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> To send 4k emails a month a 1€/month VPS running Exim is enough and takes 1h to set up. You can use a VPS for web projects. For e-mail you'd want a dedicate
by dvfjsdhgfv 5y ago
> To send 4k emails a month a 1€/month VPS running Exim is enough and takes 1h to set up.
You can use a VPS for web projects. For e-mail you'd want a dedicated server with a separate IP that is going to cost you €40/month. Yes it may take 1h to set up, but gaining reputation takes time - you definitely won't be able to reach all recipients within one hour of purchasing the server.
- ex_amazon_sde 5y agoI've done it and it worked. Without the €40/month.
- PurpleFoxy 5y agoNo VPS has a shared IP address. The real problem is that the pool may have been dirtied by previous customers. But once you get a clean IP you can keep it for as long as you keep the service running. I sent emails from a VPS for years without issues. I stopped purely because Fastmail had better software and cheaper storage.
- Silhouette 5y agoHopefully as IPv6 takes over, the contamination effect due to some unknown party who might once have used the same IP address will become less of an issue. Although you have to wonder whether the kind of big mail service that will swing the blacklist axe first and probably not ask questions later with IPv4 addresses is just going to start blocking entire service provider ranges with IPv6 to counter that, causing the same problems for legitimate senders with new systems anyway.
- krono 5y agoAbsolutely overkill to have a metal server at that cost to send emails. A cheap VPS (which always comes with its own IP) is fine in most cases. From experience I can confirm the reputation build-up requirement though. And all that reputation can get ruined by a single blacklisting - even if you manage to get the server de-listed later the damage is done.