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Re: [LUG] Unix servers and mailing lists

 

On 2006-09-08T18:12+0100 Simon Waters wrote:
> Running your own email server is hardwork, and it is even harder doing
> bulk runs when everything out there is paranoid that you might be
> sending unsolicited email. No really, AOL and Hotmail are quiet capable
> of blocking, and in hotmails case, silently deleting, email if it looks
> just a little too spam-like. One of the advantages of offloading to a
> big ISP is that they may have white listing arrangement with these big
> email providers.

I agree. It's senseless doing this sort of stuff yourself when many
hosting providers & ISPs offer this sort of service (announce lists)
very inexpensively.

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