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Trick is to just use delivery service like SendGrid or PostMark and as long as your domain isn't brand new and the content doesn't smell phishy, you should have
by mekster 2y ago
Trick is to just use delivery service like SendGrid or PostMark and as long as your domain isn't brand new and the content doesn't smell phishy, you should have a decent chance. Don't try with a random IP that server vendors give you for $5/mo, which can never look too clean.
- ninjin 2y agoLook, I get it that many people have been burnt. In particular for marketing e-mails or services that rely on hundreds of e-mails an hour. But "Don't try with a random IP that server vendors give you for $5/mo, which can never look too clean." is far too much of a general statement as I know a fair share of people that have done exactly that and are getting their e-mails delivered and not silently dropped by lying SMTPDs from the big players. Admittedly, my "random IP" (and box) with Hetzner comes with a cost of seven or so times per month compared to what you write. But I find it tiresome that we pretty much end up with two camps in every single e-mail thread. One that claims that self-hosting e-mail is dead and impossible in year $X and one that claims that it is not. Stating either of these absolutes is unhelpful as e-mail in year $X requires a lot of nuance. I should end my comment by stating that I am not attempting to call you out as the worst offender and I appreciate you mentioning delivery services. Until Google started enforcing SPF or DKIM I had a nice working setup where I used a well-established, non-profit SMTP as my outgoing relay as I was scared to bits after reading so many comments about e-mail horrors on HN.