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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 28/07/15 16:33, Shlomi Fish wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi all,<br>
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can you recommend a good [and possibly paid]
outgoing SMTP service that I can use for my @<a
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href="http://shlomifish.org">shlomifish.org</a>
addresses? The ideal service will be:<br>
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1. Reliable - messages I sent from it won't be
filtered/marked/bounced as spam.<br>
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2. Affordable - I'm willing to pay but certainly cannot
afford to pay too much.<br>
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3. With a responsive customer service.<br>
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I use my own. Don't listen to anyone saying it's no-maintenance
headache free. It's not. I had to set up SPF because otherwise
things would just break down. Every so often I find I have to try
and figure out an obscure error message from hotmail or some such
bullshit, because they don't believe in explaining why they rejected
your email. They also have a postmaster registration service that is
only locatable via Google (ha ha).<br>
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If you do decide to roll your own, a few important tips:<br>
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<li>Use a real DNS name for your server. Make sure the IP resolves
back to the original name. I use contabo.com for my hosting,
they allow setting the reverse DNS record. Use only a provider
that allows that.<br>
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<li>Set up SPF. Seriously. Brain dead or not, it helps. The price
you pay is that all users of your domain can, realistically, <b>only</b>
send emails through your designated SMTP. This sometimes poses a
problem for mailing lists. If you can read this email, however,
then at least linux-il is doing okay.</li>
<li>Set up TLS. Use a real signed certificate. startssl.com is a
CA recognized by most software that provides signed certificates
free of charge. They are also an Israeli company, to boot :-)</li>
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<p>What I do not understand from your description, however, is how
you intend to handle incoming mail. If you intend to have that
hosted as well, why not just go with Google. Their business gmail
solution provides you also with an outgoing SMTP.<br>
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<p>Shachar<br>
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