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The problem is not setting up your own email server (this is relatively easy), it is getting all your mail into other people's inboxes. Basically the big player
by danieltillett 9y ago
The problem is not setting up your own email server (this is relatively easy), it is getting all your mail into other people's inboxes. Basically the big players these days (I am looking at you Microsoft) just treat any mail coming from a private server as spam. Even more frustratingly they don't do it consistently, just frequently enough that you can't rely on anyone getting your email.
After running my own email server for 15 years I gave up a couple of years ago and paid for someone else to solve the nightmare of dealing with the big email gatekeepers.
- Cilvic 9y agoThanks for sharing, didn't think of this. I'd be fine paying mailgun or similar for sending actually. I'm worried about receiving and losing access to accounts because I can't confirm my identity.
- exratione 9y agoRun it in AWS. They keep their IP ranges comparatively clean. Other hosting services, yes, you may as well not bother. I haven't found another one yet that is reliable enough at keeping deliverability from their IP ranges in good enough order. Also make sure you set up SPF and DKIM right from the outset.
- danieltillett 9y agoI ran into problems with an IP address I had owned for 15 years. Clean IP's will help, but they don't solve the problem completely. The real nightmare are the emails that just go missing - they don't even end up in the spam folder. If you are running some sort of mailing list it doesn't really matter, but if you are sending important transactional emails the it really does. Apart from SPF and DKIM also make sure you also set your reverse DNS name and also set up DMARC.