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DKIM + DMARC + SPF for Email with Microsoft Custom Domain

10/28/202111/21/2021 gfiskComputer

Protect your email with SPF (sending control) and DKIM (spoof control) – when hosting with O365 Email. How to use DMARC to Validate Email: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/use-dmarc-to-validate-email?view=o365-worldwide How to use DKIM to validate outbound email: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/use-dkim-to-validate-outbound-email?view=o365-worldwide NameCheap – How do I add TXT/SPF/DKIM/DMARC records for my […]

Add Gmail Account to Outlook 2016

07/14/201807/16/2018 gfiskComputer

Adding a Gmail account to Outlook 2016 is quick and easy. The process requires two steps with Google: Enabling IMAP access and creating an app password which allows Outlook to access Gmail. Then a few quick and easy steps in Outlook – and boom […]

Configure Thunderbird with O365 Exchange

03/04/201703/05/2017 gfiskComputer

Issue: Thunderbird fails at the authentication stage of adding an 0365 Exchange email account. Your email address and password are confirmed and correct. The issue is Exchange requires an Active Sync or EWS Exchange Web Services connection which ThunderBird doesn’t natively support. Solution – install […]

SPF records for Office 365

03/22/201412/16/2018 gfiskComputer

Some excellent resources if you’re hosting your own domain with Office 365. When doing so you’ll need to create a TXT SPF record for email. The SPF Generator Framework Wizard below was very helpful generating an SPF record that accounted for my webhost generated […]

Hosted email – Microsoft Exchange

03/01/201403/22/2014 gfiskComputer

Do you own your own domain and have a personal or small business website hosted along with email? If so you know the importance of email in day to day business and personal communications. Web hosts… not so much. I’ve actually had a couple […]

Regex – Notepad++ – Outlook Junk Mail

08/30/201204/18/2021 gfiskComputer

So I was pretty spam free at work for about 5 years, then I signed up for a VDI seminar. Boom, headshot. I was using Outlook to add all the spam to a Junk mail list but noticed much of it was from the same […]

Email Client – Thunderbird 3.0 released – I was pleased

11/29/200901/04/2021 gfiskComputer

Thunderbird 3.0 RC1 – I am pleased

Email Clients

03/25/200902/14/2012 gfiskComputer

I found myself once again wishing for a better email solution after a clients web host (cough, site5, cough, cough) lost email during a server migration. The customer, who travels a lot, had converted from POP mail to webmail on his own (iMap or leave […]

Winmail.dat – Microsoft Hell

06/24/200605/14/2017 gfiskComputer

Issue: Have you ever received a “Winmail.dat” attachment? I have clients who send files like Word or Visio via email but all I get is a “Winmail.dat” file. Argh! This issue is only like ten years old… Thanks Microsoft!@ When you receive a Winmail.dat […]