Is sending email from EC2 / Rackspace Cloud a bad idea?

Posted by Michael Buckbee on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Michael Buckbee
Published on 2010-05-12T18:48:10Z Indexed on 2010/05/12 18:55 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 277

Filed under:

email

|

deliverability

|

smtp

|

amazon

|

ec2

In this article it mentions that TrendMicro is now treating all emails from Amazon's EC2 as coming from "Dial Up Users": likely to be spam and this is creating severe deliverability issues with their emails.

We're having all kinds of issues sending email from our app servers on Rackspace cloud (which may or may not be DUL'd) and I wonder if this isn't just a losing battle and we should try to get a different host for our SMTP server.

© Server Fault or respective owner

Related posts about email

CRM 2011 - Workflows Vs JavaScripts

as seen on Programmers - Search for 'Programmers'
In the Contact entity, I have the following attributes Preferred email - A read only field of type Email Personal email 1 - An email field Personal email 2 - An email field Work email 1 - An email field Work email 2 - An email field School email - An email field Other email - An email field Preferred… >>> More
Sending Email in Android using JavaMail API without using the default android app(Builtin Email app

as seen on Stack Overflow - Search for 'Stack Overflow'
Hi Folks, I am trying to create a mail sending application in android, If I use `Intent emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND`); This will launch the builtin application of android, I'm trying to send the mail on button click directly without using this app, Please any suggestions… >>> More
Processing Email in Outlook

as seen on Daniel Moth - Search for 'Daniel Moth'
A. Why Goal 1 = Help others: Have at most a 24-hour response turnaround to internal (from colleague) emails, typically achieving same day response. Goal 2 = Help projects: Not to implicitly pass/miss an opportunity to have impact on electronic discussions around any project on the radar. Not achieving… >>> More
Processing Email in Outlook

as seen on Daniel Moth - Search for 'Daniel Moth'
A. Why Goal 1 = Help others: Have at most a 24-hour response turnaround to internal (from colleague) emails, typically achieving same day response. Goal 2 = Help projects: Not to implicitly pass/miss an opportunity to have impact on electronic discussions around any project on the radar. Not achieving… >>> More
email is moved to junk-email folder even though sender is listed as safe

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
Using Outlook-2007 : Added a sender as safe sender, but still the email from that id goes to junk-email folder. Tried resetting all settings and restarted outlook . any ideas ? Thanks! >>> More

Related posts about deliverability

Email deliverability -- Whitelist solution or Email delivery service?

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
Hey Folks -- our company is encountering the same recurring problem - email deliverability. A lot of our emails are still getting trapped in yahoo and gmail spam filters. We followed yahoo's best practices guide as well as tips Ive found on serverfault. (setting up DKIM, SPF) And even took the Email… >>> More
Email Deliverability on Yahoo is very poor. Any suggestions please?

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
All other ISPs (Google, AOL, Hotmail) are fantastic, hitting 98-100% in the inbox. Yahoo is very random, and lately our deliverability has dropped drastically. All IPs are senders certified by Return Path and supposedly that automatically whitelists our IPs and allows us to send as many emails as… >>> More
Is sending email from EC2 / Rackspace Cloud a bad idea?

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
In this article it mentions that TrendMicro is now treating all emails from Amazon's EC2 as coming from "Dial Up Users": likely to be spam and this is creating severe deliverability issues with their emails. We're having all kinds of issues sending email from our app servers on Rackspace cloud (which… >>> More
Hotmail mail delivery issue (spam)

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
Hello, I am running a Postfix server in a dedicated server in a Linux environment (centOS 5.3) for a social networking web application and are experiencing deliverability issues with Hotmail (I can send mails to Gmail, Yahoo, Aol in inbox). I only send legit mails for registered users (notifications)… >>> More
Sendmail: external alias not receiving relayed mail under certain circumstances.

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
I have set up an alias in /etc/mail/aliases like this: user: [email protected] This relay DOES work when I telnet to example.com 25 and send mail to [email protected] (where example.com is my domain); it indeed turns up in [email protected] inbox. Also mail sent from my server at example.com is generally… >>> More