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[pegasis]

Hello

is there a way to get a static ip, and use desktop mail software to not use ISP mailing service?

 

[Ketchup]

Call your isp and ask them for a static ip. Gmail is my favorite non-isp email.

 

[Elixer]

Some ISPs do not allow that for home users.
They don't want spammers using their server to send tons of mail.

Usually, you need to get a 'business' plan from the ISP to be able to do that.

 

[MtnMan]

Ask Hillary about private email servers.

 

[nakedfrog]

Might be less costly to get a cheap hosting plan and use that.

 

[John Connor]

Check out Namecheap's offering. You can buy the domain there, but I used Namesilo. Or you could use this supposed private E-mail service: https://protonmail.com/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hollie...mail-system-the-nsa-cant-access/#47246db167f7

 

[John Connor]

Rolling your own E-mail server is a bitch. Then once you do that you have to have something like Pfsense and install Snort. I would never run a server without Snort, Fail2Ban and some damn good IPtables or their equivalent.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Most ISPs won't let you run a server unfortunately so even if they do offer static IPs they may still not let you use it to run a server. That and lot of RBLs block entire residential ISP ranges by default as it is assumed that if mail originates from a house/internet user directly it's probably spam. Kinda hate this blanket stuff myself, as I'd love to be able to run my web server from home.

Your best bet is to lease a dedicated server from a provider like OVH, then it will work. Though if the previous owner of that IP used it for spam you will then have to unlist yourself from all the RBLs, and some RBLs have a 3 strike rule and won't remove an IP more than so many times. Running a mail server kind of sucks in that aspect. But it's also nice to have full control over your mailboxes, how many you create, etc.

 

[John Connor]

There's always the possibility of paying as little as $5/month for a shared website account and just using its E-mail.

 

[nakedfrog]

Less than that, even, depending on your volume. Mine is $40/year.