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Comment by wwweston

4 days ago

More elaboration on what’s involved in “correctly” would probably drive the point home — “this works because” vs “works for me.”

I made sure to include the word correctly in the reply. Mox mailserver tells you exactly what to do. I think mailcow does as well. A lot of people don't do it and then tell others that selfhosting email with good deliverability is impossible. You set it up once and you're good to go

  • It depends on whether your IP address has good reputation or not. Don't act like we're idiots, we know what SPF, DKIM and DMARC are. We've seen perfect e-mails (rated 100/100 by deliverability services) get rejected by Microsoft because reasons.

    You were lucky, congratulations.

    • > It depends on whether your IP address has good reputation or not

      Addressed in another comment "I wouldn't try it from a residential IP but as long as you run a blacklist check on the IP before you start".

      > Don't act like we're idiots, we know what SPF, DKIM and DMARC are.

      If you read one comment higher in the thread instead of reacting emotionally, I was specifically asked to elaborate on what the correct DNS meant. Please don't act like those who don't know are idiots.

      > We've seen perfect e-mails (rated 100/100 by deliverability services) get rejected by Microsoft because reasons.

      No, you haven't.

      > You were lucky, congratulations.

      What do you call consistent luck? In my case 14 years across 6 different sending domains, 4 different servers with four different hosts using two different MTAs?

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