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Yahoo rejects my email messages, due to DMARC problem
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I have two free Microsoft email addresses, ******@OUTLOOK.COM and ******@LIVE.CA. Starting Thu Feb 1, I found that emails sent to Yahoo or Gmail from either domain failed the DMARC check. That is, Yahoo postmaster rejects my emails, see below. Apparently more than 5000 individuals use OUTLOOK.COM to send emails each day, so all people with emails in this domain count as "bulk senders".
When will Microsoft update the DMARC records for these domains?
I went to SkySnag to check my email accounts, at https://www.skysnag.com/domain-results/?domain=******@OUTLOOK.COM/ It shows that the SPF check passes, but the DMARC check fails.
According to the website https://dmarcian.com/domain-checker/?domain=OUTLOOK.COM ...
You have a valid DMARC record that provides visibility into the entirety of your email program(s) and helps ensure you meet email sending best practices. Your domain however is not fully protected against abuse as it does not take full advantage of the protections afforded by DMARC. SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records live in your domain's DNS and are used by mailbox providers to separate legitimate email from abuse. Based on your DMARC policy, receivers are currently not able to block fraudulent emails that mimic your domain.
My attempt to send email on Feb 1 was bounced with this error message. I got a similar response earlier this morning.
The original message was received at Thu, 1 Feb 2024 12:30:35 -0500 from
mail-bn7nam10olkn2019.outbound.protection.outlook.com [40.92.40.19]
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
(reason: 554 [RL02] Message content not accepted for policy reasons; see https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpostmaster.yahooinc.com%2Ferror-codes&data=05%7C02%7C%7C5cc36e16757e441f64a308dc234b8184%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638424054408726364%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0pd5jE%2F2dcV6a2%2BLWgF%2BILGyEsdb1z24CP%2BKGuNK2qY%3D&reserved=0
UPDATE, I did some more testing this morning.
Sent:
On Monday, February 5, 2024 at 09:31:11 a.m. EST, <******@LIVE.CA> wrote:
. Test whether Yahoo is still rejecting emails from LIVE.CA (and OUTLOOK.COM) due to DMARC issue.
Reply:
On Monday, February 5, 2024 at 09:36:13 a.m. EST, <******@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
. This confirms that ******@YAHOO.COM received this test message from ******@LIVE.CA, so evidently Yahoo postmaster is no longer blocking emails from LIVE.CA due to the DMARC issue. NOTE: the similar message from ******@OUTLOOK.COM has not been delivered to the ******@YAHOO.COM inbox, and ******@OUTLOOK.COM has not received an "email bounced" message.
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Ron-6928 4,971 Reputation points2024-02-05T19:49:07+00:00 They know about the problems and have been working on it. All you can do is wait until it gets fixed or jump ship and go with other mail provider.