Microsoft Custom Domains Admin Center – Will not acknowledge my proof of domain name ownership

26. August 2013 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail, Outlook.com · Tags: , ,

I have been trying to set up an outlook.com account with a custom domain name (balmoralha.org) since last Thursday and continue to receive the following error message although I have made the necessary entries last Thursday to my domain records and pressed Refresh on this page a hundred times:

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You need to prove ownership of this domain by creating a DNS record. Use the settings below.

You can Cancel service or Edit mail settings

Mail setup (required)

To set up mail and prove ownership of this domain, you must create an MX record through your domain registrar. Use the following settings:
  • DNS record type: MX
  • Host: balmoralha.org
  • MX server: 7bbdd2257f6c4b881407c2122a6fd9.pamx1.hotmail.com
  • TTL: 3600 or 1 hour
  • Priority: 10 (or High priority)

Prove domain ownership (optional)

If you would like to prove the ownership of domain and create users without setting up mail, you can use one of the following methods for up to 30 days. After 30 days, you will need to set up an MX record for mail routing as shown above.
If your domain registrar allows you to create TXT records, use these settings:
  • DNS record type: TXT
  • Host: balmoralha.org
  • Value: v=msv1 t=7bbdd2257f6c4b881407c2122a6fd9
If your domain registrar allows you to create MX records, use these settings:
  • DNS record type: MX
  • Host: balmoralha.org
  • Value: 7bbdd2257f6c4b881407c2122a6fd9.msv1.invalid
  • Priority: Higher value than existing records, or Low priority.

Server trust (recommended)

Create a TXT record to allow other mail servers to trust email originating from your domain. Also known as sender ID configuration, this setting will help prevent your mail from being marked as junk mail. Use the following settings:
  • DNS record type: TXT
  • Host: balmoralha.org
  • Value: v=spf1 include:hotmail.com ~all
  • TTL: 3600 or 1 hour (if requested)

Messenger configuration (recommended)

To federate Messenger with other compatible networks, you need to create the following SRV record in DNS.
  • DNS record type: SRV
  • Service: _sipfederationtls._tcp.balmoralha.org
  • Protocol: _tcp
  • Domain Name: balmoralha.org
  • Priority: 10 (or High priority)
  • Weight: 2
  • Port: 5061
  • Target: federation.messenger.msn.com