On Thu, 9 Dec 2010, James Hozier wrote:
> The only issue I have with running my own mail server is that I can
> receive e-mails, but for whatever reason I cannot send out e-mails. I'm
> assuming it's because mail servers are denying e-mails from my IP or
> something since I'm on a residential connection. It doesn't even reach
> the Spam box, just doesn't show up at all even though a test with telnet
> says the mail was successfully sent out.
>
Two things are probably occurring:
1) Many ISPs block outbound email on port 25 to prevent SPAM abuse.
2) You will not be able to send email directly to most email servers
because your server identify cannot be verified.
The best solution is to forward your SMTP traffic trough your ISP.
Lee
