[kwlug-disc] So, I took the plunge... Mail In A Box

[doug moen]

One of the things you need for an email server is a high quality IP address
that won't be blacklisted by DNS black hole spam filtering. Most of my spam
is rejected based on the IP address. So you need to own a static IP
address, and establish a high reputation for it. That might be hard if the
IP address lives in a bad neighbourhood, eg a residential IP block, or
maybe even a cloud VPS block.

On 19 February 2018 at 13:02, Chamunks <chamunks at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah, it really seems more about finesse and magic than math and science.
> They tell you SPF and DKIM records are enough then they tell you that you
> need to check against blacklists.  Then they say you have to get good will
> friends to dig you out of the neutral zone with companies like Google's
> filters.  I dislike it when someone ambiguously tells you just don't do
> it.  Ends up being one of those burning things that sound like a challenge
> rather than good advice at times.
>
> Granted every time I've ever read any articles about setting up an email
> server on your own they basically all take the first 500 words or so of the
> article telling you not to.
>
> But why wouldn't I want to when all it costs me is a $5/month VPS to allow
> me to do whatever the hell I want so long as I don't send spam.  If I go
> with any mass mailer you're charged a fortune to send mail.
>
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 5:42 PM Andrew Stevanus (KWLUG)
> <andrew+kwlug at hoot.tech> wrote:
>
>> I've heard that having Gmail users add you to their contacts list will
>> help with spam classification, though I don't know if it helps
>> universally or only with those specific users.
>>
>> On 2018-02-19 01:00 AM, Chamunks wrote:
>> > With Mail In A Box, I'm enjoying the experience overall with its
>> simplicity
>> > although it's hitting Gmail spam filters pretty much 100%.  I have 10/10
>> > score on Mail-Test https://www.mail-tester.com/ and MXToolbox
>> > https://mxtoolbox.com/diagnostic.aspx has only one thing wrong with my
>> > server and that's just that my nameserver's glue records are the same
>> > machine.  Otherwise, I've done everything correctly.  Does anyone have
>> any
>> > idea how I can build a reputation with the great big G in the cloud so
>> that
>> > I don't just go directly into spam?
>> >
>> >
>> >
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