Subj : Re: encrypted email providers
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : acn
Date : Sun Jun 06 2021 10:59 am

Am 03.06.21 schrieb poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 in FSX_CRY:

Hallo poindexter,

ac>> While you are absolutely right in the first place, if you want this
ac>> machine to be in your house and you're using a regular internet
ac>> connection, you won't be able to send out many mails as most mail
ac>> servers won't accept mails coming from "home user" IP addresses because
ac>> of all the windows users with malware on their system.

pF> I wonder if setting DKIM and SPF on a home IP would mitigate that or if
pF> they just block home IP networks.

At least my server just blocks those networks because of the Spamhaus ZEN  
blacklist (https://www.spamhaus.org/zen/) which is a meta-blacklist that  
includes their PBL blacklist (https://www.spamhaus.org/pbl/).
"The Spamhaus PBL is a DNSBL database of end-user IP address ranges which  
should not be delivering unauthenticated SMTP email to any Internet mail  
server except those provided for specifically by an ISP for that  
customer's use."

And afaik the ZEN blacklist is in widespread use.

pF> I used a paid mail redirection service for several years with my BBS - you
pF> configure them as primary MX for your domain and they transfer mail to you
pF> over an alternate port. It worked well and was $30/year - plus they
pF> provided DNS services.

That's a fine alternative :)

pF> Those cheap specials on lowendbox.com would work fine for mail services or
pF> anything else not interactive; I had one with 40 gb of disk, 512 MB of RAM
pF> and one core for 9$USD/year. I shouldn't have let it lapse at that price.

I'm using a VPS from netcup.de and there you can get eg. a VPS with 2  
vCores, 8GB RAM, 160GB SSD and 80TB of traffic for 6 EUR/month.
(wow, I just saw the new offers there, really nice now :))
And the machines don't feel "low-end". I'm just using them for my personal  
website, mail server etc., so there is not that much traffic going on :)

Regards,
Anna

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