Email deliverability
Sending a message is easy. Establishing who sent it, preserving trust and working out why a receiver rejected it are separate problems.
These guides cover the parts that can be verified: authentication, provider requirements, reputation signals and the exact responses returned during delivery. Provider policies change, so each guide carries a review date and links to the primary material used.
Blue Canoe operating recommendations are labelled as such. They are not presented as provider requirements.
- Email deliverability: a diagnostic methodA provider-neutral process for diagnosing authentication, reputation, policy and delivery failures without guessing from symptoms.
- Delivering mail to GmailCurrent Gmail authentication, subscription, reputation and Postmaster Tools requirements, separated from operational recommendations.
- Delivering mail to Outlook.comCurrent Outlook.com sender requirements, SNDS and JMRP operation, with consumer Outlook separated from Exchange Online.
- DKIM and DMARC alignmentA current, practical explanation of DKIM signing, DMARC alignment, policy and reporting following the 2026 DMARC standards revision.
- Reading Microsoft mail responsesA verified reference for documented Outlook.com SMTP responses, with Exchange Online NDRs kept separate.