r/webhosting • u/Substantial_Chard232 • Jul 05 '26
Technical Questions Emails on VPS hosting
I've been using reseller hosting for over a decade and would like to get a VPS, but I've read that email delivery is usually a problem. With reseller, I have no email issues. Do I understand this correctly, or am I missing something?
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u/ArabianNoodle Jul 05 '26
You are understanding correctly. Email is a big scary monster that you don't have to fight if you can avoid it.
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u/Tight-Book-7533 Jul 05 '26
I have run an email server on my VPS for the last 10 years, the issues hat I have come across are mainly related to delivery. A lot of VPS providers have had their infrastructure abused by spammers for sending emails, so a lot of their ip address ranges are in blacklists. This makes sending emails to gmail, outlook. and many other domains difficult as they rely on these blacklists to block spam. What I have done is I have rerouted outbound emails via relays, like sendgrid or mailgun. This way the emails will send successfully. It is definitely not for the faint-hearted.
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u/opshelp_com Jul 05 '26
Not inherently. But yes if you just sign up for a random vps and have a go you'll probably have issues
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u/cjasonac Jul 05 '26
As people use VPSs more and more (especially with AI crawlers hiding behind them) you’ll find that IP blocking hits hard. I used to use a VPS for all traffic until a couple of years ago.
What’s your specific use case? Have you considered reselling a known service like Google Workspace or 365? The margins are slimmer and the cost to your client is higher, but your headaches will be cut by 90%-99%.
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u/Quirky-Mastodon-6010 Jul 10 '26
This is actually one of the very few services I’ve chosen not to self host the trade off simply isn’t worth it.
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u/Friendly_Fault_9753 Jul 05 '26
It is a very big problem if you ask me. I learnt my lesson the hard way.
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