On 2018-11-10 03:22, Alice Wonder wrote:
On 11/09/2018 12:07 PM, Warren Young wrote:
On Nov 9, 2018, at 9:22 AM, Vic Chester <vcsubscriptions@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
https://protonmail.com/
Aside from semi-charitable organizations like that, I wouldn’t expect
good free email service to exist. It’s seriously complicated to run a
properly-configured email server.
The last time I looked into it, there were something like 24 separate
RFCs an SMTP-only server had to implement, and much of that complexity
spills over into the administration side, such as DKIM setup. Then
you have everything outside of the protocol such as spam filtering,
blacklist/greylist/whitelist maintenance, TLS key updates, OS updates,
etc.
Expect to pay for what you use, either by throwing a whole lot of your
own time at it or paying someone to spend that time on your behalf.
Unless you’re doing this for educational or professional reasons,
where the time spent is paid back handsomely, it’s probably a better
trade to pay someone to handle it for you.
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Plus there's constantly dealing with spam lists.
I run my own, using postfix + dovecot + roundcube, but because I can't
afford my own subnet - I end up constantly on spam blacklists when
someone else on my subnet sends spam.
The blacklists don't care that I've had these IP addresses for years,
never spam, etc. - they just see someone on the subnet spam and they
blacklist the entire subnet and you have to fill out their form to get
removed, often to just be added again in a week.
It's a real pain the arse.
FWIW, I used to run my mail server at home, on my own private IP
(through my ISP). When I moved, in May, I had to switch providers and
they didn't offer static IP for home users, so I've moved my DNS and
mail server to the cloud.
Between the two of them, they cost me about $50/month...not cheap, but
my IP isn't automatically on blacklists and I control everything,
including inbound spam protection.
--
Mike Burger
http://www.bubbanfriends.org
"It's always suicide-mission this, save-the-planet that. No one ever
just stops by to say 'hi' anymore." --Colonel Jack O'Neill, SG1
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