hi everyone,
I was just about to self-host a Ghost blog but then was warned that my ISP might change my external IP address at any time, so I would need to pay for a static IP address.
Is that true?
(I’d not seen much about that in stuff I’ve looked up so far about self hosting)
@Paddy66 it depends.
I host everything, including website and email server behind a regular dynamic ip for years.
And no I don’t get block by any gafam.
But I am lucky because my ISP doesn’t change that often (maybe twice a year). And my domain provider provides an API that my ISP router can use to update my IP automatically.
It may work, it may not :)
Did you have any problem with sent mails not being accepted by big ones like gmail?
@curry after i setup everyrthing I had no deliverability issue. But i had to use an external SMTP relay because of my isp filtering traffic on port 25. That adds an extra fixed IP layer that may provide a better IP reputation idk. I rent a cheap 1.2€/month vps for that purpose.
I get listed in spamhaus because of a dynamic IP, but my relay isn’t listed (at least not in not scam blocklist). Anyway I send mail, to gafam or whatever and people reply back.
I send 2-3 mails a week, maybe it counts.