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Best VPS provider for transactional + marketing email hosting?
Hi guys,
I run a few SaaS websites and my volume is about 40,000 emails per month. It's a mix of transactional (majority) and marketing emails.
I'm looking for a provider that can provide unblocked 25 port (happy to privately share exact usage) and a clean IP.
Any recommendations from existing users who self host email solution or providers please chime in!
Great pricing would be preferred.
Thanks.
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We block port 25 as standard but can unblock it upon request for our VPS plans: https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/206617/kvm-vps-eu-usa-free-upgrades-ipv4-64-ipv6-virtfusion-instant-setup/p1
Our IPs are clean, and monitored by HetrixTools with daily reports on blacklistings - so abuse is taken seriously.
Hey @gmark306,
On our EPYC and Ryzen plans port 25 is open by default - no ticket needed. Our IP ranges are monitored and we keep things clean on the provider side; what you send out is on you obviously.
EPYC Configurator in Eygelshoven, NL:
- 2 Cores (AMD EPYC, Zen 3 Milan, ECC DDR4)
- 4 GB RAM
- 50 GB NVMe (RAID 1)
- Unlimited traffic, 10 Gbps shared port
- IPv4 + IPv6 /64
- 7.69€/mo - or 6.92€/mo with code LET10
For 40k/mo a small box like this is plenty. If you need rDNS set up for your domain, ping us via ticket after deploy.
Configurator: skri.me/epyc-config
Looking Glass: skrime.eu/network / AS215365
Hi,
I'm sure that our standard VMs https://loclix.io/vps would be suitable for this, though we do also have a specific Mail Delivery service that you can find here: https://loclix.io/store/mail (for the described use-case, you'd need the "Infinity" plan).
There, we have warmed up addresses for transactional emails to ensure these don't end up in SPAM, also the last-mile delivery is done through AWS SES behind the scenes.
DM me if you have any questions!
why bother using a VPS for this? for $10 per month, you can send up to 50,000 emails through a dedicated email delivery service, with better deliverability and peace of mind.
you may want to check out our Launch Pack here https://onidel.com/launch-pack
our partner can offer $100 credit if you participate in the program.
let me know if you're interested.
Buy a $5 VPS and set up a SMTP relay with Mailbaby.
Sending mail yourself is a massive headache, @onidel is right, just pay someone else to do it. I know what you're thinking: "but TrikeLike, I should be able to self-host it, just like I already do for receiving mail, and I'll stay on top of my server administration so what's the issue?". I thought like this once too. Then I actually tried it and spent months battling every major email provider when, at random, you will accidentally set off some spam alert system and find yourself blacklisted for no logical reason. The cost of a mail delivery service is much cheaper than the psychological burden that comes with maintaining deliverability to every mail provider in existence. I used to admin email and I'll never do it again unless I'm getting a substantial pay raise.
If you're self-hosting and mainly doing transactional email, you may want to look at a VPS provider willing to manually review/open port 25 after discussing your use case.
We do this at ServerHost for legitimate users running SaaS transactional workloads. Clean IP reputation and responsible usage matter more to us than just blanket blocking/unblocking.
Some of our budget KVM plans that could work well for lightweight mail setups:
🔥 2GB KVM VPS – $17.66/year
• 1 Intel Xeon Core
• 2 GB RAM
• 30 GB NVMe
• Unmetered Bandwidth
• 1 Gbps Port
• Linux / Root SSH Access
🔥 4GB KVM VPS – $27.98/year
• 2 Intel Xeon Cores
• 4 GB RAM
• 60 GB NVMe
• Unmetered Bandwidth
• 1 Gbps Port
• Linux / SSH Access
For 40k/month volume, the 4GB plan is probably the safer choice if you're running Mailcow, Postal, MailWizz, etc.
Happy to privately discuss your sending patterns and see if it'd be a fit. We generally prefer transactional-heavy workloads over cold marketing/bulk blasting.
One thing I'd strongly recommend regardless of provider:
Make sure you properly configure rDNS, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and warm the IP gradually. A “clean IP” can still get wrecked quickly with poor reputation practices.
We do allow port 25 for account levels 5+ (to get to level 5 you need to deposit a total of 60 EUR during your account history).
https://cloudblast.io/
What partner?
sorry, should have made it more clear, but it's in the link I shared - JetEmail
Hi,
Melbicom allows opening of port 25 upon opening a ticket.
Depending on your other requirements, you can take a look at the plans and prices here: https://www.melbicom.net/virtualserver/?utm_id=2025_BSTForum100
You can check Scaleway, Dartnode, Webhorizon to name a few.