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> but unless you are a big player good luck getting gmail or ms to accept your mail This 'evil corp blocks my SMTP server' superstition really needs to stop. F
by LeonM 4y ago
> but unless you are a big player good luck getting gmail or ms to accept your mail
This 'evil corp blocks my SMTP server' superstition really needs to stop. False positives hurt them as much as it does you, so you bet that there is 0 incentive to block emails from your IP.
If the email is properly DKIM aligned for the domain, it really does not matter which IP address the email is originating from.
IP addresses (especially with IPv6) are ephemeral, and email providers have figured this our years ago. If spam filters were IP based and persistent, they would have blocked the entire IPv4 internet by now. So they don't.
Spam filters (not the one you run at home, but proper ones used by Google and MS) use the email's content and domain reputation. Most of it is ML driven. IP addresses are irrelevant, unless when you force the receiver to fall back to IP assessment by not signing your email.
TL;DR: if your SMTP service is being blocked by 'large evil corp', it is because your domain and/or SMTP service are not properly configured.
- derelicta 4y agoDont forget the part where folks cant host their own mail server at home because Google requires a valid reverse dns record linked to their IP.
- LeonM 4y agoThat is not a requirement specific to Google. Most inbound SMTP services require this, even most open-source implementations. This requirement is not invented by Google, but caused by spammers using botnets. Also, not being able to set a reverse DNS for a domestic IP is not Google's fault, it is your ISP not allowing you to 'own' an IP, and not allowing you to set a reverse DNS for the IP they lease to you. This is why ISP offer business packages. These will allow you to own the IP (block), and set reverse-DNS for it.