HELP - Mail Server? Push in the right direction please.

Hi,
My wife has a website.
She writes "Christian Devotions free, daily to your email."
She takes no money.
Her "subscribers" opt-in on their own. No Spam.
She has done this for 3 years.
She has over 5000 subscribers. (All word of mouth no advertising).
She uses a "free service" to send out the devotions.
We want to lose the "free service" and make a mail server here in our
home.
It would only need to be able to deliver 5000+ (and growing) emails
Mon-Fri. Incoming mail could still go through our ISP.
We have cable internet. (Roadrunner, Time Warner Cable.)
Home network (5 PCs Windows XP Pro and Home Edition.)
Could someone please push us in the right direction?
Maybe we don't need a server.
Just a way to send 5000 emails a day reliably.

Thank you,
RCurtis
for Cheryl Curtis. www.Godtoday.com
fantasyfarmamusementpark@hotmail.com

On 12 Nov 2003, fantasyfarmamusementpark@hotmail.com (Robert Lee
Curtis) wrote in news:e6aac39e.0311121524.55530f4a@posting.google.c om:

> It would only need to be able to deliver 5000+ (and growing) emails
> Mon-Fri. Incoming mail could still go through our ISP.
> We have cable internet. (Roadrunner, Time Warner Cable.)
> Home network (5 PCs Windows XP Pro and Home Edition.)
> Could someone please push us in the right direction?
> Maybe we don't need a server.
> Just a way to send 5000 emails a day reliably.

You're barking up the wrong tree - this newsgroup is about web servers,
not mail servers.

I wouldn't be surprised if what you're proposing to do is against
Roadrunner's TOS. Better check.

Nil <rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in message news:<Xns9431BD83D91EDnilch1@216.148.227.77>...
> On 12 Nov 2003, fantasyfarmamusementpark@hotmail.com (Robert Lee
> Curtis) wrote in news:e6aac39e.0311121524.55530f4a@posting.google.c om:
>
> > It would only need to be able to deliver 5000+ (and growing) emails
> > Mon-Fri. Incoming mail could still go through our ISP.
> > We have cable internet. (Roadrunner, Time Warner Cable.)
> > Home network (5 PCs Windows XP Pro and Home Edition.)
> > Could someone please push us in the right direction?
> > Maybe we don't need a server.
> > Just a way to send 5000 emails a day reliably.
>
> You're barking up the wrong tree - this newsgroup is about web servers,
> not mail servers.
>
> I wouldn't be surprised if what you're proposing to do is against
> Roadrunner's TOS. Better check.

Sorry about posting in the wrong group. I searched for mail server and
this group seemed to have a lot of discussions about that. And you are
right about Roadrunner. I never thought of that. Better check that out
first. Thanks!

Robert Lee Curtis wrote:

> My wife has a website.

That's nice, but your question is still off topic. Follow-ups set.

> She writes "Christian Devotions free, daily to your email."
> She takes no money.
> Her "subscribers" opt-in on their own. No Spam.
> She has done this for 3 years.
> She has over 5000 subscribers. (All word of mouth no advertising).
> She uses a "free service" to send out the devotions.
> We want to lose the "free service" and make a mail server here in our
> home.

Why don't you want to use your provider's smarthost? Even if you'd use a
server of your own, recipients would be able to track down your IP address,
so you'd still be accountable.

> Home network (5 PCs Windows XP Pro and Home Edition.)

From a technical viewpoint you should be able to use any mail server of your
choice, even the one included with XP, although you might want to
additionally look at mailing list software so that list administration would
be easier.

Please make sure whoever installs and runs your new mail server knows how to
do so safely, and doesn't just abandon it on you. The Internet doesn't need
another open relay or rootable Windows box.

Thor

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Thor Kottelin <thor@anta.net> wrote in message news:<3FB2F2A7.88AD116A@anta.net>...
> Robert Lee Curtis wrote:
>
> > My wife has a website.
>
> That's nice, but your question is still off topic. Follow-ups set.

"Follow-ups set." - What does that mean?
>
> > She writes "Christian Devotions free, daily to your email."
> > She takes no money.
> > Her "subscribers" opt-in on their own. No Spam.
> > She has done this for 3 years.
> > She has over 5000 subscribers. (All word of mouth no advertising).
> > She uses a "free service" to send out the devotions.
> > We want to lose the "free service" and make a mail server here in our
> > home.
>
> Why don't you want to use your provider's smarthost? Even if you'd use a
> server of your own, recipients would be able to track down your IP address,
> so you'd still be accountable.

"your provider's smarthost?" - What does that mean?

"Even if you'd use a
> server of your own, recipients would be able to track down your IP address,
> so you'd still be accountable." - We have no problem with being "accountable". What we are doing is totally legit and we have nothing to hide. Not sure I understand what you are saying.

>
> > Home network (5 PCs Windows XP Pro and Home Edition.)
>
> From a technical viewpoint you should be able to use any mail server of your
> choice, even the one included with XP, although you might want to
> additionally look at mailing list software so that list administration would
> be easier.

"even the one included with XP" - What's that? Sounds like the push I
am looking for. Please expand on that thought.
>
> Please make sure whoever installs and runs your new mail server knows how to
> do so safely, and doesn't just abandon it on you. The Internet doesn't need
> another open relay or rootable Windows box.

"The Internet doesn't need
> another open relay or rootable Windows box." - I would install and run. What is "another open relay or rootable Windows box."??
>
> Thor

Thank you Thor. You have been very helpful. I hope you find the time
to help me furthor. I guess the first question you could answer is:
what is the correct group to ask this question?

Thanks in advance,
RCurtis

Robert Lee Curtis wrote:
>
> Thor Kottelin <thor@anta.net> wrote in message news:<3FB2F2A7.88AD116A@anta.net>...
> > Robert Lee Curtis wrote:
> >
> > > My wife has a website.
> >
> > That's nice, but your question is still off topic. Follow-ups set.
>
> "Follow-ups set." - What does that mean?

It means that follow-up articles were intended to appear only in
comp.mail.misc, as indicated by the Followup-To line. We should not continue
to discuss email issues in comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows.

> > Why don't you want to use your provider's smarthost?
> "your provider's smarthost?" - What does that mean?

Your network provider is the company you pay for access to the Internet. A
smarthost is a mail submission agent, IOW a mail server that accepts
messages for relaying.

> > > Home network (5 PCs Windows XP Pro and Home Edition.)
> >
> > From a technical viewpoint you should be able to use any mail server of your
> > choice, even the one included with XP

> What's that?

The SMTP component of the Microsoft Internet Information Services.

> > Please make sure whoever installs and runs your new mail server knows how to
> > do so safely, and doesn't just abandon it on you. The Internet doesn't need
> > another open relay or rootable Windows box.

> What is "another open relay or rootable Windows box."??

An open relay is an SMTP mail server anyone can relay mail through. If a
system is rootable, anyone can gain superuser privileges, e.g. by exploiting
a software vulnerability.

> what is the correct group to ask this question?

comp.mail.misc would generally be a good choice for Internet email
questions.

Thor

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