Free DMARC checker
See whether your domain has a DMARC record, and whether Outlook, Hotmail and MSN will accept your email.
Your record
has no record of its own, so receivers use the one on , and its setting for subdomains.
What’s wrong
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How to fix it
Sign in to wherever you manage your domain’s DNS settings (often the company you bought the domain from) and .
- Type
TXT- Name / Host
_dmarc- Value
Some providers want the full name, , in the Name box. Keep only one DMARC record. Changes can take up to an hour to show here.
This record won’t block any of your own email, and it is enough for Outlook, Hotmail, Live and MSN.
It doesn’t send you reports. To get a free weekly email showing who sends email as you, sign up for Postmark’s free DMARC monitoring, which gives you an address to add to the record. We’re not connected to Postmark; we just use it ourselves.
Buzzshot customer? We’ll have already been in touch. Settings → Emails → Verify Domain walks you through it, or email support@buzzshot.com and we’ll help.
Want to go further? (optional)
You can ask mail servers to send fake email to spam. Only do this once you’re sure every service that sends email for you (your booking system, newsletter tool and email provider) is set up to send for your domain, then change to .
What is DMARC?
DMARC is a short line of text you add to your domain’s settings. When an email arrives claiming to be from you, the receiving mail server checks that it really is. DMARC tells that server what to do with email that fails: deliver it anyway, send it to spam, or refuse it. It can also send you reports on who is sending email in your name.
Why does Microsoft care?
Microsoft requires DMARC for email sent to Outlook.com, Hotmail, Live and MSN addresses, and rejects email that fails its checks. Lots of your customers use these addresses, so a missing record can stop your emails reaching them.
What can I do about this?
Type your domain into the box above to see whether it needs fixing. If it does, contact whoever manages your domain (often your web designer or the company you bought the domain from) and ask them to add a DMARC record. If you’re a Buzzshot customer and your domain needs fixing, we’ll have already been in touch. Go to Settings → Emails → Verify Domain for step-by-step instructions, or email support@buzzshot.com and we’ll help.
