Re: [qmailtoaster] mailserver on AWS

[Gary Bowling]

I looked into this at one point. But you can get a VPS at linode for $25/month capable of running a full qmailtoaster. Obviously not powerful enough for a million users, but I have over 1000 spread across 10 or so domains on it with no issues. With AWS, if you get a dedicated IP address you just spent $25/month. Then there are message fees, data fees, compute usage, metrics, etc. etc. All the fees are small, but added up I found it to be more expensive than just running a toaster on linode. There are possibly other vendors too, I'm not doing an advertisement for linode, that's just who I wound up using. Depending on the number of users and traffic, you might be able to get by with an even smaller VPS. I have one for DNS that is only $5/month, 1G ram, 1 CPU, 25G storage. Scale your machine up/down depending on your requirements. Gary On 3/2/2019 2:57 PM, Chris wrote: I've been researching moving my toaster from its current home into AWS, which is why I had those URLs bookmarked.  Haven't actually done it yet, so I don't know how AWS deals with complaints.  Sorry I can't be more helpful on that front. -Chris On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 8:53 AM Jeff Koch <jeffk...@intersessions.com> wrote: Hi Chris - I have heard that AWS is really unforgiving if any spam gets sent out of the mailserver. Have you had experience running a full mailserver on AWS?  Despite everything we do to control outgoing spam - including send throttling - our users get hacked and their email credentials get used by spammers. We are able to limit the damage to a minimal amount of spam but nevertheless we get some complaints. Jeff On 3/2/2019 2:27 PM, Chris wrote: AWS has a form where you can request the outbound smtp limitations be removed for a legitimate mail server.  Amazon Web Services - MAIL SERVER They also have a form for requesting reverse DNS on your elastic IP so your mail doesn't run afoul of DNS validation. Route 53 Reverse DNS On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 7:07 AM Eric Broch <ebr...@whitehorsetc.com> wrote: I'm not sure, maybe start smtp under different port. On 3/1/2019 4:16 PM, Jeff Koch wrote: > > I'd like to build a qmailtoaster mailserver on an AWS instance but as > you probably know AWS pretty much blocks outgoing traffic on port 25. > So I'm thinking that I can tunnel outgoing port 25 traffic to a server > on a less picky hosting service. Has anyone ever done something like > that or have any info on how to set up that kind of tunnel? or perhaps > accomplish the same thing another way/ > > Jeff > > > -- Eric Broch White Horse Technical Consulting (WHTC) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-unsubscr...@qmailtoaster.com For additional commands, e-mail: qmailtoaster-list-h...@qmailtoaster.com