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Re: Fastmail.com suffering DDOS attack

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Post by brongondwana »

feld wrote: post #36
dangrossman wrote: post #27

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Rackspace Mail hosts 3 million paid mailboxes, and comes with a 100% availability SLA and 24/7/365 support. Google's not the only game in town.

Sure, but I know nothing about Rackspace and refuse to trust them as a result. Plus I doubt they have anything that can compete with Fastmail's web interface, powered by the JMAP protocol they authored. So here's what I know about Fastmail that I want to know about any provider I host with: - I know Fastmail will refuse any requests from the US govt to access data because they're Australian and legally the request ha…

Actually the Iceland bit is out of date. Network there was too unreliable. We're in Amsterdam and LA as well as New York these days. Amsterdam has the hardware that used to be in Iceland including full replicas of all email.

Amsterdam was also hit by last night's ddos. They were hitting mx, and our secondary mx is in Amsterdam.

Re: Fastmail.com suffering DDOS attack

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Post by feld »

brongondwana wrote: post #41
feld wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure, but I know nothing about Rackspace and refuse to trust them as a result. Plus I doubt they have anything that can compete with Fastmail's web interface, powered by the JMAP protocol they authored. So here's what I know about Fastmail that I want to know about any provider I host with: - I know Fastmail will refuse any requests from the US govt to access data because they're Australian and legally the request ha…

Actually the Iceland bit is out of date. Network there was too unreliable. We're in Amsterdam and LA as well as New York these days. Amsterdam has the hardware that used to be in Iceland including full replicas of all email. Amsterdam was also hit by last night's ddos. They were hitting mx, and our secondary mx is in Amsterdam.

Oh cool, thanks for the update!

Re: Fastmail.com suffering DDOS attack

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Post by unhammer »

b101010 wrote: post #16
JoshTriplett wrote: post #12

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> 1.) Run your own SMTP infrastructure. Setup SPF/DKIM/DMARC. Realize your outbound emails still don't always reach their destination. Also you have to fight inbound SPAM. And if someone wants to DDoS you, you're a lot more vulnerable than a major provider like Fastmail. Personally, I use a hybrid solution: I use Gandi's SMTP servers for outbound and inbound mail, but I run my own IMAP server for unlimited storage un…

If the attacker has ever seen the headers of a message you sent through fastmails SMTP service they have your public IP (Received from header) and can Dos you directly anyway. They do something similar with their webmail service, but the data is encrypted so it can't be read by a third party. https://www.fastmail.com/about/reportabuse.html (last paragraph) EDIT: Fastmail is fairly priced (for me) and i like the featu…

What happens if you send through port 565 instead of 587/465? :)
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