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It's because the IP is on DigitalOcean - a hotbed for spam and malware. I wouldn't bother self hosting e-mail any more because you'll come across most providers
by jonathantf2 3y ago
It's because the IP is on DigitalOcean - a hotbed for spam and malware.
I wouldn't bother self hosting e-mail any more because you'll come across most providers just not accepting your messages. Sucks, but is what it is.
- kevincox 3y agoFWIW I send email from DigitalOcean. And you are mostly right. If you are lucky you will get rejections. Most will just accept and put in spam which is better because the receiver can correct it, but worse because they will probably never see it and you won't know. Some inbox providers like Google, FastMail, Proton Mail and others will track your domain reputation if you are sending enough (~1 message per day seems fine) and once you have built domain reputation they will accept from DigitalOcean with no issue. But you can't rely on sending messages to new inbox providers. They reasonably treat mail from DigitalOcean IPs as suspect until they have enough other evidence.