On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:08:27 +0000 mick crane <mick.cr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2020-11-23 12:19, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Lu, 23 nov 20, 14:27:36, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > >> So does htis get a new subject in the list? > >> > >> Good afternon All > >> > >> I was interested to read that Flo, the OP, uses separate mail > >> collection, sendmail and thunderbird. Some of the replies sound > >> like this is a common practice. > >> > >> What are the advantages of this set of processes over letting > >> tbird do it all? - or any other client for that matter? > > > > It makes it easier to switch between different e-mail clients if the > > sending and/or receiving is handled externally, e.g. one might use a > > graphical e-mail client in general and a text mode client > > occasionally. > > > > Such a setup also typically uses standard locations for the storage > > (as opposed to e-mail client specific), which makes it easier to > > add more functionality (e.g. serve local e-mail via IMAP) or > > replace individual components. > > As I can make out if you try to do the useful stuff on your home > network like having Dovecot doing your mail it is really a bodge if > you are not advertising those services on the internet. As I've posted elsewhere, I run my own servers and don't open the email ports to the world (other than SMTP). I use ssh with port forwarding to reach email from outside, or occasionally OpenVPN. > I am I suppose in the domain of Sky who provide my wired connection > so I use sky/yahoo SMTP server as part of service but they add to > outgoing email "Reply-Path" being my Sky user account in the headers > which seems to be confusing exim email lists and results in rejected > or bounced emails recently. > I'd like to sort it out to avoid that if I knew what they were doing. > I like things as they are when it is working and really, really don't > want to go the whole hog of advertising email services. I think it is > some relatively new thing where they are double authenticating or > something but ideally I don't know why SMTP server does just pass > message along and not add items to the header except they received it > and passed it along to the recipient. As it happens outside your control, there's not a lot you can do about it other than hire an email service that is fairly professional i.e. not a domestic service whose primary client base is children (of all ages). A lot of domestic providers insist that you send using one of their email addresses, which doesn't suit everyone. I lease a few domains and I expect to use them for my email addresses. -- Joe