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That's strange: I have my own hosted mail server (on a static home IP) and I haven't had a problem with hotmail (but I've got DKIM, reverse DNS, and SPF config

• timthelion 10y ago
  I have it all configured and I still cannot send mail to my parents. Though maybe having a Czech domain name doesn't help. The strange thing, is that the bounce emails directly link to the website asking for the bribe.
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• boudin 10y ago
  That's exactly what make this kind of home mail server box impossible on dynamic IP and even on most of ISP providing static IP. As long as you can't set the reverse DNS for your IP, mails will be rejected.
• baobabKoodaa 10y ago
  Can you prove this? I've also set up DKIM, reverse DNS, and SPF, but Microsoft places mail sent from my AWS box straight into the spam folder. Every other email provider that I've tried has been able to receive my email correctly. Microsoft is the only one asking for a bribe to do so. I've even tried to contact them by phone and their support forum. On the phone they told me that this is a "feature": all mail goes to spam folder until the client whitelists the sending address. This is false, and on their support forums I was told that my static IP from Amazon "is not eligible for appeasement" or something like that. When you look at what Microsoft has done with Skype and Windows, it's fairly obvious that they don't care about security. Even so, I find it especially egregious that they are offering a "pay to spam" service while at the same time knowingly blocking legitimate email.
  • dylz 10y ago
    Are you sending from AWS SES? You should not be able to originate any mail from EC2.
    • baobabKoodaa 10y ago
      I'm sending from EC2. Why do you say that?
      • jacobwg 10y ago
        A LOT of spam originates from EC2, to the point that many major email providers have blocked all of EC2.
        • baobabKoodaa 9y ago
          This is not true. I can mail everywhere except Microsoft.