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See, that part can be outsourced: just configure your outbound SMTP to relay via deliverability companies like Mailgun or Mandril, for personal use the cost is
by old-gregg 12y ago
See, that part can be outsourced: just configure your outbound SMTP to relay via deliverability companies like Mailgun or Mandril, for personal use the cost is $0.
It's easy, see:
http://documentation.mailgun.com/user_manual.html#smtp-relay http://documentation.mailgun.com/user_manual.html#smtp-relay
The reason one might want to use his own email server is - I suspect because of Snowden story - security: you control your own email archive and possibly encryption. The delivery will have to happen over the open Internet anyway, so why not just relay to a 3rd party from the start.
Disclaimer: I'm a cofounder of Mailgun.
- breakall 12y agoUsing an SMTP relay sounds like a great idea as it would cut down on the number of moving pieces the home sysadmin needs to worry about when running a mail server. Does Mailgun support TLS between my outbound SMTP and the Mailgun relay? And beyond?
- giovannibajo1 12y agoThat fixes half of the story; the other half is inbound spam filtering (with all the RBL, greylist, spamassassin dance). I then prefer an unique solution such as http://mailroute.net http://mailroute.net that handles both inbound and outbound. PS: mailgun is really great, i'm a happy user