Re: [ietf-smtp] own mail server: DNS / static IP / no bad reputation?

[Ned Freed <[e-mail]>]

> In article <[e-mail]> you write:
> >Keith may have expressed himself badly, but like it or not, he has a point.
> >Operating a mail system is increasingly difficult, and a lot of that difficulty
> >is associated with limits and restrictions imposed by large providers in a
> >fairly arbitrary way.

> It's not just large providers. Spam filtering is a statistical process
> and history tells us that if a network is leaking spam and doesn't
> have a history of sending legit mail, if you block the whole range you
> will likely block a lot of spam and not a lot of legit mail. It is
> possible that by exerting arbitrarily more effort recipient systems
> can make the filtering somewhat more accurate, but nowhere is it
> written that it is my job to spend my money because [generic] you
> picked an unfortuante mail setup.

Please reread my message, this time noting the examples I gave. This goes well
past happenstance spam sewer adjacency and into legit senders not following
rules somebody just made up or changed.

> I agree this makes it hard to set up a small mail server and I wish I
> had better options to suggest. Neither "Don't filter" or "Filter
> perfectly" are on the table.

Is "filter responsibly" also off the table?

				Ned