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.
