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| Posted by hzzg6y, 07-19-2010, 05:49 AM |
| I need advice with pros & cons. I need advice on whether to go for SMTP mail server or install my own mail server. I heard that managing own mail server is going to be trouble always. I am currently in shared hosting however I am plannning to move to cloud server so that I can send 5000 mails daily from 3 sites. I am fine to buy a realiable SMTP mail server either to Rackspace or Godaddy but I am not able to decide whether SMTP ( means via Rackspace or Godaddy or 3rd party ) is better or to have my own mail server on cloud is better. Basically I am looking for reliability & mail should reach.
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| Posted by madaboutlinux, 07-19-2010, 07:03 AM |
| Mail servers are free, you don't need to purchase them. You can install/configure Sendmail, Qmail, PostFix of your own and send as many emails you would like OR as per your hosting companies policy. The thing is that if you are not aware of installing installing/configuring mail servers, this is where you should opt for a control panel like cPanel OR Plesk.
If you are looking to use the new server for sending emails, I would go for Plesk as it offers both the mail servers Qmail and Postfix and you can install whichever you wish to. You will just have to create mailing lists and send emails.
BTW, make sure you send legit emails
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| Posted by hzzg6y, 07-19-2010, 08:12 AM |
| I need to understand which is best & secure option with respect to maintenance & reliability perspective. Have our own mail box or whether I should buy from Relay from Godaddy or other mail service provider
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| Posted by madaboutlinux, 07-19-2010, 08:29 AM |
| Qmail OR Postfix is better and have your own mail server so you can configure it as per your wish.
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| Posted by tweakservers, 07-19-2010, 10:47 AM |
| IMHO, getting your own mail server will allow you to better fine tune and configure the way it should run as madaboutlinux are saying. If some of the emails are not get deliver, you can check the status of the mail delivery via the mail server log - which you can't do this if you are getting from 3rd party. Of course, you need to secure your mail server up to avoid any open relay.
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| Posted by Motiv, 07-19-2010, 11:19 AM |
| I would go with a dedicated SMTP server at either of the providers you mentioned. If the function is just to send mail, then don't install a full blown mail server, just utilize SMTP services.
What providers have you considered for Cloud services?
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| Posted by quad3datwork, 07-19-2010, 11:28 AM |
| If you are just "sending" e-mails there is no issues simply install the mail server of your preference via the distro package manager; set and go. Assuming whatever apps you are using can talk to "localhost" mail to send.
If you need to create accounts and actually store mail, then yes, depends on what you need the setup may be a little headache initially. Once setup, it's pretty much done. Other than update the distro packages once a in a while, you shouldn't be touching the mail server config at all.
IMHO, the two most troublesome services to setup initially and possibly maintain is "mail server" and "DNS".
qmail, Postfix, Exim are rock-solid stable. I was a long time qmail user and converted to Postfix about 3 years ago. Never looked back.
The amount of emails you talking about... those shared hosts may not let you use them as relay to send out that much.
So basically comes down to this have your own mail server compared to using other host as relay...
PRO: Host your own email accounts/store, configure however you want with whatever options, no restrictions outgoing.
CON: Initial setup headaches (fine tune options), possible maintenance changes between version revisions (requires RTFM), when something breaks you are on your own (I find this RARELY happens).
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