02-08-2013, 12:52 PM
I am trying to send a mass e-mail with an server. I need to understand what to provide I get in for dkim, spf, and sender id in order to get these emails out through our server.
02-08-2013, 12:52 PM
02-09-2013, 05:57 PM
Mirosoft Killed sender ID. It was much the same as Spf. To have you best inbox rates you should have both. I run many Pmta server some with a full /21 (2040 ip's) I never run more then 25 ip's per domain and I make sure every mta group and domain has both Spf and Dkim. I also make sure to setup everyone of them in the white listing programs and feedback loops. You ip's rep is the main factor with the large domain isp's. So it is very important to warm your ip's slowly and watch them very close to see if the go into poor rep. senderbase.org is a good place to keep an eye on this.
02-09-2013, 06:18 PM
iaxia, sounds like you know a lot about emailing. Do you know how to inbox Gmail or Yahoo when using IPs? Or should I just go to an SMTP relay service and it should inbox when using them?
02-10-2013, 01:50 AM
Yahoo and Gmail both use an Ip reputation system internally. Yahoo also uses rbl lists where gmail does not.
The trick to all these large domain mail services. You need to have a few ip's I suggest no less then 16 but 32 works much better. Make sure your rev dns matches your domains and forward dns nad you have both your spf and dkim setup. Then from there make sure you start with a clean list.
Send very slow. I start at 3-5 email per min per ip for the first couple days and then increase X 2 every other day. Pmta has a ip warmup feature but this can also be done in the domains settings in the config. Once you have sent in a clean list for a few days without many complaints they will slowly start to build ip rep.
Make sure you setup feedback loops for all this big guys and have them to download from that account ever hour. Most forward you the emails but some ask you to make an account withing their service.
These basic steps take awhile to setup but it is worth it in the long run.
Why send 1 millions emails that all hit spam when with a correctly setup server you will do much better sending 50k.
The trick to all these large domain mail services. You need to have a few ip's I suggest no less then 16 but 32 works much better. Make sure your rev dns matches your domains and forward dns nad you have both your spf and dkim setup. Then from there make sure you start with a clean list.
Send very slow. I start at 3-5 email per min per ip for the first couple days and then increase X 2 every other day. Pmta has a ip warmup feature but this can also be done in the domains settings in the config. Once you have sent in a clean list for a few days without many complaints they will slowly start to build ip rep.
Make sure you setup feedback loops for all this big guys and have them to download from that account ever hour. Most forward you the emails but some ask you to make an account withing their service.
These basic steps take awhile to setup but it is worth it in the long run.
Why send 1 millions emails that all hit spam when with a correctly setup server you will do much better sending 50k.
02-11-2013, 08:50 PM
To send your e-mail with the server, you require a few things.
Of all, you have to worry about your IP being a static IP rather of a powerful IP. If you have a powerful IP, the majority of servers will reject your mail.
The 2nd thing you have to fret about is a reverse DNS. Now, you need to have a reverse DNS for your IP, so your IP should reverse DNS lookup to your domain. Now that you have actually that cared for, the other things you need to fret
about are DKIM, SPF, and Sender ID. Now, the Sender ID and SPF are only focused on your DNS server - they have nothing to do with your email server at all. DKIM relates to both, so you have to set up one part in your mail server and another to your DNS.
For SPF, exactly what you can do is there's a whole lot of SPF generators, so to speak, and you can look it up on the Web and locate "SPF Generator". Now, with that said generator, you specify which IP addresses and which DNS addresses you have to permit access from and it will generate a string that you will need to put into your DNS record.
With Sender ID, it's rather comparable and you can find it, but Sender ID is not being extensively made use of a lot - I would even skip it if you don't really need it for something extremely particular.
DKIM too, it's rather optional. You have DKIM generators and you should generate a pair of keys - however it's very certain for the server you are making use of.
Of all, you have to worry about your IP being a static IP rather of a powerful IP. If you have a powerful IP, the majority of servers will reject your mail.
The 2nd thing you have to fret about is a reverse DNS. Now, you need to have a reverse DNS for your IP, so your IP should reverse DNS lookup to your domain. Now that you have actually that cared for, the other things you need to fret
about are DKIM, SPF, and Sender ID. Now, the Sender ID and SPF are only focused on your DNS server - they have nothing to do with your email server at all. DKIM relates to both, so you have to set up one part in your mail server and another to your DNS.
For SPF, exactly what you can do is there's a whole lot of SPF generators, so to speak, and you can look it up on the Web and locate "SPF Generator". Now, with that said generator, you specify which IP addresses and which DNS addresses you have to permit access from and it will generate a string that you will need to put into your DNS record.
With Sender ID, it's rather comparable and you can find it, but Sender ID is not being extensively made use of a lot - I would even skip it if you don't really need it for something extremely particular.
DKIM too, it's rather optional. You have DKIM generators and you should generate a pair of keys - however it's very certain for the server you are making use of.