Which steps are required to avoid my server being considered as spam sender?

Posted by Cyril N. on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Cyril N.
Published on 2013-10-25T08:20:43Z Indexed on 2013/10/25 9:57 UTC
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I'm looking to set up a webmail server that will be used by a lots of users that will receive and send emails. They will also have the possibility to forward emails they receive.

I'd like to know which steps are recommanded/required to indicate to others Mail services (GMail, Outlook, etc) that my server is not used as a spam sender (disclaimer : IT's NOT ! :p) but a legitimate one.

I know I have to define a SPF TXT records for example, but what others steps would you recommend me to do ?

For example, is there a formula like having a proportional number of servers based on the amount of email sent (for having a different IP address) ? (something like sending a maximum of 1M emails / per IP / per day ?)

Something else I'm missing ?

I tried to search online, but I mostly find how to avoid emails sent with scripts (like PHP) being put in the SPAM folder.

I'm looking for a server/dns configuration side.

Thanks a lot for your help/tips, I appreciate !

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