[GTALUG] home mail servers, was: static IPs are available with TekSavvy Fibre

[Nick Accad]

On Sat, Jun 8, 2024 at 19:22 Val Kulkov via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 8 Jun 2024 at 19:00, Ron via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>
>> On 2024-06-08 15:42, James Knott via talk wrote:
>>
>> > On 6/8/24 18:39, Val Kulkov via talk wrote:
>> >> TekSavvy doesn't block port 25, at least they don't on my static IP
>> >> addresses.
>> >
>> > Still, you want to use 465, which is SMTPS.
>>
>> What if some other smtpd tries to deliver on 25 though?
>>
>> 465 would be good for the MUA (i.e. Thunderbird), but it doesn't seem
>> reliable to depend on all possible other smtpds to connect that way.
>>
>
> I provide StartTLS on port 25, and my observation is that most MTAs these
> days prefer SMTP over StartTLS rather than sending email over insecure
> SMTP. I do allow insecure SMTP for fringe cases of some super old MTAs. And
> yes, I provide SMTPS on port 465 too.
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I believe there are two topics here, incoming and outgoing

Even if the ISP allows incoming on port 25, they are more likely to block
outgoing.

In that case relaying your outgoing email through a third party could be
the only option, I have been doing this for ages by using an account on
mxroute.com, and I am sure there are other email providers that can be used
as well.
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