Is live.com a valid email domain?
live.com has working mail routing: 1 MX record pointing to Microsoft (Outlook or Microsoft 365), led by live-com.olc.protection.outlook.com.
It is a free, public mailbox provider, and it is not on our disposable list.
SPF is published and ends with ~all. DMARC is set to none.
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MX records (Microsoft (Outlook or Microsoft 365))
| Priority | Mail server | Resolves to |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | live-com.olc.protection.outlook.com | 52.101.68.26, 52.101.60.162 |
SPF
Record published
v=spf1 include:spf-a.hotmail.com include:spf-b.hotmail.com include:spf-c.hotmail.com include:spf-d.hotmail.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com ~all
DMARC
Policy: none
v=DMARC1; p=none; sp=quarantine; pct=100; rua=mailto:rua@dmarc.microsoft; ruf=mailto:ruf@dmarc.microsoft; fo=1
Disposable?
No, not on our disposable list.
Free provider?
Yes, a free public mailbox provider.
What this means for your email list
Is a free-provider address a problem?
No: plenty of genuine customers use live.com. For business-to-business sales a free address can mean a personal contact instead of a work one, so segment these separately if that matters to you. The address itself still needs checking for typos and dead mailboxes.
Sender authentication
live.com has DMARC in monitoring mode (p=none). It collects reports but does not yet block spoofed mail, so the domain is easier to impersonate.
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- Is live.com a valid email domain?
- Yes. live.com publishes 1 MX record and can receive email. Whether a particular mailbox exists is a separate question that only a mailbox check can answer.
- Is live.com a disposable email domain?
- No. live.com is not on our disposable list, but it is a free public provider. The list is updated regularly, and new throwaway domains appear all the time.
- What are the MX records for live.com?
- live-com.olc.protection.outlook.com (priority 2).
- Does live.com have SPF and DMARC?
- SPF: yes, ending ~all. DMARC: yes, policy none.