Re: [MLUG] Mail Server With DSL

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

A slightly related question. Would it work (and not hurt anything) if I
pointed my domain names MX record to the MLUG mail server so that
EMAIL:PROTECTED would just send all my mail here for me?

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On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Mikhail Kovalenko wrote:

> Mark Taylor wrote:
> 
> > Can you set up your own sendmail Mail Server with a DSL connection?
> > If so What information do you need from your Provider?
> 
> You shouldn't need any.
> 
> > Is it possible to have your own mailserver without having your ISP set stuff
> > up on their end?
> 
> If you want to receive mail and if you have your own DNS server, then yes.
> Otherwise, you have to tell your DNS host to set MX records pointing to your
> domain.
> 
> If you don't want to receive mail then you should be OK as it is.
> 
> > How do you deal with dynamic IP assignments to your Linux Firewall IP masq
> > mail server?
> 
> That's the tricky part. I have no idea. :)
> Get a static IP address, and your life will be so much easier.
> 
> By the way, I considered the issue of learning sendmail vs. qmail, and qmail
> won. I just didn't want to deal with all the headaches sendmail is notorious
> for. Qmail has been working flawlessly ever since. Check it out:
> http://www.qmail.org
> 
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