By default, SPF-failed emails will still get delivered in Microsoft 365. To its credit, they do most likely end up in the Junks folder. I understand the reason behind it because even in 2023, there are still many mail servers that aren’t configured correctly. But the fact that an SPF-failed email passes through still bothers me. To stop it, you […]
Read receipts have been around for ages in Outlook with Exchange. It’s never reliable and annoying, and I thought it only seemed to work internally. However, that must have been changed lately, since I’ve seen read receipts sent out without a person’s knowledge. I even had a user coming to me asking why she kept getting this person’s out-of-office message […]
When someone leaves the company with a bunch of data left behind in their OneDrive account, the easiest way to access this data without going through the whole sharing exercise is probably to grant others administrator rights to this OneDrive account. Heading over to the SharePoint admin center and signing in with a Global Admin account. Click the More features […]
I use a self-host Spiceworks Helpdesk Server daily to manage all my support tickets. Email plays a big role to automates most of the steps during the process, from automatically generating tickets to sending notifications to support staff, to replying to a ticket with comments and commands that categorize, assign, or close the tickets. And that’s why it’s a big […]
I got a warning email from Microsoft stating that my organization is out of SharePoint Online storage. I was surprised at first, and even thought it was spam. But turns out, that running out of space on SharePoint Online is a thing. To view the total and available free storage space currently for your organization, go to Active sites in […]
Well, not something that has to be done but in some cases, bypassing the Spam Filter might be the only way to get emails from certain domains delivered. If you trust that domain, here is how you can do it. Head over to Exchange Online Admin Portal, and go to the Rules under the Mail flow section. Click the + […]
Whether you manage your mailbox well or not, there is a good chance that your mailbox will eventually fill up. When that happens, you can go through the options trying to clean up again. But a better option here is to utilize the Online Archiving feature that Microsoft 365 offers out of the box for free which provides users with […]
After getting too many spam emails sent to the distribution group, it’s time to tighten things a bit and restrict these groups from getting emails from outside parties. For regular Microsoft 365 groups, you can simply go to the Exchange Dashboard, open the group, switch to the Settings tab, and uncheck the option “Allow external senders to email this group“. […]