Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
Hi,
Is the error code 550.5.7.23
What you are seeing is actually a known issue from Microsoft's backend. Likely, your domain is also affected, but since this forum is user-managed I cannot independently confirm that for you.
Some resources:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/6063210/spf-validation-error?page=1#answers
https://yourwindowsguide.com/2026/11/outlook-spf-error.html
- Sign in to Outlook on the web.
- Open Help and select Feedback.
- Select Report a problem.
- Describe the issue, noting that senders receive an SPF validation error when emailing your address.
- Enable Can we contact you about this feedback? and Collect logs for feedback.
- Select Submit.
You can use the following description in your report:
I am unable to receive emails from certain senders on my Hotmail/Outlook.com account. The senders are receiving a non-delivery report with the error 550 5.7.23 or 550 5.7.1, stating that the message lacks SPF/DKIM/DMARC authentication records (AS9031519). These senders were previously able to email me without any problems. Please investigate whether this is related to email validation on the Outlook.com service.
I hope this information helps. If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to reach out. Wishing you good luck!
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