They sometimes open port 25 for new accounts and also can open it per request for 2m+ old accounts but as soon as you get your first spam report they will block it and suspend your account. DO is not an option for bulk emails, especially scraped one.
Yes. This is the reason why I use mail server on DO for personal use only.
I tried that earlier this year - I have servers with them for 4 years, never any problem. Found port 25 closed. Contacted support, they told me they stopped providing 25 flat out due to spam.
Well, that's really strange. Usually, support unblocks 25 when requested.
i asked around on a sysadmin forum and they said it's really to be expected now that they won't.
Windows for sending server?
What?
Thanks for the suggestion, but PowerMTA (and most others MTA's) are Linux-only. In addition, from a system administrator (me) point of view, Windows causes more problems than Linux. But it may be fine for an RDP server.
Thank you very much!
Of course. Not only spamming is illegal, it is also less profitable than usual cold mailing.
From my exp alexhost had blacklisted ips.
Nop, Alexhost doesn't have blacklisted IPs, if you do something like Spam you can be listed there.
I am sorry, you are right. That was some other provider.
You don't need to say sorry. Heheehe everything is fine. But sometimes can happen IPs get blacklisted because someone did dirty things.I am sorry, you are right. That was some other provider.
I had 2 dedi servers with alexhost and both were clean
List is bought and validated. Initially I plan to send around 30/day and then gradually increase to 14k/day (~580/hour) after warmup.
The budget is too small for a Vps hosting plan that allows mass mailing.
