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From: Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
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Subject: Re: Providers that allow a 3rd party address in outgoing mail
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:54:19 +0100
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Marco Moock wrote:

> schrieb Jo-Anne:
>
>> I'd prefer not to get my own domain and would be grateful for the 
>> names of reliable email providers that either allow one to send from a 
>> 3rd party address or offer 'Reply-To' a 3rd party address (or both, of 
>> course).
> 
> Such mail will be rejected by certain large providers like MS or Google 
> because it lacks a DKIM signature from the sender domain and does not 
> pass SPF.
Most large email providers require SPF or DKIM, not both.

If jo-anne had her own domain, she could add an SPF record to include 
the provider's own SPF record (easier than maintaining her own list of 
their servers).