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Simon Waters wrote:
Dynamic IP - forget it you'll never be able to manage deliver-ability issues.
This is why I said assuming I can get a static IP. We want one anyway for remote access. Does anyone know if Virgin Cable will give static IPs? They're currently on ADSL, but if they can get cable I think they should move (see my other thread for why I hate ADSL).
With a static IP it is perfectly reasonable for only 2000 people assuming the emails aren't huge.
That's good to know.
Just use a mailing list manager like Mailman. Probably seems overkill, but you get thing like bounce removal done right, and when they want a discussion based mail list it'll be easy to add.
I would definitely be using mailman or similar (originally it would have been majordomo, but then I discovered that mailman is a much more modern alternative).
You will have this IP address listed as a spammer by someone sometime. But if you are sending genuine solicited email with a proper unsubscribe, and support proper contact addresses, no one who matters will block you (except hotmail and there is no one at the helm there).
I periodically check my own domain against blacklists, and it got listed to start with, but after I removed it it was ok. I'm not sending mailing lists though.
I'd be tempted to stick it on a virtual server somewhere, just to get it away from "casual volunteer" IT staff. Do they have a website you could host on same box to keep costs down?
Posssibly. They have a local server for file storage which I would like to keep due to the ability to do automated backups easily. It will probably just have Ubuntu and turn into an extra desktop machine, however.
The website hosting is a very old package and needs changing anyway, so a VPS could be a good option. However, wouldn't a VPS provider be another potential block on sending the mailing list? Or are they likely to be better than a residential connection? Can anyone recommend a good VPS provider that I could use for this? While I'm at it, I'm also looking for a cheap one for personal use.
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