The following domains are used by Microsoft support representatives to email clients: mail.support.microsoft.com
, microsoft.com
, and microsoftsupport.com
.
It’s most likely a phishing scam if the email appears to be from Microsoft but is actually coming from a different email address, such as microsoftsupport.org
.
See Protect yourself from phishing to learn how to recognize phishing emails.
You can get free access to Microsoft 365 for the web, Skype, OneDrive, Xbox, and more by creating a Microsoft account. You may also create an Outlook.com account.
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You can use an existing email address from a third-party email account, like Gmail or Yahoo, to create an Outlook.com or Microsoft account, however utilizing an existing email address from a third-party email account as the primary alias for your Microsoft account has specific restrictions.
The email address you use to create an Outlook.com account with a third-party email provider must be one that you are able to access and is active.
You can use your third-party email address to log into Outlook.com’s mail and calendar, but you’ll need to set up your third-party account as a linked account in order to view email from it.
See Add your other email accounts to Outlook.com to add your third-party account as a connected account.
You have to use IMAP when adding your third-party account to Outlook.com as a linked account.
Now let’s check which emails you can use to access your Microsoft account.
You can use an existing email address from a third-party email account, like Gmail or Yahoo, to create an Outlook.com or Microsoft account, however utilizing an existing email address from a third-party email account as the primary alias for your Microsoft account has specific restrictions.
The email address you use to create an Outlook.com account with a third-party email provider must be one that you are able to access and is active.
You can use your third-party email address to log into Outlook.com’s mail and calendar, but you’ll need to set up your third-party account as a linked account in order to view email from it.
A one-way link known as "synching" connects your Outlook.com account to your third-party account. Modifications made directly in Outlook.com will not appear in your third-party account; however, modifications made in your third-party account will be mirrored in Outlook.com.
Any changes you make to your calendar or contacts through Outlook.com, or how you send, reply, forward, or delete emails from your third-party account, will only be visible through Outlook.com.
Log out of any current Outlook.com accounts before creating a new one in order to create a new one.
You should link your third-party account to your newly formed Outlook.com account. You can use Outlook.com to send emails from your third-party email address by connecting your third-party account. Additionally, you will be able to synchronize data between your Outlook.com account and your third-party account.
We’ll find out next whether Microsoft offers email addresses.
Yes, regardless of the email address you send it to, all of your correspondence in Outlook.com is automatically delivered to the same inbox.
It is not possible, however, to make your customized email address your default ‘From’ address.
Microsoft 365 subscribers are able to create a custom email address.
You won’t be able to use your customized email address to send or receive emails using Outlook.com if you decide to terminate your Microsoft 365 subscription. You won’t, however, lose any current emails.
Neither DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) nor Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC) are supported by Outlook.com at this time.