25 May
2012
25 May
'12
4:37 p.m.
Hi,
I'm looking to configure my VPS to send email (e.g. welcoming new
users, informing them that someone has replied to their message, etc).
Does Bitfolk have an SMTP server that I could use for this? Or should
I use Google SMTP server?
--
Phil Hunt, <cabalamat(a)gmail.com>
25 May
25 May
5:57 p.m.
On 25/05/12 16:37, Philip Hunt wrote:
Does Bitfolk have an SMTP server that I could use for
this? Or should
I use Google SMTP server?
Is there some reason you don't want your VPS to act as a full
first-class internet mail system? I was under the impression that that
was what most customers did.
Ross
7:10 p.m.
On 25 May 2012 06:57, Ross Younger <ross(a)impropriety.org.uk> wrote:
On 25/05/12 16:37, Philip Hunt wrote:
Not really, other than it might be a hassle to set up.
Does Bitfolk have an SMTP server that I could use for this? Or should
I use Google SMTP server?
Is there some reason you don't want your VPS to act as a full first-class
internet mail system? I was under the impression that that was what most
customers did.
If that's the favoured way of doing it, then I'm happy to do it that
way, I suppose.
--
Phil Hunt, <cabalamat(a)gmail.com>
7:57 p.m.
It's easy enough to do this, if you install postfix then the
post-installation steps are trivial, but alternatively I'd suggest
looking at something like Sendgrid
http://sendgrid.com/pricing.html
Essentially they run an smtp gateway with a nice web interface over
the top for you to track things like failures, unsubscribe requests,
etc, and they try hard not to get your mail flagged as spam.
The offer a free service for up to 200 emails per day - scroll down
below the big highlighted sections on their pricing page and look for
the link with this text:
"We also offer a Free Plan with 200 Email Credits per day."
Ewan
On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 8:10 AM, Philip Hunt <cabalamat(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 25 May 2012 06:57, Ross Younger
<ross(a)impropriety.org.uk> wrote:
On 25/05/12 16:37, Philip Hunt wrote:
Not really, other than it might be a hassle to set up.
Does Bitfolk have an SMTP server that I could use for this? Or should
I use Google SMTP server?
Is there some reason you don't want your VPS to act as a full first-class
internet mail system? I was under the impression that that was what
most
customers did.
If that's the favoured way of doing it, then I'm happy to do it that
way, I suppose.
--
Phil Hunt, <cabalamat(a)gmail.com>
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On Fri, 25 May 2012 08:10:01 +0100
Philip Hunt <cabalamat(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 25 May 2012 06:57, Ross Younger
<ross(a)impropriety.org.uk> wrote:
I suspect I am in a minority as I route any email addressed to my
domain, hosted on bitfolk, to me via my ISP. I have always used the
smtp mail service provided by my ISP.
I know Andy, amongst others, doesn't recommend this because it means
changing email addresses on change of ISP but I cannot foresee me
moving away from Zen as I have been very happy with their service
since I moved to them several years ago.
I originally used the company that cabled Bournemouth before
being taken over by ntl/virgin. I shifted to Zen when I got fed up with
the service provided by virgin - moved from cable tv to freesat
at same time - and was happy that I had done so as we moved to an
un-cabled area shortly after.
I don't need the ability to get mail from anywhere other than home so
have never tried any web-mail service. I trust commercial companies
like google to stick to any privacy promises only as long as it suits
them.
--
John Lewis
Debian & the GeneWeb genealogical data server
On 25/05/12 16:37, Philip Hunt wrote:
Not really, other than it might be a hassle to set up.
Does Bitfolk have an SMTP server that I could use for this? Or
should I use Google SMTP server?
Is there some reason you don't want your VPS to act as a full
first-class internet mail system? I was under the impression that that was what
most
customers did.
If that's the favoured way of doing it, then I'm happy to do it that
way, I suppose.
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