On Fri, 15 May 2009 16:15:44 +0100 "Hill Ruyter" <hill@???> Wrote:
>>snip snip<<
> I run my own email server at home on an Ubuntu box
> I have done many things to adhere to commonly accepted standards I have
> a static IP
> My ISP has set my PTR for me
This is all that is necessary to be a legit mail server. What most
people do however, is setup their "personal" email server at home and
do not do any of the above; then complain about others not trusting them
If your ISP is co-operating with you on DNS PTR records then you must not
be violating the service agreement. Most ISP's however do not allow
"home" users to run any server of any kind without violating the service
agreement.
Also, a BIG note here is that you have a static IP address, not a
dynamic IP address.
> I just set up SPF records following advice here.
> I have taken care not to have my server as an open relay
> I have secured my box
> But I do not have the ability, time or, the desire to pay for;
> (specialist requirements) which will come with; (specialist prices)
You don't need to, you already are with your ISP.
>
> Does this mean I am not respectable?
> Why should I penalised?
I don't think you are penalised. However, if someone won't accept your
email, that is their choice.
> Is this geek elitism and techno snobbery?
Not at all. This is just a request that people who run servers follow
the RFC guidelines ;)
As a last note, I stated LONG* ago that we could clean up most problems
just by having the big 3 or 4 mail services (Google, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.)
only accept connections and messages from servers who match the SMTP HELO,
DNS A, and DNS PTR data (or valid IP Literal in SMTP HELO), as well as
enforce
actual message standards, at the very least, for the message headers, such
as forcing the DATE and "SENT FROM" headers that all messages are required
to
have. That would force all of the knuckle heads who refuse to do this on
their own to comply, and allow the rest of us to reject at those who do not
comply and not have to hear about "well my mail works every where else...
Cheers!
* Posts on such things...
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/exim/users/25212?#25212
and from a rather long/heated discussion from the past :P
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/exim/users/28052?#28052
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