On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 2:43 AM Caveman Al Toraboran <toraboracave...@protonmail.com> wrote: > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Monday, August 17, 2020 3:48 PM, Jarry <mr.ja...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Rent VPS and be your own admin. But running properly configured > > mail-server is not so easy. Setting up postfix/exim/sendmail > > is just a beginning. If you mean it seriously and do not want > > your IP to land on blacklists (and you vps suspended), there is > > much more to do, i.e. spf, dkim, dmarc, dnssec, etc... > > would i get blacklisted for simply not using > spf/dkim/etc? even if no other user is using the > mail service other than me and i'm not mass > mailing?
It is up to the individual recipient's email admin, but increasingly the answer is yes. Your biggest issue will be IP reputation, however. IPs that are assigned to consumers are almost always blacklisted regardless of what you're doing on your end, and the're blacklisted before you even attempt to send your first message. Personally I run my own server for reception, but all my outgoing mail either goes through Gmail or Amazon SES, depending on whether Gmail was used as the MUA. Sure, Amazon isn't free, but it is REALLY cheap ($0.10 for 1000 emails, plus $0.12 per GB). I don't send that many emails or much in attachments, so the bill is tiny. Gmail is free and you can send outgoing messages from any email address that you control. Receiving email isn't a big deal though managing spam can be painful. Sending it has become increasingly difficult because of others managing spam, and IMO it isn't worth trying to deal with directly unless you're a large concern. -- Rich
