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    From 10mm@VERT/LLOADED to All on Thu Aug 7 19:09:18 2025
    I have a FIOS business line with 5 statics and my bbs is on one. Since it is business I get all the ports opened. I need email for my domain,and I am wondering if it is going to be a pain in the butt to manage or if I should just stick to a google workspace or another off site place to host my email.

    Thanks
    Chris

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to 10mm on Fri Aug 8 11:09:24 2025
    Re: Smtp / Email server
    By: 10mm to All on Thu Aug 07 2025 07:09 pm

    I have a FIOS business line with 5 statics and my bbs is on one. Since it is business I get all the ports opened. I need email for my domain,and I am wondering if it is going to be a pain in the butt to manage or if I should just stick to a google workspace or another off site place to host my email.

    The Synchronet mail server easier to setup/manage if you have all ports open and can just run all inbound and outbound mail services for your (BBS) domain yourself.
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to 10mm on Sat Aug 9 11:04:51 2025
    10mm wrote to All <=-

    I have a FIOS business line with 5 statics and my bbs is on one. Since
    it is business I get all the ports opened. I need email for my
    domain,and I am wondering if it is going to be a pain in the butt to manage or if I should just stick to a google workspace or another off
    site place to host my email.

    It's not a pain, but does require some setup. You want to make sure you
    don't allow SMTP relay from outside of your network. If you do, you need
    some kind of SMTP auth so people can't route email through your server.

    There's email security now that if not set up, will result in many mail
    hosts routing your mail to SPAM. you'll want to read up on SPF, DKIM and
    DMARC.

    I use a tool called mxtoolbox.com to help set up the DNS records you'll
    need for the security settings.

    You may want to set up secondary MX somewhere, so if your system is
    down, another system will accept mail for you and pass it on when you
    come back up.

    So, maybe Google Workspace is the easier choice. :)



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  • From Digital Man@VERT to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Aug 9 13:24:53 2025
    Re: Re: Smtp / Email server
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to 10mm on Sat Aug 09 2025 11:04 am

    There's email security now that if not set up, will result in many mail hosts routing your mail to SPAM. you'll want to read up on SPF, DKIM and DMARC.

    I find SPF alone to be "enough" (e.g. to send mail to gmail.com).
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  • From 10mm@VERT/LLOADED to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Aug 11 20:44:42 2025
    Re: Re: Smtp / Email server
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to 10mm on Sat Aug 09 2025 11:04 am

    I had google workspace... I might be bettr off doing a smtp relay. I have a block of 5 ips but will stick not to running a mail server.. thanks


    chris

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