actually Larry I'm not so sure about that. Not 100% positive that you're correct and I'm wrong about this either. But I thought about this when I first setup Sendmail and the account with dyndns.org. So, I sent myself a test message from work one day knowing full well that I wouldn't be home for another 4 hours or so to connect my machine and be able to receive any mail. However, about 5 minutes after I connected to my ISP I received the message that I had sent to myself earlier in the day. I don't know if the message sat at the other server and then when ddclient connected with dyndns.org the message was then relayed to my machine or not. I don't as yet have any way to prove or disprove this. I have also received messages that I sent the night before. -- Mark / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat * in order to get the rats up from below decks * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned! * * REGISTERED LINUX USER # 182496 */ <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<*REPLY SEPERATOR*>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 2 Dec 2000 Larry Marshall had this to say! > > > No you don't need a static IP although it is preferable. I run everything > > dynamic at home. Only problem is that ISPs like AOL won't accept E-mail > > from dynamically assigned IP addresses to their relay servers due to Spam > > protection. BTW I prefer postfix. > > Nobody has mentioned that people get mighty unhappy when trying to > send mail to servers that are not operational. The statement > suggesting that he doesn't plan on this server running all the time is > what caught my eye. It will likely lead to lost inbound mail that's > deleted at their source as undeliverable. > > Cheers --- Larry > >
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