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I've decided to set up a mail server for me and my family, just because I can. I've never paid much attention to the subject, and the results of DuckDuckGo searches seem to be about a decade old. Ii would welcome pointers/links to reliable, straightforward, and recent soources of information and how-to about installing and configuring mail servers, and a plus if it's on Debian. But I doubt the distro makes a huge difference. I have no specific questions yet, just looking for material to learn from.
If you're setting this up on a residential ISP you may have problems delivering e-mail to some providers. Many now block ISPs ranges for residential connections or may only accept from "known" mail servers with appropriate reverse lookups. However, that shouldn't stop you setting up a server and using your ISPs mail server as an outbound relay.
Searching for Postfix/Dovcot may give you better tutorials.
I've seen some, just wondering if there is anything better I may be missing. Yes, it will be a residential connection. I considered having it hosted, but that's expensive for little return, and learning is the main point anyway. Since I have a registered domain, I should be able to send mail, but that remains to be seen.
Since I have a registered domain, I should be able to send mail, but that remains to be seen.
Most filtering, RBLs, etc. are done by the originating IP address. If you go to https://mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx and put in your public IP address you can check it. For example, my home public IP address shows up there in the Spamhaus ZEN blacklist.
Edit: Don't take any of this as being negative or to put you off learning about mail servers etc. It's just a caution if you find trying to send outbound mail to certain providers etc. doesn't work as expected.
I appreciate the information. It's all part of the learning process. Any day I learn something is a good day, and I try to make every day a good day. Aging does not need to slow one's learning.
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