Hey Guys, just wanted to introduce myself and post my setup was gonna do it soon but saw that i've been named :s:. The name's Hummer, friends call me H2. Been in it IT field for a few years, my experience has almost exclusivly been with linux. Installing/Managing LAMP setups, samba/ldap, and postfix/dovecot setups. Also have very good experience with programming and DB design. I have written scripts to track openers/clicks, process bounces and fbls. Even though I have setup mail servers many times, the IPs were already warmed and a lot of clients even had them whitelisted. Most of the servers usually send out around 150K a day each. This time though I'm going to be starting from scratch and hopefully it shouldn't be that hard as I'm not doing anything shady. The data: - I have and am going to be building lists myself. Mostly through PPV (no coreg) and some other traffic sources as I optimize them - Tracking their IP, location, timestamp, and even the page they used to sign up on The setup: - Done - I'm going to be using postfix (on Debian) as I have had the most experience with it. I know most people recommend paid MTAs but I think it's fine for a beginner. Hopefully once I'm banking I can move on up. - The mailserver won't directly send out mail but will tunnel through other servers. - PHP script to track openers/clicks - Perl script to process bounces/FBLs - Postgres as DB backend - ToDo - Shop around for VPS to tunnel through - Setup DNS, rDNS, SPF, DKIM, etc. - Setup local DNS servers for faster lookups - Create frontend for feeder and list management (Not a prioity right now) So there you have it. Any critiques? Also, without sounding like i'm asking for a handout, is there an easier way to get data? I know there is the revshare route which I don't mind but I think these people are expecting very high volume mailers. Am I right in thinking that? Thanks
You will not find many VPS providers that have the required tun/tap/gre/ipip modules installed/enabled for you to tunnel IP space from them. Some of them may enable them upon request but that adds to the time and complexity.
