<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 5:27 AM, Efraim Flashner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:efraim.flashner@gmail.com" target="_blank">efraim.flashner@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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If anyone has any experience doing their own mail and want to share,<br>
I'd love to hear about it.<br>
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-Efraim</font></span><br></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Efraim,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Using a globally recognized smart host makes the most sense, technically and financially. <br></div>
<div class="gmail_extra">If you do end up getting a static IP, no one can assure you that it would not have a bad record somewhere, is some span engine. (many times, they do), and, if it was ever used to send spam, you'll have to go through the ranks of each spam data provider, to convince them you're actually a nice guy. <br>
<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">When I was doing my own email, I was using <a href="http://smtp.com">smtp.com</a> as my smarthost, they cost (about 2 years ago), 5$/month, for a high volume of email. My emails never ended up in anyone's Spam folder after using them, AFAIK. <br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra">They're U.S based, so, I wonder (and hope), that someone closer to ISR offers the same service. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra">My exim.conf (on debian) file had this:<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br>smarthost:<br> driver = manualroute<br> domains = ! +local_domains<br> transport = remote_msa<br> route_data = <a href="http://smtp.com:25025">smtp.com:25025</a><br> no_more<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
and also , the authentication string. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">And that was is it. <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Guy Gold
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