It is old, but I really need to add a DKIM record I read here...