I have a raspberry pi running postfix. I Realised unless I open port 25 I absolutely cannot receive emails (I have 587 open and can send but not receive them). However I heard there are scaries online which someone could potentially send emails from your server without consent. I believe as well my ISP doesn’t block port 25. Is there anything I should do right now before opening port 25, or should everything be safe enough?

  • @TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7•8 months ago

    If you follow the ISPMail guide at https://workaround.org/ you’ll be safe.

    I heard there are scaries online which someone could potentially send emails from your server without consent

    That’s called an open relay and websites like https://mxtoolbox.com/diagnostic.aspx can test for it.

    Either way your biggest issue won’t be that, if you’re running on a residential internet connection the IP is already flagged as such and will have a very low reputation with other e-mail providers causing Microsoft, Google and any other large provider will simply refuse your email. You’ll also need reverse DNS for your IP pointing at the domain you’re using that your ISP is most likely not going to provide.