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Don't believe the armchair scare-mongering "experts" that will undoubtedly tell you in these comments that no big provider will receive E-mail from you. I've b
by jwr 3y ago
Don't believe the armchair scare-mongering "experts" that will undoubtedly tell you in these comments that no big provider will receive E-mail from you.
I've been running my own mail servers for the last, well, 25 years or so. It's fine, if you get your own IP, don't get unlucky by inheriting one after a known spammer, and just keep a clean server.
Don't let other scare you into "having to use" Gmail or other huge ad-tech E-mail providers. That's not what the Internet was designed for.
- davidy123 3y agoSame here, but for 30 years. It's really no trouble.
- type_Ben_struct 3y agoIt largely depends on where you’re hosting your mail server. Certain providers (e.g. Digital Ocean) are a complete no-go. Their IP ranges are completely untrusted.
- PuffinBlue 3y agoDigitalOcean blocks port 25 now anyway[0], since I think June this year, for all new accounts. So not really a viable option now. We have to relay email from our servers there. Bit annoying, and no support won't make an exception or turn it off after a bit of good behaviour. [0] https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/why-is-smtp-blocked/ https://docs.digitalocean.com/support/why-is-smtp-blocked/
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- drpixie 3y agoSimilar. It's been a good experience and no more or less successful than gmail. I've had a couple of delivery hassles (easily fixed) but plenty of stuff gets lost in gmail's or outlook's filters. So at the end of the say, not much difference in usability, but much more interesting :) I've been using mailinabox and it goes to a lot of trouble to provide correct DKIM etc, which I'm sure helps avoid deliverability problems. (Thanks Josh.)