I bet vodafone blocks all outgoing connection to 25 port except their own mail server (common ISP practice).
You hardly can setup mail server at home using broadband this days. Berend de Boer: >>>>>> "Super" == Super Steve <[email protected]> writes: > > Super> What's involved in running my own mail server? I'm a small > Super> time developer that works from home and I only have a humble > Super> Vodafone broadband connection. I assume that running my own > Super> mail server would obviously use my own data allowance, and > Super> may indeed be against my ISP's terms and conditions. > > Running a mail server is pretty simple: you just need a dedicated server > (virtual or real). Setting it up isn't very hard either if you have unix > skills, but of course at 25,000 volume you better make sure you do it > right. > > With that volume you also better make sure you have automatic > unsubscribe for bounces, most ISPs will brand you as a spammer if you > send to many emails to bad addresses. > > Running it from home will get your email branded with extra spam points, > some ISPs will even refuse your email, as your email is from a dynamic > IP address (probably) and from a home broadband connection. > > > So unless you have access to talent, you're probably better off paying > the money. 25.000 emails is a serious amount, and if you do it wrong, > hardly anyone of them will arrive I will bet you. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
