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T-Online has a simple whitelist approach, and it is usually enough to just drop them an email. I did that back in 2014, asking for my private mail server to be added to that whitelist, and I received a positive answer within a few hours.

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Maybe that was possible 10 years go, they now require that you put up a web page for your domain with a valid German imprint (most importantly: your full contact information).

To be fair, I had that in place 10 years ago (and if you already have a mailserver, it's trivial (as in: MUCH easier than to set up a mail server) to host a small imprinted HTML page).

> most importantly: your full contact information

Note that unless T-Online has additional requirements here this doesn't need to be your home address but only a valid mail address through which you can be reached.

In Germany, you might be required by law to publish your address for everyone to see.

Original German text of the law: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ddg/__5.html

Google translation to English: https://www-gesetze--im--internet-de.translate.goog/ddg/__5....

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