[nycbug-talk] Running a mail server on Amazon EC2

[N.J. Thomas]

* Siraaj Khandkar <siraaj at khandkar.net> [2010-10-31 23:58:30-0400]:
> Have any of you ever run a mail server on Amazon's EC2? If so, did you
> experience any problems due to blacklisting of EC2 addresses?

Some of the people I knew that set up their servers on EC2 ended up
using a 3rd party for outgoing SMTP email service. They really only did
transactional emails, and a low volume at that, but Amazon's network
reputation was so spotty that no one wanted to risk it.

Thomas