Alternatives for outbound email service

[John Abreau]

I tunnel my mail through a co-located mail server where I have an ssh login.

My preferred method is to set up a passwordless ssh key, lock down its
public key
to only allow smtp forwarding,

    command="nc localhost
25",no-X11-forwarding,no-agent-forwarding,no-port-forwarding ...

and then use xinetd as its front end to pass the email message to the
BLU mail server.



On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Rich Braun <richb-RBmg6HWzfGThzJAekONQAQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> For several years (since Comcast started blocking port 25), I've been using a
> particular company's SMTP relay service for my personal mail.
>
> Lately I'd say 30% of my outbound messages are getting trapped by spam
> filters, for reasons that I can only guess.  One possibility is that my
> outbound messages contain several Received headers, at least one of which
> identifies my dynamic Comcast IP.
>
> I still want to run my own Postfix or exim server but I think I need to
> redesign this so I better control over the reputation of my outbound service.
>
> Are any of y'all still running your own mail server?  Is there any inexpensive
> way to accomplish this, as an alternative to the now-failing DynDNS MailHop
> Outbound?  Or do I throw in the towel and set up a Gmail account?
>
> -rich
>
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