Hello, we have a computer user group with about 400 members. We are wondering if it would acceptable under your terms of service and otherwise, to run a private email server for our members on one of OVH's dedicated servers.
At the moment we are looking at your "So you start" or RISE dedicated servers to do this. We would install a open source web email front-end and email software on the machine to allow our 400 users to register for email accounts, then send/receive from their addresses at our domain. Email accounts would be used by our members for their own personal use, the number of emails sent would probably only be a few per week, for each registered user. The system would not be open for public registration. We would shut down anyone we notice sending an abnormal amount of emails.
Please let us know as we did not see this specifically addressed in your terms of use…we wanted to ask about this before ordering the server, also to be sure the email send/receive ports would not be blocked.
Thank you!
I run an email server on OVH / SoYouStart, with DKIM, DMARC, SPF, with a very low mail volume (mails are only for user notifications), but Outlook.com seems to have blocked the entire OVH IP range, and they won't do any exceptions.
Basically, your would be able to email other providers but not Outlook/Hotmail/MSN. The Outlook SMTP server will reject all mails.