[arch-general] Suggestions for email for a paranoid Archer

[Kevin Chadwick]

> Aye, but I have the following concerns regarding hosting the server myself:
> - Only have one server - no redundancy or reliability
> - No source of income -> no possibility of VPS AFAIK
> - DKIM, PTR, SPF, rDNS all require money and static IP (more money)
> 

Easydns is cheap for spf but charges per year and offer email
redundancy when down. I'm not sure DKIM and SPF will help as those
that block dsl connections are unlikely to be that savvy and likely
drop the connection at the ip layer. I'd be interested in
evidence/references to the contrary though.

The RFCs say as long as your connection is down for less than 4
hours any mail shall be queued, though hotmail only waits an hour!!.


In any case, any important mail will usually (some automated mail may be
an exception?) be phoned through or resent due to failure notices.


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