names.co.uk incident

Microsoft email addresses rejecting incoming emails

Ongoing since 10:51 AM UTC, affecting Email - SMTP Authentication.

investigating Nov 09, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC

We are aware that some customers may be experiencing trouble sending emails to Microsoft email addresses, such as hotmail.com and outlook.com. This appears to be related to a policy change at their end on processing SPF and DMARC records. Microsoft are aware of the issue and are actively investigating on their side. We will update once we have more information.

Started
Nov 09, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC
Resolved
Ongoing
Duration
● 56m
Detected by Pingoru
Nov 09, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC

Affected components

Email - SMTP Authentication

Update timeline

  1. investigating Nov 09, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC

    We are aware that some customers may be experiencing trouble sending emails to Microsoft email addresses, such as hotmail.com and outlook.com. This appears to be related to a policy change at their end on processing SPF and DMARC records. Microsoft are aware of the issue and are actively investigating on their side. We will update once we have more information.

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