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MICROSOFT 365 EMAIL QUARANTINE

March 6, 2024
365

It can be tricky finding the M365 Email Quarantine folder, so here is the link to it

https://security.microsoft.com/quarantine

Be sure to login as yourself. You will be able to release messages here instead of waiting for the daily email.

CREATE SPF RECORD

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022
General, Operating System, Privacy, Searching, Tools

This is a quick how-to on setting up the SPF record for those of us not using Microsoft 365. They have a different record type If you want a more in-depth one, there are many available elsewhere. So for now, here it is

Navigate to the area to Manage DNS records

Create a TXT record

Name will be
@

Value will be:
v=spf1 a mx ip4:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ~all
Be sure to change xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with the actual IP of your mail server

Save the record

Go to MXToolbox.com and enter your domain name

You should see a green box with your SPF record info contained inside

CREATE DMARC RECORD

November 23, 2022November 23, 2022
365, Articles, General, Privacy, Searching, Tools

This is a quick how-to on setting up the record. If you want a more in-depth one, there are many available elsewhere. So for now, here it is

Create a new email address. Something like dns@tacticalware.com

Next, Login into your DNS Provider
Ex – Network Solutions, Hostgator, ENOM

Navigate to the area to Manage DNS records

Create a TXT record

Name will be
_dmarc

Value will be:
v=DMARC1; p=reject; rua=mailto:dns@tacticalware.com; ruf=mailto:dns@tacticalware.com; fo=1;

Make sure you change dns@tacticalware.com to whatever the email address is that you created in the first step

Save the record

Go to MXToolbox.com and enter your domain name

You should see a green checkmark next to DMARC