Has anyone tried http://www.dyndns.org with Cox? It works OK with BellSouth DSL and should give you a static-ish address.
FWIW - it sounds like all he's looking for is the ability to SMTP send - he's not really using the mailserver to receive mail - just send it. Edmund Cramp -- http://www.emgsrus.com/graffiti.htm > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Mnemonic > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 9:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Mail Server Sort Of > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Doug, > > I appreciate you taking the time to provide the explanation. I > still do not > understand why I would need a domain name to do what I want to do. I > currently retrieve my email from multiple POP3 accounts using > fetchmail. I > was using my ISP's SMTP server to send mail out. However, I thought that > this could be bypassed, with my outgoing email going directly to wherever > (i.e., [email protected]). I am not overly converned about how a > reply might > get back to me because I have my "respond to" field filled with a > valid POP3 > address. So why can't I do this? > > Kory > > On Friday 30 August 2002 8:40 pm, Doug Riddle wrote: > > As someone indicated earlier, by-passing your ISP requires another > > destination. Ergo, you would need a domain, a webmail account or > > somewhere for the mail to be sent. Without a static IP Address it is > > problematic. A dial up or a DHCP address will not do. For a mail > > sever you need a "always on" connection. If it is not a static IP > > you need to really stay on top of it and change your DNS if the > > address changes. Secondly, as mentioned, you will need a DNS > > service. I use Easyspace, they register my domain and provide the > > DNS routing for free. > > > > I host my domain remotely and can redirect the mail to my local > > sever, hold it at my domain and access it as webmail or direct it to > > my yahoo account. Since Cox uses DHCP, and I am WAY TOO CHEAP to pop > > for a static address, I use the yahoo account. > > > > I can suggest a mentor or two that do run local domains and mail > > servers. I have done it, just to see if I could, but keeping it > > active was way too much work due to dhcp. > > > > Most of the information I needed I got out of "Running Linux", > > http:\\www.tldp.org, http:\\www.debian.org and the libranet users > > email list. I set it up, it worked, Cox punted my modem and assigned > > a new IP address 48 or so hours later, I lost two or three emails and > > went back to Yahoo. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE9cCYtUoGHsPHkAUoRAjIuAJ9UDbpd87KgGNpUo8dgVHWmQj2P8wCfezYm > Ncj2fjtC3S14gVU9k86NRos= > =rnBm > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
