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.
Exactly my fear and that is why I am on the hunt for a reputable IP/ASN space. > 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/ That is a comprehensive list and I intend to implement at least MTA-STS/TLSRPT and consider SPF/DKIM/DMARC as standard stuff. > 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. > > https://www.mailop.org/ Now this is the list that I want to be on. But, I am getting SSL errors trying to connect to https://chilli.nosignal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mailop > https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting Added for consideration. Kind regards, Didar -- "Virtual" means never knowing where your next byte is coming from.
