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On 24/02/11 10:07, Gordon Henderson wrote:
On Thu, 24 Feb 2011, tom wrote:http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/can-you-run-your-own-soho-e-mail-server/720 does this happen here?Yes. But not for all ISPs. Usually only the cheap/rubbish ones - like BT, AOL, TalTalk, etc. The biggest issues you'll get is that a lot of spam-checkers now have complete lists of all home DSL IP addresses and weigh email coming directly from them quite heavilly.. Also, you might not have reverse DNS - something else that a lot of spam checkers don't like. So if you want to run an email server at home/office, do get a good quality ISP and make sure you get reverse DNS setup for it. Gordon
I found that when we were with AOL it blocked port 25. Not had any problems with Virgin until upgrading to their 50Mbit broadband last week.
However although I do have an e-mail server at home, my server collects my e-mails using POP3 from my web host (using fetchmail) and I then connect to the server using IMAPS and Secure SMTP. Sending mail also goes via my web host.
What I have found though this past week is that the new Virgin Super Hub is a real piece of junk unless if you want anything remotely technical. Sure it's fine for most home users but I found it to not work properly with port forwarding. Having just threatened to cancel Virgin have agreed to send me a new modem and router (which should hopefully resolve the issue, or at least allow me to connect a Linux box directly to the modem).
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