This should be an easy question to answer. I have heard of problems with slow email delivery on Winhost. I could only find one such claim on the internet where the client mentioned something about Smartermail and Graylisting causing slowdowns in the range of 30 mins to 90 min lateness. I would like to setup an account for a client of mine on Winhost. Are there any problems with emails taking a long time to arrive that anyone has experienced The classic scenario that must be met is that you are on the telephone an you need to email someone a file. It needs to arrive immediately for life to continue smoothly. Please reply as this information is a huge selling point that would make or break anyones faith in any host. Jaime
Greylisting is a feature of the SmarterMail system and is turned on by default because it will stop a lot of spam. As a result of greylisting, the first email will have a delay. See: http://support.Winhost.com/KB/a550/what-is-greylisting.aspx But you can turn greylisting off if you want, you just might get more spam. That is the tradeoff. See http://support.Winhost.com/KB/a553/how-to-bypass-greylisting-in-smartermail.aspx
I don't recommend turning off greylisting because it is very effective. I have an email domain that i've been using since 1996 and I get about 300 spam per day. I enabled grey listing and the number reduced to about 50.
