Stuart Longland wrote: > Joris Bolsens wrote: > >> Mail server, > > I thought about this, but from what i understand, mail servers are > > notoriously difficult to secure properly. Not really. They are notoriously infamous when people don't secure them. But securing them is quite easy. If you install a Debian packaged one then they will be secure by default. Just don't break it after that point. :-) > The only issue you might hit is port 25/tcp being blocked by your ISP. > You may have to relay outbound email via their SMTP server. That really only happens on home dynamic address networks on home cable modems and that type of thing. In that case most do block outgoing port 25 as an anti-virus-spam mitigation. I think those should be the default. I always block outgoing port 25 on any business system I set up for the exactly the same reason. Even if they weren't blocked I don't know anyone of my peers that allow receiving email from an address in the dynamic IP ranges of home cable modems. The only mail from them is spam from virus infected PCs. Therefore even if they didn't block port 25 you would have problems running a mail server from your home network because no one else would receive email from you. In order to be a mail server you really, really, really need a static IP address with a clean reputation. Blocking outbound 25 doesn't affect users these days. Almost everyone except for us geeks are using a web browser for their email interface these days. A much smaller set use imap. (I hate using the web browser for email. I still use a real mail user client. I expect this to continue.) But if you rent a VM or collocated server from a hosting provider then you will be getting a static IP address. You will have a first class entrance to the network. You can then send mail without having port 25 blocked. A reputable hosting service will not support spammers and the reputation on your IP will be clean. Bob
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