Anti-spoofing feature
With the anti-spoofing feature of Microsoft Outlook 365 for Windows or Outlook on the web, there are indicators when the sender of a message is unverified.
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There is a '?' in the sender imageWhen Outlook can't verify the identity of the sender using email authentication techniques, it displays a '?' in the sender photo.
If you put your mouse over the sender's name, you can see the details:
Not every message that fails to authenticate is malicious. However, you should be careful about interacting with messages that don't authenticate if you don't recognize the sender. Or, if you recognize a sender that normally doesn't have a '?' in the sender image, but you suddenly start seeing it, that could be a sign the sender is being spoofed.
- There is a via tab when sender's address is different than what appears in the From address