From: Jim Garrison jhg@jhmg.net Reply-To: jhg@acm.org, For users of Fedora fedora-list@redhat.com To: For users of Fedora fedora-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Running own mail server Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:35:52 -0600
Jason Montleon wrote:
I think you'll find that trying to run OUTGOING mail from your server will be a continuous exercise in frustration
Before I started bouncing around the planet and decided to have my domain hosted, I was doing this, and ran into all the problems you described; mail being banned because of RBL's for netblocks of DSL/Cable Modem networks, the whole nine yards. Very frustrating. But one system will accept your mail from the network you're on, that being your ISP's mail server.
Amen. I tried hosting my email locally and lasted for about 2 weeks before I went back to using the ISP's SMTP server as my smarthost.
Finally, I moved to a dedicated server at a hosting company (to host several websites) and now do run my own Postfix for both incoming and outgoing mail. However, I have several years experience as a Postfix admin, and would not recommend it for someone without fairly deep knowledge of the protocols and tools.
it's hardly worth the hassle, although it can be quite a fun learning experience if you are patient.
Just don't learn at the expense of others. A badly configured server can cause collateral damage, both in increasing SPAM and blacklisting innocent users that have IP addreses 'near' yours.
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