On 26-Aug-2001 Bill Healy wrote:
> The problem with not having a static address is that the best MX record
> has to point to the final server (exchange in this case) and it can't do
> that if it's not static. All ETRN is supposed to do is trigger mail
> processing for a certain domain on the Mail Exchanger that is holding
> your mail. It will then use DNS to try and deliver the messages.
>
> You could use a Dynamic DNS service, but that might be a problem when
> you aren't connected and someone else with a mail server connects and
> gets the IP address you last had. Granted the odds are low, but it could
> happen.
>
> Then only way I can see around the problem is if you can establish a VPN
> connection, with a static address, with the mail exchanger that is
> holding the mail and if you can tell that mail exchanger not to use DNS
> for delivery and specify an address it is to deliver the mail to for the
> domain.
>
> Or a multidrop pop3 mailbox and have the server pop the mail off the
> server that is holding it.
Sure, that problem exist. I just thought it was an XMail problem with not static IPs.
- Davide
