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Self hoster of 3 years here. You can do it. Don't let the big players scare you off when they send your mail to spam (GMail) or outright 550 refuse to accept it
by cube00 5y ago
Self hoster of 3 years here. You can do it. Don't let the big players scare you off when they send your mail to spam (GMail) or outright 550 refuse to accept it (Microsoft).
So far I've managed to avoid needing to relay my mail out using something like SMTP2Go but eventually I may have to. For now GMail seems to be learning when I email my regulars and Microsoft unbanned me after I joined their Outlook.com Smart Network Data Services (SNDS)
In better news, incoming mail works flawlessly. It's even spam free if you use a catch all address (dodgywebsite.example@yourdomain.example) and drop mail from any company that leaks your address out.
- swixmix 5y agoI also self host but on a VPS. Incoming mail works great. Outgoing mail not so much unless I send it to a trusted third party SMTP server. No outgoing mail fees if low traffic. Might be an option to consider while building up reputation?
- ulzeraj 5y agoSetting SPF, Dmark, DKIm and having a proper PTR record significantly increases your server acceptance.
- cube00 5y agoI had all that setup from day one and still ended up in the GMail spam and banned by Microsoft/Outlook.com (which also includes anyone using Office 365 in their workplace for mail) I assume that's because I had no reputation, although I did start on a DigitalOcean VPS before I learnt about their terrible ongoing reputation for ignore abuse reports. [1] [1]: https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/digital-ocean-ips-being-blacklisted-by-more-and-more-esps/8502 https://discourse.mailinabox.email/t/digital-ocean-ips-being...
- pmontra 5y agoWhich program do you use to filter incoming spam on the VPS and is it working well?
- TheMog 5y agoThe two typical choices are rspamd and amavisd/SpamAssassin, at least when you're using Postfix on a unity environment. I use amavisd on my primary and rspamd on the secondary, both seem to work OK. Yes, spam will still make it through and you have to train the filters in either case.