On Thursday 13 August 2009 14:04:28 James Ashburner wrote:
> Ian Park wrote:
> > Hello all
> >
> > I recall seeing several threads on the subject of ISPs and web hosting
> > providers, but my need is a bit different. I have a domain
> > (chalmers-park.name) hosted by 1and1.co.uk, with email service only (no
> > web hosting) for email addresses which our family use. Recently I've had
> > some grief when I tried to use 1and1's SMTP server to send email to
> > addresses on a particular domain (st-nicolas-newbury.org) - that's the
> > domain for our local church, and I'm secretary of the PCC.
> >
> > After much repeated explanation to the "technical support" people at
> > 1and1, it emerged that 1and1 are excessively picky about checking the
> > mapping between domain name and IP address for mail servers with which
> > they're asked to interwork - they pray in aid RFC2181 section 10.3. The
> > advice from the operator of the mail servers for st-nicolas-newbury.org
> > is that although 1and1 are correct that RFC2181 requires this behaviour,
> > the RFC is unreasonably strict, and 1and1 are the only operator which
> > does this check.
> >
> > Which brings me to my question: based on your experiences with different
> > email hosts, can you recommend an outfit to switch to when my contract
> > comes up for renewal in February next year? I pay 1and1 around £20 a
> > year for the domain name registration and email hosting, and I'd prefer
> > not to see a steep increase...
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any advice
> >
> > Ian
>
> I would send your email through your ISPs SMTP server. This is how I get
> around the issue of having emails blacklisted because they're sent from
> a server on a residential IP.
>
> James
Or indeed host your own e-mail server and get a static IP from your ISP. with
a bit of shopping around it's no more expensive. You can also host whatever
else you want as well then.
Tim B.
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