[lug] Email Services

[Zan Lynx]

On 10/22/20 2:18 PM, Mike Witt wrote:
> Interesting. It was only a bit more than 10 years ago that I gave up 
> running my own mail server. It seemed like more and more nobody would 
> accept mail from me. Of course that was a different world email-wise. 
> I'm not sure if this is an option or not. I mean now-a-days I don't even 
> have a truly static IP address and (as far as I can tell) there's no way 
> I can get one from Comcast. In fact my current Comcast address happens 
> to be on a couple of block lists. No idea why, and it doesn't matter at 
> the moment.

I seem to do OK with my mail server. It is *NOT* on a consumer IP block 
and I have SPF set up as well as once proved to Google that I control 
the domain with some kind of Google domain administrator control thing.

Oh, and a valid LetsEncrypt certificate running on the mail server for 
TLS which both Google and Hotmail/Outlook seem to like.

I haven't set up DKIM yet and not having it doesn't seem to matter.

As for IP addresses your best bet for a static IP is probably a cloud 
service and run a proxy back to your mail server. You CAN get a static 
IP from Comcast but you'll need a business class service connection. It 
will cost you double. And the static IP is currently $25/month and will 
probably increase on next contract renewal. When I started with it back 
in 2010 or so it was $5/mo.

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