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how to setup a smtp server

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Anyone know how to setup an SMTP server and do anyone have a tutorial for it?
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Generally you should avoid doing this at all costs, it's much better (and more secure) to use an existing one provided by someone well-versed with configuring it. SMTP servers are VERY frequently exploited for spam.

Is there a particular reason you are wanting to run your own?
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my website sent out around 700 to 800 mails per day depends on what the customer requested and i dont know how to setup the record to use the NFO's smtp server.
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At that volume, you wouldn't be able to use our regular mail server on the outbound, but you can send directly from the host.

If this is a hosted website, you can just use the local mail sending mechanism. If it's your own machine, you should be able to use a simple sending-only mechanism such as ssmtp. It's not usually necessary to set up a full-fledged email server.

Two keys to helping with delivery of your sent emails are setting up a valid SPF record (authorizing that host to send them) and having a valid reverse DNS entry that does not appear to be dynamic.
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The website's mail doesn't have the normal sendmail integrated. I had to use either smtp or sendmail.
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Can you clarify what type of service you are referring to here?

With a hosted website in our system, we provide local sendmail support as well as local SMTP support (running on the correct port), making it very easy to send out email. If it's a PHP script, you should generally just use its built-in mail() function.
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