I have M365 Family and a domain name not on GoDaddy

Thanks for doing the research - your directions are clear.

On the same microsoft.com page Karl referenced, I see that "Outlook.com currently does not support DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) or Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC)." Have you looked at the e-mail generated after completing the transition and checked if any spam protection is enabled? SPF at least?

Does the e-mail show as originating from your domain, or from outlook.com? FWIW, e-mail I send out from my unmodified M365 account shows as coming 'via outlook.com', and is signed by outlook.com's DKIM

I would hope that switching to a custom domain would use the custom domain as the mailfrom address, even if they don't use DKIM to sign it.

-> @Derek_007: have you tried what you write here yourself on the same product, i.e. Microsoft 365 Family, and does it work for you ?

Or have you just read it elsewhere and copied it here ?

Thank you.

I'm using a M365 family subscription.

When I setup "personalised email" with the temporary godaddy domain, the address/domain is live in seconds. (aka step i).

When I use my preferred non-godaddy-registered domain (step j). it says Your domain blechblah.com.au is still being configured. This can take up to 24hours, now I've waited 6 hours. It hasn't come up yet. Maybe there is something in the handshake or interaction with domaincontrol.com or the domaincontrol protocol is required?

I'll wait for the 24hours and update this comment.

PS: gd.domaincontrol.com is a godaddy domain.

In the half-configured state, I can successfully email from ******@outlook.com to ******@blechblah.com.au, but can't successfully send from gmail. I get a bounce with:

550 5.1.1 <******@blechblah.com.au>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual alias table

Hi GiltBiscuit,

I have checked by sending email from my domain to my Gmail acccount. It does appear appear to pass ARC and SPF.

Authentication-Results: mx.google.com;
       arc=pass (i=1);
       spf=pass (google.com: domain of ******@mydomain.net designates 2a01:111:f400:7e8a::81a as permitted sender

In fact, it looks like the domain entries setup SPF in a TXT record.

-David

Hi @Derek_007,

That is a good tip. Do you get that url by inspecting the button to get a domain?

David