hi everyone,

I was just about to self-host a Ghost blog but then was warned that my ISP might change my external IP address at any time, so I would need to pay for a static IP address.

Is that true?

(I’d not seen much about that in stuff I’ve looked up so far about self hosting)

  • emon@masto.top
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    9 days ago

    @curry after i setup everyrthing I had no deliverability issue. But i had to use an external SMTP relay because of my isp filtering traffic on port 25. That adds an extra fixed IP layer that may provide a better IP reputation idk. I rent a cheap 1.2€/month vps for that purpose.
    I get listed in spamhaus because of a dynamic IP, but my relay isn’t listed (at least not in not scam blocklist). Anyway I send mail, to gafam or whatever and people reply back.
    I send 2-3 mails a week, maybe it counts.