I've been using Linode, also; works fine on the Linode end, but I still see occasional rejections based on my Linode IP address (most recently from outlook.com). It's nothing my specific IP is doing, but appears to be blacklisting of an address range. And gmail randomly puts some outgoing mail into recipients' spam folders. Trying to get an address unblocked by a major provider works almost as well as howling into the wind. Maybe I'm being stubborn to insist on continuing to run what's basically a family mail server, but it does seem like there's a matter of principle there: it should be possible to have an email account without having all the emails stored by a third party. If the answer ends up being, "Oh, just use gmail, everybody else does!" ... well, so be it, I guess, but we should be clear that something got lost in that transition. Jim Shankland On 9/26/23 9:10 AM, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
I've run a mail server on Linode for 6 or 7 years now; no technical problems.
End-node, Zimbra, postfix.
Cheers, -- jra
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From: "Jonathan Leist via NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org> To: "Daniel Corbe" <daniel@corbe.net> Cc: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 10:32:51 AM Subject: Re: SMTP-friendly VPS provider where I can also get a BGP feed Pretty much every popular provider blocks port 25 out by default, and they'll instead try to steer customers to use a smart host. However, some, including Linode, will unblock port 25 by request: https://www.linode.com/docs/guides/running-a-mail-server/#sending-email-on-l...
On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 6:11 AM Daniel Corbe <daniel@corbe.net> wrote:
Hey all,
I apologize if this isn't the right place to post this; however, I thought maybe the NANOG community would be able to point me in the right direction.
I'm looking for a place that I can host a mailer. My primary use case is a Mailman-style technical discussion list; much like NANOG but software related instead of network related: READ: non-commercial in nature.
I'm currently a vultr customer, but they're refusing to unblock port 25 on my account. I've tried explaining my use case but no matter who I talk to over there they just keep pointing me to their spam policy.
Thanks! -Daniel
-- Jonathan Leist Staff Engineer