>>>>> "Gary" == Gary <li...@lazygranch.com> writes:
Gary> Number 4 is immensely useful. When I had a hosted service, I got hacked from someone in Morocco via a Round Cube exploit that wasn't patched. (My PayPal account subsequently hacked, though I had the account suspended.) Gary> I saw two problems. One, I only use mail clients. Browsers leak. Two, I don't even have a passport, so sending mail from foreign countries isn't something I need. My hosting provider was having none of my ideas of restricting access, so I got a cloud account and did my own hosting. Gary> I use the firewall to block all email ports except 25 from foreign countries. In addition, I block datacenters except my own IPs. Ip2location can provide a country by county list of the IP space for free. Gary> As a Digital Ocean customer, I know I'm am hanging out with a Gary> small but active number of lowlifes. That is the nature of a Gary> business model where you pay for a server and you can do Gary> whatever you want until you get caught. Unfortunately, some big ISPs have now blocked all Digital Ocean IP Blocks, and wont' accept email, even though my domain is locked down, doesn't spam, etc. They took the big hammer approach. Which sucks for me. So the question becomes how do I setup a reasonably cost effective personal email domain without it getting banned?
