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=== I need a server to send email ===

You can setup [[Postfix]] to send as an Internet Site. And you can even use it to send mail through an external service like GMail (called 'smart hosting'). Once you do, you certainly need to add or reconfigure your domains SPF record in [[DNS]]~~<ref>https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-an-spf-record-to-prevent-spoofing-improve-e-mail-reliability</ref>.~~ If you ~~just~~ want to ~~use the MX records~~ and ~~A records to control who is valid, then <code>"v=spf1 mx a -all"</code> is the record that works. This~~ [~~http://www.spfwizard.net/ wizard~~] ~~can help. Once you're done, you can check on things with~~

You can setup [[Postfix]] to send as an Internet Site. And you can even use it to send mail through an external service like GMail (called 'smart hosting'). Once you do, you certainly need to add or reconfigure your domains [[SPF]] record in [[DNS]]

~~<code>nslookup -query=mx</code>~~

If you're not outsourcing everything through a third party, you'll want to implement [[SPF]] and [[DKIM]]

== Tools ==

# http://mxtoolbox.com/

== Issues ==

Users can be blocked for going over usage limits (messages per day, recipients per message, etc)

https://support.google.com/a/answer/166852?hl=en

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 === I need a server to send email ===
-You can setup [[Postfix]] to send as an Internet Site.  And you can even use it to send mail through an external service like GMail (called 'smart hosting').  Once you do, you certainly need to add or reconfigure your domains SPF record in [[DNS]]<ref>https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-an-spf-record-to-prevent-spoofing-improve-e-mail-reliability</ref>.  If you just want to use the MX records and A records to control who is valid, then <code>"v=spf1 mx a -all"</code> is the record that works.  This [http://www.spfwizard.net/ wizard] can help.  Once you're done, you can check on things with
+You can setup [[Postfix]] to send as an Internet Site.  And you can even use it to send mail through an external service like GMail (called 'smart hosting').  Once you do, you certainly need to add or reconfigure your domains [[SPF]] record in [[DNS]]
-<code>nslookup -query=mx</code>
+If you're not outsourcing everything through a third party, you'll want to implement [[SPF]] and [[DKIM]]
 == Tools ==
 # http://mxtoolbox.com/
 == Issues ==
 Users can be blocked for going over usage limits (messages per day, recipients per message, etc)
 https://support.google.com/a/answer/166852?hl=en