Getting response by email reply message

[Chris Angelico]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wouldn't suggest trying to set up an SMTP server without a strong
> reason, however. These things are surprisingly tricky to configure so
> that your server doesn't get used for spam forwarding, and if you
> don't play nicely with the SMTP community then you'll find your domain
> and mail server getting added to various blacklists.

Easiest way to prevent it from forwarding spam is to make it
incoming-only. But yes, you do need to know a bit about how the
internet works; if all you want to do is poll for mail every X
minutes, a POP3 or IMAP connection is far simpler.

ChrisA