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@AdrianTheFrog blocking 25 port is a standard policy.
Buy static IP (subnet actually) or ask support to remove all firewall rules (I had to speak with many of the support personnel until found someone who knows how to do).
Ended up with using a separate VPS for mail server as my att ip was in blacklisted)
Yeah, residential ISPs do that because if they don't, spammers will just turn every botnet member into a spam host. You'll probably have to get a business connection or change ISPs.
Or just don't self-host email. I wouldn't recommend it unless you're a masochist.
@SheeEttin @AdrianTheFrog +1 Email for me is basically irrelevant. MFA resets, adverts from companies I forgot to unsubscribe from and a couple of bills. No personal correspondence or anything I would think is worth self-hosting it for these days. Other than many headaches.
Port reflector or smtp relay. But the cost approaches the cost of hosted mails service.
If i had to do this myself i would look at a vps or a business-class ISP.
even if you get port 25 unblocked your IP won't pass the sniff test. you must have a PTR record on the IP pointing to your domain for the large email hosts to accept mail from you. i use amazon SES to handle outbound because of this hurdle. it sucks
That doesn't seem that difficult?
https://www.falconitservices.com/att-comcast-and-reverse-dns-ptr-request/
for my own sanity i will assume the audience of that page you linked is business customers given one of their examples is a .gov. im just residential. getting a static ip out here felt monumental in itself
It had an email for uverse at the bottom which I am pretty sure is residential? Idk
it was apparently impossible for my isp. i have a very good deal on a static ip so reluctant to rock the boat
I did this about four years ago. You have to be really specific, because to them, it doesn’t look blocked (it’s not a total block, just outbound traffic, which I guess is a different system). Took a few hours on the phone with them, but we got it working.
Look for an SMTP relay
I run an SMTP relay.... very few takers, most just pay for managed email hosting. I run an smtp relay so multiple wordpress sites and services I self host can send mail. My lemmy instance is one
Some of us are just built different, I guess Thanks for doing the Lord's work