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Setup email sending on VPS via external mail server (Debian)

Posted on February 6, 2014

Hi,

I need to send emails to the registered users on my website. Which mail server should I use for this purpose? I need to be able to substitute the from address with mine and use it without any limits. Gmail has a limitations even for business customers.

I don’t want to setup mail server on VPS.

I appreciate your help. Thank you.

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FMCB

February 6, 2014

“I don’t want to setup mail server on VPS” you said. Then that means you need to use a mailing service in order to do that!! if you don’t want to setup a mail server on your VPS, then you 2nd option is to buy a mailing service such as Google App “$50/year” or go for cheaper one like Zoho mail. you can use Zoho mail for free actually and if you want more size and features then buy their service which is $25/year.

leeibrah

May 30, 2014

When I setup the free Zohomail servers and try to receive emails via gmail the emails bounce hence not send. Reasons: 1. I have the name servers to NS1.DIGITALOCEAN.COM NS2… NS3… this makes the receiving emails from gmail a problem with the error - “The zone file is unavailable because the domains set nameservers do not belong to this registrar.” How do I go about with this? Please do help if you have had a similar problem.

Kamal Nasser

February 8, 2014

Check out <a href=“https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=transactional+email+service”>https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&q=transactional+email+service</a>. Most of these services should supply you with SMTP credentials that your app can use.

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