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Blackhawk Bank & Trust, Milan, Illinois, is the 583rd largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets ($2bn). On 4 November 2026 the public email records of choosethechief.com graded A: MX pass, SPF pass, DMARC p=quarantine, mail handled by Microsoft 365.
Grade A. Nothing in the records will stop mail. Read by DNS on 4 November 2026; the records are shown as published.
| Check | Result | What was published |
|---|---|---|
| MX | Pass | 10 choosethechief-com.mail.protection.outlook.com. Mail handled by Microsoft 365 |
| SPF | Pass | v=spf1 include:choosethechief-com.spf.smtp25.com include:spf.edgepilot.com include:spf.protection.outlook.com include:spf.cashedge.com ip4:208.66.22.33 ip4:199.96.4.61 ip4:208.69.145.65 ip4:63.87.197.23/32 ip4:208.66.22.33/32 ip4:63.193.65.55/32 ip4:208.235.248.20/32 ip4:166.73.7.16 ip4:166.73.7.20 ip4:166.73.14.61 ip4:166.73.14.63 ip4:166.73.92.61 ip4:166.73.92.63 ip4:166.73.92.60 ip4:208.235.248.20 ip4:50.58.9.15 ip4:204.95.150.215 ip4:148.163.140.179 ip4:148.163.144.176 ip4:67.212.179.10 ip4:67.212.168.66 ip4:51.81.185.125 ip4:192.99.150.164 ip4:69.175.35.2 ip4:69.175.48.226 ip4:66.70.177.4 ip4:144.168.44.234 ip4:184.154.0.10 ip4:45.158.37.162 ip4:23.29.121.218 ip4:108.178.2.18 ip4:167.114.100.50 ip4:108.163.197.50 ip4:66.85.143.98 ip4:194.126.173.186 ip4:51.81.244.32 ip4:8.31.233.164 ip4:68.232.131.30 ip4:68.232.140.103 ip4:68.232.143.79 ip4:68.232.149.148 ip4:205.220.167.111 ip4:205.220.177.241 ip4:205.220.183.228 ip4:205.220.183.229 ip4:205.220.183.230 ip4:205.220.183.231 ~all. DNS lookups: 6 of 10 allowed; ends ~all |
| DMARC | Pass | v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:web@choosethechief.com; ruf=mailto:itreports@choosethechief.com; ri=84600. Policy p=quarantine; reports collected (rua= set) |
| DKIM | Pass, not graded | Key found on selector selector2 (of 10 common selectors tried) |
Blackhawk Bank & Trust is the 583rd largest FDIC-insured US bank by total assets, at $2bn as reported to the FDIC (certificate 18402; Milan, Illinois). Among the 999 graded banks, Blackhawk Bank & Trust ranks 395th by grade (ties broken by assets, larger first). In its asset band, $1bn to $10bn, it ranks 280th of 846; among the 52 graded banks in Illinois, 31st. 66% of its band and 82.7% of its state graded A.
The checker's own notes on each record:
Blackhawk Bank & Trust receives mail through Microsoft 365, whose Exchange Online Protection checks every inbound message's SPF, DKIM and DMARC and scores the sender's reputation. A clean, warmed sending domain is the minimum; a failed check lands in junk or is dropped. Before you send, run your own domain through the email setup checker and publish a policy with the DMARC record generator. For how a bank buys, see the selling to banks playbook.
The records above are from 4 November 2026. Run the same check on choosethechief.com now for today's result. The FDIC's record of the bank is at BankFind, certificate 18402.
This page is one of 1,000 in the Bank Email Readiness Index Q4 2026, published 4 November 2026 and re-read every quarter; the next edition is due 2 February 2027. If you work at Blackhawk Bank & Trust and the records have changed, email moe@roimaxi.com and we will re-check and update this page.
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