I used the "lite" version of cox for a couple years with dyndns with no problems. When I moved to BR and got the full version of Cox I was not able to make it work.
If he wants to send mail with sendmail then that should work ok without a domain. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edmund Cramp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 9:31 PM Subject: RE: [brlug-general] Mail Server Sort Of > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
