HOW.IS
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How is hotmail.com?

Looks fine risk 0/100

Registered 31 years ago, on no blocklists we checked, valid HTTPS, the site answered HTTP 417.

Why

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finecarefulhigh risk
  • ·Nothing in the checks added risk.

Rule-based: domain age, blocklists, TLS. A heuristic, not a guarantee.

Site
417
125 ms
HTTPS
116 d
left on a Microsoft Corporation certificate
Age
31 years
registered 1996-03-27
Blocklists
0
listings across 5 lists

Everything we looked at

DNS records5 record types
A204.79.197.212
MX2 hotmail-com.olc.protection.outlook.com
NSns1-205.azure-dns.com
ns4-205.azure-dns.info
ns2-205.azure-dns.net
ns3-205.azure-dns.org
TXTv=spf1 include:spf2.outlook.com -all
google-site-verification=gqFmgDKSUd3XGU_AzWWdojRHtW3_66W_PC3oFvQVZEw
google-site-verification=VdfSHp3aOmiGxd6jcbkRPFy6EERzln_hMR3byLjU__w
CAA{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'microsoft.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'globalsign.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'issue': 'digicert.com', 'critical': 0}
{'type': 'CAA', 'critical': 0, 'contactemail': 'caarecordaware@microsoft.com'}
RegistrationMarkMonitor Inc.
registrarMarkMonitor Inc.
registered1996-03-27
expires2027-03-28
last changed2026-01-29
ownerMicrosoft Corporation
nameserversns1-205.azure-dns.com
ns2-205.azure-dns.net
ns3-205.azure-dns.org
ns4-205.azure-dns.info
statusclient delete prohibited
client transfer prohibited
client update prohibited
server delete prohibited
server transfer prohibited
server update prohibited
registered 1996-03-27expires 2027-03-28
HTTPS certificate116 days left
validyes
issuerMicrosoft Corporation
coversoutlook.live.com, outlook-sdf.live.com, attachment.outlook.office.net, attachment.outlook.officeppe.net, hotmail.com, *.calendar.live.com, *.hotmail.com, *.live.com, *.mail.live.com, live.com, *.fp.measure.office.com, premium.outlook.com
protocolTLSv1.3
issued 2026-08-12expires 2027-02-26
DNSSECinsecure

Domain is not signed with DNSSEC

. → com → hotmail.com
Email authenticationgood
SPFpass v=spf1 include:spf2.outlook.com -all
DMARCwarning policy none
DKIMfound: selector1

Whether mail claiming to be from this domain can be checked as genuine.

Security scoregrade B · 168/205
Basic Security
20/40missing: DNSSEC Enabled
Record Security
38/45missing: DMARC Record, DKIM Presence
Advanced Security
15/25missing: Mail Server Configuration, IPv6 Support
Domain Reputation
50/50
Threat Detection
45/45missing: Domain Age Check
Blocklists0 listings · 5 lookups
SURBL MultidomainURIBL MultidomainSpamCop204.79.197.212Barracuda204.79.197.212UCEPROTECT Level 1204.79.197.212

Green: clean. Red: listed. Grey: the list did not answer.

Ask it yourself

Agents get this as data. Bought through the API, the checks behind this page cost $0.070: profile $0.025 + trust $0.020 + screenshot $0.020 + site status $0.005.

curl "https://how.is/v1/domain/trust?domain=hotmail.com" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $HOWIS_KEY" # or pay per call in USDC (x402), no key: the 402 tells your agent the price curl -i "https://how.is/v1/domain/profile?domain=hotmail.com"

MCP: add https://how.is/mcp to Claude, Codex or Cursor (one-line install) and ask for domain_trust on hotmail.com. Reference: /llms.txt.

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