Microsoft are rejecting your mail
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Microsoft are rejecting your mail was first seen on Lobsters · Hottest on Nov 9, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 51 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #1 of 25, reached on Nov 10, 09:21 UTC. It is #7 right now, slipping from #6 to #7 over the last 6 checks.
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Microsoft is notoriously difficult to get legitimate emails delivered to. Some would say a dark art. With that said, if you plan to send any quantity of email in 2026 from your own domain or a customer domain -- do expect to configure the trinity of DKIM, SPF, and DMARC. You're allowed to disagree on the philosophy…
Microsoft has always been difficult to deal with with regard to email delivery. Not sure it’s still the case but some time ago (when I was still dealing with outbound SMTP) you had to submit a form to the Junk Mail Reporting Program to have any chance of not having your emails screened out (not even sent to Junk!)…
Is there any reliable data on this? As the article notes, even Microsoft, notoriously finnicky, was accepting mail without DMARC records just fine up until recently. Google definitely accepts mail without either DMARC *or* SPF records. And while I agree with the philosophy of DKIM, SPF was a bad design that only…
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Is Microsoft are rejecting your mail trending on Lobsters right now?
Yes. As of Nov 10, 19:51 UTC it is #7, slipping from #6 to #7 over the last 6 checks.
What is the highest rank Microsoft are rejecting your mail reached?
#1 on Lobsters · Hottest, on Nov 10, 09:21 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.
How long has Microsoft are rejecting your mail been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 9, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (51 checks) since.