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Hosting an email server on a consumer IP does seem to a losing proposition, Hosting an email server on a cheap (reputable) cloud server and doing the basics (P
by zh3 4y ago
Hosting an email server on a consumer IP does seem to a losing proposition,
Hosting an email server on a cheap (reputable) cloud server and doing the basics (PTR records, SPF etc) still works well.
- jacobsenscott 4y agoHow do you know? SMTP wasn't designed for reliable delivery. You don't know if your emails are being received, and even i they are, you don't know if they'll be received tomorrow.
- 3434111 4y ago
- johannes1234321 4y agoYou can know from getting responses and sending test mails to different mailboxes. Doesn't give full certainty, but can be well enough. (If all my recipients respond I don't care about the ones I don't send to anyways)
- johnklos 4y agoIf you're not getting bounces, then the receiving email servers are not RFC-compliant. If you're really that worried about it, smarthost.
- zh3 4y agoStatistically. I communicate with a lot of people via email, and if I don't get an expected response to something of consequence I follow up - it's far more common the recipient simply missed it/didn't get around to it than it is to get "I never got it/I found it in my spam folder".