You correctly focus on one of the core issues: deliverability. Which is a moving target and requires time and effort to address - no one should be running their own mailserver anymore. (I've done it professionally - and I wouldn't recommend that either -- too much pain.)
https://sendgrid.com/free/ <https://sendgrid.com/free/> - let someone else worry about these commoditized details -- same as we don't solder our own motherboards anymore. > On Apr 29, 2020, at 4:34 PM, Ron Lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > Tell me if posting question like this is out of bounds. I’m still relatively > new to Linux—but I’m managing my own servers. I’m running Debian 9 and > working in PHP. The application I’m working on needs to be able to send > emails. PHP requires an MTA to be installed for its mail() function to work. > I’ve installed SendMail, but I’m getting lost in what documentation I have > found for configuration. > > I’m wondering what people are using for an MTA and how you are solving the > problem of mail servers junking your emails (because they don’t trust the > source). My thought here is to use one of my email providers (Comcast, > GoDaddy, or Gmail) for the SMTP service. But that means configuring the MTA > to do that. > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > > Ron Lawrence > Publishers' Assistant > > <image001.jpg> > > http://pubassist.com <http://pubassist.com/> > ph: 800-310-8716 >
