Reliably? I been running it for 3 years already without single incident that those damn e-mails I'd sent reached their destinations at all.
> At 04:43 PM 2/7/2008 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>You can absolutely run a mail server at home. This is not rocket science >>and in fact, it >>is dumb easy to do. Try to follow these steps: >> >>1. Get a domain name and look for registrars that can host it for you. For >>example, >>check this kind of services at www.no-ip.com. >> >>2. Configure your ADSL router to re-direct SMTP and POP3 traffic to that >>server of yours >>running sendmail, spamd, mimedefang, clamd, spam-assassin, etc. You can >>even incorporate >>services like IMAP3 for you to be able to log-in into your mail server >>anywhere. > > Please stop spreading misinformation. Unless you have reverse DNS setup, > ANY email server that adhering to standards should (and probably will) > block your incoming email. > > If you want to run your own, that's great, but don't expect to use it > reliably without either setting up the reverse DNS or forwarding through > your ISPs email server(s). If you don't do that, you won't know be able to > have any assurance that your email will be received properly. > > Lee
