Re: why needs to be a direct SMTP-server?
At 03:11 PM 7/28/2006 +0200, sturla@hitconsult.no wrote:
>When I put up my first mail-server some years ago I had problems sending
>mail to servers using sorbs or other blacklists blocking non-static ip's,
>but only until I found out I could use my isp's SMTP as a smart-host, this
>seemed to solve that problem, or is it something I'm missing?
>Is there any reason why your server needs to be a direct SMTP-server?
What a refreshing post. :) Ur totally right. Forwarding to ur ISP is the
"right" way to do it. It has several advantages. Reduces configuration and
maintenance on ur end. Offloads server work, less DNS, disk, and CPU time.
It can actually improve mail performance because u can take advantage of ur
upstream's cacheing, redundancy, and aggregation. One reason u would
actually want to deliver ur own mail is if u were doing something special,
like private or secure mail services. TLS, SMTP login, etc. Something ur
upstream couldn't do. Or if u don't trust them, they're broken, etc.
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