Re: [mailop] Guide for setting up a mail server ?

2023-07-09 Thread Michael Rathbun via mailop
On 9 Jul 2023 22:07:38 -0400, John Levine via mailop wrote: >In fact it's for people but you never know what some people will do. >Don't start by letting your chatty user send "here's my new address" >to all 10,000 people in his address book. Ah. Somebody doing that on my server would get an

Re: [mailop] Guide for setting up a mail server ?

2023-07-09 Thread John Levine via mailop
It appears that Michael Rathbun via mailop said: >On 9 Jul 2023 18:39:22 -0400, John Levine via mailop >wrote: > >>= start slow and look at any bounces > >This implies to me that this will be a broadcast server rather than mailboxes >for individuals and businesses. If so, there are some

Re: [mailop] Guide for setting up a mail server ?

2023-07-09 Thread Michael Rathbun via mailop
On 9 Jul 2023 18:39:22 -0400, John Levine via mailop wrote: >= start slow and look at any bounces This implies to me that this will be a broadcast server rather than mailboxes for individuals and businesses. If so, there are some paragraphs that might need to be added, especially about list

[mailop] Guide for setting up a mail server ?

2023-07-09 Thread John Levine via mailop
A friend of mine wants to set up a mail server on a VPS and asked me what he needs to do beyond the obvious setting up postfix and dovecot. Is there a good summary somewhere? I'm thinking of things like: - choose a provider that has decent mail behavior, e.g., not Digital Ocean - make sure the