Re: [cinjug-users] embedded SMTP server

[Greg Williams <gregw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Even if you find an embedded SMTP server, you'll still have an uphill battle.  You'll be sending from your local machine, that most likely has either a NAT IP address or a dynamic IP address given to you by your local ISP.  This is enough to make nearly all email servers reject your email.  Additionally, they may do a reverse DNS lookup to see if your IP address matches the email domain you're sending from. 

Since the rise of SPAM, the email world has changed.  Gone are the days of just anyone running an email server.  Today, no self-respecting email server will accept email from you unless you're a legit email server.  If any do, chances are the email server or the recipient is still running some sort of SPAM filtering software that will recognize your IP address as a NAT or dynamic IP address and flag it as SPAM before delivering it to the recipient.

Greg Williams

Abdul Habra wrote:

I am looking for an embedded SMTP server. Any suggestions?

 

What I am trying to do is to send emails to a bunch of recipients (~ 5000) similar to spam, but legit, not spam. The list of users is stored in a db table.

Most of ISP hosting services I checked block this type, or require me to pay a lot of $.

 

I thought if I can write a program that embeds an SMTP server on my local machine, and use it to send, it may work.

 

I am aware of Apache James, but it runs as a server process, and I prefer to embed the SMTP server just while my app is running. James seems the best option so far.

 

Any ideas?

Thank You,
Abdul Habra

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