On Sun, Sep 09, 2018 at 08:49:26AM +0000, Tim Jones wrote: > Ken, > > Putting all the OpenBSD evangelists to one side, there are two things to say. > > First, like me, you might use OpenBSD for many things. And like me, you might > come to the conclusion that using OpenBSD for mail is not one of those > things.Personally I prefer to use a decent Linux stack for my mail, but I > know saying that is probably amounts to heresy round here, so I all I will > say is "do your homework, test various options, see what works for you". > I am completely on the page of using the right tool for the job. No argument there.
> But the second (far more important) point I want to make is please *THINK > TWICE* if "running your own mail server" is something you are planning to do > on your home internet connection. > > Why ? > > Well, you have all the spammers of this world to thank for the xSP community > taking "more rigorous" approaches to spam filtering. > > I can tell you now that running a mailserver on your home internet connection > is only likely to lead to many head-scratching "why is Joe not receiving my > emails ?" moments. > > If you are going to run your own personal mailserver, then either: (a) Rent a > box somewhere else;or > (b) Do it at home, but on a business internet connection where you can jump > through all the anti-spam hoops without problems (static IP, reverse DNS etc. > etc. etc. .... all of which will be difficult or impossible to convince your > ISP to implement on your typical dollar a month residential connection). > I would never run something like this from my house. So no worries there. On a VPS or something at minimum off site. Ken
