OZOPremium
join:2003-01-17
kudos:2 | reply to remmian
Re: smtp.gmail server CHANGES From & Reply headers! said by remmian :
Now I have to download the Mercury Mail Server by David Harris and spend I-don't-know-how-many days figuring out how to run my own da*m mail server.
That will give you a great experience in how mail system works. Running your own mail server (if you can do it 24/7) will give you easy and reliable way to fight any spam problem for your domains. I'm talking form my recent experience running my own mail server. I'm pleasantly surprised and even excited to see the right way to deal with it. Spam is rejected BEFORE it could be accepted by SMTP server. Spamers get error replies by server that they're not welcome to send anything to your domain before they even try to send something. After wasting their pressures time (they're always in a rush, if you watch the process) they give up and move on to the next SMTP server that accepts their trash...
I suppose that for your domains you use a mail forwarding service. Read this my post about how it may facilitate spaming of your domain accounts.
Finally, I may recommend hMailServer as your next SMTP server. It's free, simple and it works very well.
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Keep it simple, it'll become complex by itself... |
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| It sounds like everything is okay then. That is, if I understood you, DSLX_gm, the old servers *are* using authorization ... so we should be able to send mail from any network, right?
I'd like to add my 2 cents to OZO's request that customers be notified in advance of DSLX deciding (if they should) to take down the smtp.dslextreme.com server. |
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PS To OZO: Thanks for that info. I have been tempted to run my own mail server at different times over the years, but now is not a particularly good time (at least not until after the election). I *do* prefer it be a choice and option, and not a necessity! 
I will check out the one you suggested for future use. I used Pegasus Mail (by David Harris) from circa 1993 until 6 months ago when I switched to Thunderbird, and David also wrote Mercury, so that's why I was going to give that one a try. (Also free.) But you've made hMailServer sound good. Thanks again. |
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OZOPremium
join:2003-01-17
kudos:2 | You're welcome!
And return back if you'll have any questions how to use it. |
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| Thanks OZO.
A quick note here.... don't mean to throw a fly in the ointment, but when I conf'g my client with the smtp.dslextreme.com server, it worked without authentication. Which brought the caveat to mind. Unless it only asks for authentication on non-local requests? For some reason I assumed it would be one way or the other... that it would ask for authentication regardless, and serve both local and outside calls, or that it would never ask for authentication, and only serve local requests. IAC I added my username/passwd for good measure, hoping it will work when I'm not local. |
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 dslx_gmPremium,VIP
join:2002-12-26
Winnetka, CA
kudos:15 | You are correct. If you are local on our network authentication isn't required. If you are not on our network authentication is required. |
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1 edit | Says DSLX_GM:
You are correct. If you are local on our network authentication isn't required. If you are not on our network authentication is required.
From within the network, I get:
2008-10-18 07:57:02 SMTP fail (HELO error! SMTP server: 66.51.205.17)
Manually it works. Automated from the router fails (above example)
Is it my router mail attempt at fault? |
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