Running my own email server

?I want to run my own email server

I use Vodafone at home for my ISP and installed and set up the Axigen Email
Server
I have a DynDNS pro account and set up my MX record as per their help file.

Emails TO my server get through 100% of the time with no delay.

Emails FROM my server either never get through with no error message, get
through and but get marked as junk, get rejected with an error message
saying Barracuda has blocked it or occasionally get through Ok.

Is this just a fact of life trying to run an email server from a Dynamic IP
or is their something I can do?

On 2010-11-21 10:27:05 +0000, R.Giskard Reventlov said:

> ?I want to run my own email server
>
> I use Vodafone at home for my ISP and installed and set up the Axigen
> Email Server
> I have a DynDNS pro account and set up my MX record as per their help file.
>
> Emails TO my server get through 100% of the time with no delay.
>
> Emails FROM my server either never get through with no error message,
> get through and but get marked as junk, get rejected with an error
> message saying Barracuda has blocked it or occasionally get through Ok.
>
> Is this just a fact of life trying to run an email server from a
> Dynamic IP or is their something I can do?

Many blacklists tend to block en-mass dynamic IPs from ISPs as these
tend to be windows boxes with a small mail server sitting on them
sending out mail to anyone and everyone, much like the virus in a
virtual machine I have does when it gets internet access. Some ISPs
even block port 25 outbound connections from their lines, you get
around this with SMTP to the likes of Gmail or Yahoo by using the
alternative SMTP ports.

As Andy said the best option for you is to talk to your ISP about
getting a static IP, I'm not sure if Vodafone can provide that, I've
forgotten who they are reselling. Failing that try looking at a
business ISP or ISP that provides static IPs. Even then you have the
trouble of getting the reverse DNS setup to be the same as the host
within your domain e.g. mail.mydomain.co.uk rather than
adsl81-23-12-67.dsl.vodafone.co.uk. That is another sign of spam as
your mail server presents itself as the former and the server you
connect to sees it as the latter.

Running your own mail server also comes with risks, if you get a spam
bomb your connection is essentially taken out until it finishes.

"R.Giskard Reventlov" <*nospam*@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:icas6e$gds$(E-Mail Removed)...
> ?I want to run my own email server
>
> I use Vodafone at home for my ISP and installed and set up the Axigen
> Email Server
> I have a DynDNS pro account and set up my MX record as per their help
> file.
>
> Emails TO my server get through 100% of the time with no delay.
>
> Emails FROM my server either never get through with no error message, get
> through and but get marked as junk, get rejected with an error message
> saying Barracuda has blocked it or occasionally get through Ok.
>
> Is this just a fact of life trying to run an email server from a Dynamic
> IP or is their something I can do?

The following items are probably mandatory:

1) Static IP

2) Properly set up reverse DNS

3) Properly set up SPF record

--
Graham J

On 21/11/10 10:27, R.Giskard Reventlov wrote:
> ?I want to run my own email server
>
> I use Vodafone at home for my ISP and installed and set up the Axigen
> Email Server
> I have a DynDNS pro account and set up my MX record as per their help file.
>
> Emails TO my server get through 100% of the time with no delay.
>
> Emails FROM my server either never get through with no error message,
> get through and but get marked as junk, get rejected with an error
> message saying Barracuda has blocked it or occasionally get through Ok.
>
> Is this just a fact of life trying to run an email server from a Dynamic
> IP or is their something I can do?

Best is to tell your email server to route everything through your ISP's
(i.e. vodaphone's) outgoing smtp service.

Dynamically allocated ip ranges are blocked as a spam prevention by a
lot of places. Dropping such messages on the floor is not unusual.

Rgds

Denis McMahon

On 21/11/10 12:35, Graham J wrote:

> The following items are probably mandatory:
>
> 1) Static IP
>
> 2) Properly set up reverse DNS
>
> 3) Properly set up SPF record

Even with all of these in place, you'll probably find some mail systems
(e.g. Yahoo) treat all your emails as spam.

I've filled in Yahoo's forms several times to ask them to not blacklist
my static IP, but their email system still puts the dreaded
"X-YahooFilteredBulk: 93.97.192.xxx"
header in to my emails - indicating the address is blacklisted.

On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 14:46:03 +0000, Andrew Benham wrote:

> On 21/11/10 12:35, Graham J wrote:
>
>> The following items are probably mandatory:
>>
>> 1) Static IP
>>
>> 2) Properly set up reverse DNS
>>
>> 3) Properly set up SPF record
>
> Even with all of these in place, you'll probably find some mail systems
> (e.g. Yahoo) treat all your emails as spam.
>
> I've filled in Yahoo's forms several times to ask them to not blacklist
> my static IP, but their email system still puts the dreaded
> "X-YahooFilteredBulk: 93.97.192.xxx"
> header in to my emails - indicating the address is blacklisted.

The IP (even if static) needs to be in a block marked as 'business'
rather than 'residential' (or some such).

That works OK for me, running my own mail server here.



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R.Giskard Reventlov wrote:
> ?I want to run my own email server
>
> I use Vodafone at home for my ISP and installed and set up the Axigen
> Email Server
> I have a DynDNS pro account and set up my MX record as per their help file.
>
> Emails TO my server get through 100% of the time with no delay.
>
> Emails FROM my server either never get through with no error message,
> get through and but get marked as junk, get rejected with an error
> message saying Barracuda has blocked it or occasionally get through Ok.
>
> Is this just a fact of life trying to run an email server from a Dynamic
> IP or is their something I can do?


Its a fact of life if you are sending direct from a dynamic address..

It's best to send via your ISP'S relay to avoid this.

"Andrew Benham" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 21/11/10 12:35, Graham J wrote:
>
>> The following items are probably mandatory:
>>
>> 1) Static IP
>>
>> 2) Properly set up reverse DNS
>>
>> 3) Properly set up SPF record
>
> Even with all of these in place, you'll probably find some mail systems
> (e.g. Yahoo) treat all your emails as spam.
>
> I've filled in Yahoo's forms several times to ask them to not blacklist
> my static IP, but their email system still puts the dreaded
> "X-YahooFilteredBulk: 93.97.192.xxx"
> header in to my emails - indicating the address is blacklisted.

Anybody with a yahoo email address is probably not a serious business
contact anyway ...

--
Graham J

On 21/11/10 16:14, Graham J wrote:

> Anybody with a yahoo email address is probably not a serious business
> contact anyway ...

Perhaps not, but btinternet.com and btopenworld.com email addresses are
handled by Yahoo's servers - and there are plenty of small traders using
such addresses.

On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 17:26:43 +0000, Andrew Benham wrote:

> On 21/11/10 16:14, Graham J wrote:
>
>> Anybody with a yahoo email address is probably not a serious business
>> contact anyway ...
>
> Perhaps not, but btinternet.com and btopenworld.com email addresses are
> handled by Yahoo's servers - and there are plenty of small traders using
> such addresses.

As I said, it's dependent on whether the IP block for the server is
classed as 'residential'. Mine isn't, and I have no problem emailing BT
addresses, or Yahoo ones. I do have suitable SPF records.



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