Microsoft to Enforce Bulk Sender Authentication Requirements Starting May 5

Microsoft joins Gmail and Yahoo in expanding their efforts to control the spam and malicious emails that make it into users’ inboxes by enforcing stringent bulk email sender requirements

On April 2, Microsoft announced its plans to step up its commitment to hardening consumer email inboxes against spammers and scammers through stricter email security settings. The company’s plans, which will take effect on May 5, aim to protect Outlook.com accounts (i.e., Microsoft Outlook’s web-based email service) by:

• targeting domains sending 5,000+ emails per day
• mandating specific DNS-based email security configurations, and
• reducing malicious email activities (e.g., spam and phishing-related issues) by enforcing industry email security best practices

So, what precisely do these changes mean for organizations that send out at least that many messages daily? And what additional steps can you take to further strengthen your email security and authentication initiatives?

Let’s hash it out.

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