Alternatives for outbound email service

[Edward Ned Harvey]

> From: discuss-bounces-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org [mailto:discuss-bounces-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org] On
> Behalf Of Matthew Gillen
> 
> Have you set up the SPF record for your domain to include the
> particular
> company's relay?  If the DNS isn't simple (ie this is mail from a
> domain, and it's coming from that domain), then a lot of sites will
> classify it as spam unless the SPF record says that it's okay that this
> email is coming from some other machine.

IMHO, you need to set up *every* thing right, or a lot of recipient domains
will reject your mail.  You need forward &  reverse dns entries that match.
You need a SPF record.  You need a valid signed TLS certificate.  You need
to react promptly if you somehow get added to a blacklist.