self mail hosting

[geoffrey mendelson]

On 6/8/2014 12:27 PM, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> I've registered a domain and set up my raspberry pi to recieve and send
> emails.  Everything seems to be working fine, except that emails that I
> send to gmail get rejected by google.  I've been told that google
> rejects email where the reverse-dns doesn't match the dns record, and
> because I don't have a static IP address there's not much I can do.
>
> Has anyone had success getting a static IP address without too much
> hassle? Currently I'm getting my internet through netvision, but we
> were planning on switching to 018 for their cheaper prices.
>
> Getting a static IP address seems like it would be the easiest option,
> followed by reconfiguring postfix to use a SMTP relay to send mail
> through another server, but I'd need to make sure that the header isn't
> changed (too much) if I do that.  Also I've found keeping my sanity
> involves interacting with Israeli beaurocracy as little as possible, so
> I'd rather not call netvision for a static IP since I'm planning on
> leaving them anyway.
>
> If anyone has any experience doing their own mail and want to share,
> I'd love to hear about it.
>
>


Gmail has a pro option where for a small fee they will act as your mail 
server. It may be worth it.

Geoff.

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ
Jerusalem Israel.