Re: [DNG] ..devuan to the rescue? Easiest possible newbie email server setup, ideas?

2020-09-24 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Mark Rousell (mark.rous...@signal100.com): > Option 1 is a bit embarrassing if anyone notices (e.g. > "host-46462.static.bugtown.myisp.net" isn't too cool as the name of your > mail server) but I don't see any technical downside, although DMARC > might perhaps be an issue nowadays. DMARC

Re: [DNG] ..devuan to the rescue? Easiest possible newbie email server setup, ideas?

2020-09-24 Thread Marjorie Roome via Dng
On Thu, 2020-09-24 at 17:32 +0100, Mark Rousell wrote: > On 24/09/2020 13:43, Jim Jackson wrote: > > > > > Mostly. Somemail servers do a reverse IP lookup and see if it > > matches your envelope From domain. > > > > Yes, this is an annoyance. There are two ways

Re: [DNG] OT? ..devuan to the rescue? Easiest possible newbie email server setup, ideas?

2020-09-24 Thread Mark Rousell
On 24/09/2020 16:40, Simon Hobson wrote: > > But if you do "accept then bin", you can scale your resources for more > average rates and just let messages sit in a queue for a few minutes when > things are really busy. Given the resources available to MS and Google (to > name just two), that's

Re: [DNG] ..devuan to the rescue? Easiest possible newbie email server setup, ideas?

2020-09-24 Thread Mark Rousell
On 24/09/2020 13:43, Jim Jackson wrote: > Mostly. Somemail servers do a reverse IP lookup and see if it matches your > envelope From domain. Yes, this is an annoyance. There are two ways round this: (1) Change your server's SMTP From domain to be the same as your static IP's PTR hostname, and

Re: [DNG] OT? ..devuan to the rescue? Easiest possible newbie email server setup, ideas?

2020-09-24 Thread Simon Hobson
Mark Rousell wrote: >> But once you accept a >> message with a success status after the DATA stage, you are obliged to >> either really deliver it or else bounce it back. It is not acceptable to >> send messages down a "black hole". > This *should* not be acceptable (and it's very annoying if

Re: [DNG] ..devuan to the rescue? Easiest possible newbie email server setup, ideas?

2020-09-24 Thread d...@d404.nl
On 24-09-2020 14:43, Jim Jackson wrote: > On Thu, 24 Sep 2020, Mark Rousell wrote: > >> On 24/09/2020 07:30, Dimitris via Dng wrote: >>> in my opinion a home connection server smtp+imap/pop will not be very >>> usable. most rbl's block dynamic addresses so you won't be able to >>> deliver much...

Re: [DNG] ..devuan to the rescue? Easiest possible newbie email server setup, ideas?

2020-09-24 Thread Jim Jackson
On Thu, 24 Sep 2020, Mark Rousell wrote: > On 24/09/2020 07:30, Dimitris via Dng wrote: > > > > in my opinion a home connection server smtp+imap/pop will not be very > > usable. most rbl's block dynamic addresses so you won't be able to > > deliver much... > > In some areas (e.g. the UK), the

Re: [DNG] ..devuan to the rescue? Easiest possible newbie email server setup, ideas?

2020-09-24 Thread Mike Tubby
On 24/09/2020 11:14, Mark Rousell wrote: On 24/09/2020 07:30, Dimitris via Dng wrote: in my opinion a home connection server smtp+imap/pop will not be very usable. most rbl's block dynamic addresses so you won't be able to deliver much... In some areas (e.g. the UK), the better ISPs

Re: [DNG] ..devuan to the rescue? Easiest possible newbie email server setup, ideas?

2020-09-24 Thread Mark Rousell
On 24/09/2020 07:30, Dimitris via Dng wrote: > > in my opinion a home connection server smtp+imap/pop will not be very > usable. most rbl's block dynamic addresses so you won't be able to > deliver much... In some areas (e.g. the UK), the better ISPs provide static IPs so this issue is bypassed.

Re: [DNG] OT? Re: ..devuan to the rescue? Easiest possible newbie email server setup, ideas?

2020-09-24 Thread Mark Rousell
On 23/09/2020 20:13, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > But once you accept a > message with a success status after the DATA stage, you are obliged to > either really deliver it or else bounce it back. It is not acceptable to > send messages down a "black hole". This *should* not be acceptable (and it's

Re: [DNG] ..devuan to the rescue? Easiest possible newbie email server setup, ideas?

2020-09-24 Thread Mark Rousell
On 23/09/2020 02:32, DECbot wrote: > Since my ISP is the devil and blocks port 25, I'm using autossh to > forward port 25 traffic to a $5/month vps. Do you have difficulty with your outgoing SMTP being blocked (often silently swallowed, from what I've seen) to certain large mail services using

Re: [DNG] ..devuan to the rescue? Easiest possible newbie email server setup, ideas?

2020-09-24 Thread Dimitris via Dng
On 9/23/20 11:05 PM, Marjorie Roome via Dng wrote: > 1) a more restrictive postfix main.cf than in the guide, so less spam > gets through to rspamd: postfix rejected about 37% of emails last > month, rspamd about 7% with another 5% going to to users spam folders > and is thus reviewable by them.

Re: [DNG] ..devuan to the rescue? Easiest possible newbie email server setup, ideas?

2020-09-24 Thread Dimitris via Dng
On 9/20/20 12:55 AM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > Easiest possible newbie email server setup, use and support, ideas? in my opinion a home connection server smtp+imap/pop will not be very usable. most rbl's block dynamic addresses so you won't be able to deliver much... i'd suggest a host/vps online