[Info-vax] "SEND MAIL" doesn't send mail, mail stays in queue

[Marco Beishuizen]

On Mon, 22 Jan 2018, the wise Phillip Helbig undress to reply via Info-vax...:

> I've been running SMTP at home on VMS for almost 20 years.  The only 
> thing I needed to do above and beyond the normal setup (and turning off 
> the RELAY stuff) was to find an SMTP relay server for outgoing mail. 
> I've been using the services of DynAccess for that, as well as for 
> dynamic DNS.  My experience: better services, lower prices, and better 
> support than the competition.  Since, as a dynamic-DNS provider, your IP 
> is known, you can use the server---with no authentication.  I receive 
> email directly.  I use spamhaus.org as an RBL.  That and a setting to 
> reject mail to non-existent users keeps out most spam.  DynAccess also 
> offers the possibility to receive mail and forward it to you, in which 
> case it is also possible to turn on some anti-spam stuff (based on 
> content as well, I believe).  I use the MX servers only as backups in 
> case I am offline.

My ISP allows to use an smtp server a home and use port 25. The ISP 
mailserver can be configured as a smart host to point to. I do this on all 
my other machines (postfix, sendmail) and works fine. My ISP also has a 
great spamfilter. So probably no need for alternatives.

Thanks & regards,
Marco

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