On Monday 11 June 2007 01:08:44 pm Phillip Hellewell wrote: > Welcome to the wonderful Internet where thanks to SPAM you cannot > even run your own mail server. More and more I find myself using my > gmail account because mail from my personal server often gets > rejected :(
Email has turned into a very hostile world since the advent of spam. I also run my own mail server, but there are several things you need to do. 1. You need to have your own domain. Trying to relay email through a local server for several domains (such as BYU and Gmail) will probably not work. 1. You need to have your A and MX records in place. If you can have your reverse DNS entries too, the better. An SPF record helps too. The more DNS entries the better. 2. You need to be consistent. Email from your new domain needs to come from your domain. The more the IP address of the servers move, the more you will be labled a spammer. 3. You need to start fighting the battle. If a Blacklist service has you listed, go through the motions to get the IP/domain cleared. Many anti-spam "services" often make compulsive decisions and care very little about the repercussions. The more "the little guys" bug them, the better decisions they'll make (or so we hope). Hope that helps. -- Alberto Treviño [EMAIL PROTECTED] CID Testing Center Brigham Young University -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
