Re: SMTP-friendly VPS provider where I can also get a BGP feed

[Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org>]

DigitalOcean.com also lets you send and receive on port 25, provided your MTA isn’t configured as an open relay.

 -mel

> On Sep 26, 2023, at 7:38 AM, Brandon Martin <lists.nanog () monmotha net> wrote:
>
> On 9/26/23 06:09, Daniel Corbe wrote:
> > I'm looking for a place that I can host a mailer.  My primary use case is a Mailman-style technical discussion list; 
> > much like NANOG but software related instead of network related: READ: non-commercial in nature.
> >
> > I'm currently a vultr customer, but they're refusing to unblock port 25 on my account.  I've tried explaining my use 
> > case but no matter who I talk to over there they just keep pointing me to their spam policy.
>
> I've been a happy customer of prgmr.com now TornadoVPS.  They will definitely allow port 25 outbound.  It was 
> unblocked by default when I signed up years ago and I think still is even on new accounts.
>
> I don't know if they will do BGP.  In the past, they had said they would by request provided you had your own AS and 
> IP space. I think they also had offered to do one under a private ASN for route collection.
>
> --
> Brandon Martin