I need a better understanding of SBS Internet Email Smarthost, pop3 etc
- From: Roveer <roveer@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 13:30:29 -0700 (PDT)
I just configured my SBS box (not yet in production) to send/receive
email via pop3 accounts that I have hosted at my domain name
registrar. I decided to do this for a number of reasons. I'm going
to list the reasons and I'd like to see if there are better ways of
doing this.
1. I need name@xxxxxxxxxxxx not verizon.com etc.
2. ISP is Verizon FIOS that will not allow hosting on a residential
service
3. IP is Dynamic, Static is business class (see below)
4. I've "heard" there are blacklists for residential IP addr's that
would cause trouble with mail delivery
As a result I got a bunch of mailboxes from Network Solutions
(actually a web hosting package which had 500 mailboxes and a couple
of gigs of web space). I'll either move my website in the future or
just use the on-line space for backup either way on a 5 year
agreement it was very inexpensive (375 bucks total)
I set up SBS to send/receive mail through these pop3 accounts using
the required port 2525 so there's no blocking issues. I'm told by NS
that I can add SSL that would give even better security since I've
always been a bit peeved about most everything going clear text for
SMTP.
Now, I've posted a few times for help and I've been getting a lot of
replies that they don't know why I'm even trying to do this. This
brings me to believe I've done something terribly wrong, that's why
I'm posting for your comments.
My decision to do this was based on the following:
1. Verizon doesn't want most hosting exchange in their network.
Eventually they might boot me if they were to
look at the traffic
2. Who's going to let me "relay" through their SMTP, AND host my
domain name at their SMTP (this is where I
think I might have gone wrong. I keep hearing about using DYDNS
to forward. And if there is such a service, how reliable is it? My e-
mail is small business, but it's still important. Dont' want to find
that a company stopped a "free service" Don't think Network Solutions
is going anywhere.
3. If I went to Business class FIOS it would cost a whole bunch more
for half the speed and break all my bundle pricing (do you know how
long it took me to finally get it straightened out with Verizon, some
of you probably do)
So help me understand if I've done something wrong. Like I mentioned
before, nothing is in production yet, NS has 30 day money back on the
web hosting so I'm not really out anything if I decide to go another
direction. Based on all the reading I've done, and some discussion it
seemed like the way to go, but I'm all ears for the discussion.
Thanks and I look forward to the replies.
.
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