On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 01:52:30PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 12:59:06PM +0530, Didar Hossain wrote: > > I have shortlisted Digital Ocean and Linode for my use because both of > > datacenters in India. Is anyone using either of them for MX service? > > You will be fine almost anywhere (as long as you find the service > reliable) for inbound email, but it's sending where you will have > issues. > > Most cheap VM providers are a spam sewer and you will experience > significant difficulties getting large email service providers like > gmail to consistently accept your email if you send from such a > network neighbourhood. I would include Linode, DigitalOcean, Hetzner > and OVH in the "spam sewer" classification. > > If you're determined to do it, at least make sure you abide by the > real world best practices for sending email: > > https://bridge.grumpy-troll.org/2020/07/small-mailserver-bcp/ > > I have to declare an interest because I operate a VM hosting > company, but I speak on this as a recipient of email and as a member > of the mailop mailing list where every month we see people > complaining they can't get mail out of a spam sewer and into gmail. > When it comes to Linode I wonder how much of what you have observed results from Linode as a service provider in general and how much from the individuals running the actual services. In my case, I have used Linode exclusively for more than 4 years for both inbound and outbound mail. Apart from one of the IPs I was initially assigned being on some blacklists (a situation which was easily corrected), I have not experienced any problems with major providers (GMail, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc.) rejecting or blocking my mail servers.
If Linode had systemic problems of the nature you describe I would have expected to have actually experienced difficulty with mail from my servers to those major providers. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez
