Thank you, that makes sense. 1st two email providers that come to mind are google and yahoo ... any other suggestions please.
T-mobile. America's First Nationwide 4G Network Tilghman Lesher <[email protected]> wrote: >There are good reasons to run your own mail server, but they are very >particular situations. For example, if you're running a law firm, you >might not want Uncle Sam to be able to subpoena your mail provider. >This is a reason for it to be in-house. And if you're going to do >this, you need to have AT LEAST one person dedicated to the task of >ensuring that server is protected at all times, and that person should >probably be a trained security professional. > >If you're doing anything less, you aren't truly concerned enough to >run your own mail server. > >On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Michael Chaney ><[email protected]> wrote: >> Of course outside servers can be blacklisted. That's why I recommend using >> a larger service like gmail or yahoo mail (both of which can be set up to >> send email from your own domain) for email service. There's really no >> reason to do otherwise. >> >> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 8:31 AM, John Eldredge <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Outside servers can be blacklisted as well. My personal domain shares its >>> mail server with other domains hosted by the same provider. I recently >>> needed to mail something to a person at Dell, and had my message bounce >>> because my shared mail server's IP address was blacklisted. I ended up >>> having to send the message from my Gmail account. >>> >>> -- >>> John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] >>> "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot >>> drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. >>> >>> On July 28, 2015 8:24:17 AM Michael Chaney <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> 1. You need to first get the server cleaned up, *then* try to get removed >>>> from blacklists. When they see you asking again next month they'll be far >>>> less likely to remove you. >>>> >>>> 2. Cleaning up the server requires determining how people got in - >>>> probably bad PHP or Perl scripts. Cleaning the server is meaningless until >>>> you close the door(s). >>>> >>>> Your question is vague, so there's little anyone can do to help. But you >>>> should probably consider whether running a dedicated server is the proper >>>> option (and to help you with that decision, here's a subtle hint: NO). You >>>> should never run your own mail server unless you're something like Google. >>>> >>>> I don't know what all happens on that server but it's likely that some >>>> outside companies provide those services and probably at a rate of no more >>>> than what's being paid for a dedicated server now. >>>> >>>> So, the "right direction" is moving to outside services and shutting that >>>> server down asap. >>>> >>>> Michael >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 6:17 PM, Michael L <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello NLUG, >>>>> My main client / customer / employer, www.GraceAndTruth.Net / Grace And >>>>> Truth Ministries currently cannot send emails because the server hosting >>>>> the >>>>> site has been blacklisted. >>>>> >>>>> I just found out that hostgator which hosts the leased dedicated server >>>>> does not routinely perform any scans since it is a dedicated server ..... >>>>> >>>>> Hostgator has initiated the request for removing the IP address from the >>>>> blacklists and now that we've requested a scan to be done to remove >>>>> malware, >>>>> they're supposedly tending to it. >>>>> >>>>> Could you knowledgeable admins please point me in the right direction of >>>>> keeping the website secure and functioning optimally? >>>>> >>>>> Ideally if I can have a list of steps to follow with estimated required >>>>> time to keep things running, then I can report back to management on >>>>> whether >>>>> it's possible for us to handle it in house or if we need to switch to some >>>>> managed server plan. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you kindly >>>>> MichaelL >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Michael Darrin Chaney, Sr. >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.michaelchaney.com/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "NLUG" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "NLUG" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Darrin Chaney, Sr. >> [email protected] >> http://www.michaelchaney.com/ >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > >-- >Tilghman > >-- >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"NLUG" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected] >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"NLUG" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >email to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. 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