teeray 5 days ago

> or an email server on a VPS, or an email server on a residential IP

So what options are left for a self-hoster. Colo?

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toast0 5 days ago

Find a host that cares about their reputation. It can be hard to know who responds to abuse reports, but if they mention it in their TOS that's a positive. Also, many hosts block outbound port 25 by default now; that's a positive sign as well.

The more effort you have to put in to use them to send mail, the more likely spammers don't use them, and the more likely their ip space has a positive or at least non-negative reputation for sending mail.

thesuitonym 5 days ago

Get a business-grade connection from your ISP. Make sure they give you a static IP from their business side, and check its reputation before you set up email. If it has a bad reputation, make the ISP give you a different one.