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Easy on generalizations, mate. I've been running my own mail server since mid '00s. Initially hosted with one of West coast Canadian colos and subsequently mov
by eps 5y ago
Easy on generalizations, mate.
I've been running my own mail server since mid '00s. Initially hosted with one of West coast Canadian colos and subsequently moved to an EU colo. Had some deliverability issues with Outlook and Yahoo, but these were episodic and rare even though I set up DKIM only last year and have been running with just SPF and DNS/PTR before that.
I know at least a dozen of others with similar setups and timelines. But we all use dedicated colo'ed boxes on IPs from clean netblocks that weren't previously used for shared hosting. I strongly suspect that attempting to run a mailserver on Digital Ocean, OVH, 1and1 and similar mass-hosting providers will not go well. Just like it will be an uphill battle to run it on a residental IP.
- jjav 5y ago> I strongly suspect that attempting to run a mailserver on Digital Ocean, OVH, 1and1 and similar mass-hosting providers will not go well. I run my mail server on Linode, no issues at all.
- baobabKoodaa 5y ago> Easy on generalizations, mate What did I generalize, exactly? Parent poster was claiming that anybody can set up a mail server with good deliverability - that's a generalization. I said good for them (acknowledging they managed to make it work) and said that I also tried and couldn't make it work - therefore, clearly not everybody can make it work. Did I not argue against generalization there?