On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, at 3:39pm, Paul Lussier wrote: >> Domains are cheap these days, so anyone can afford it. Setting up the >> servers really only requires a few old PC's, a Linux distro, and some >> documentation. > > You forgot one important thing: > > Affordable, high speed, always-on internet access.
You only need that if you want to host services at your house. Find a third-party DNS host. Home the domain there. This is pretty cheap -- often included in the domain registration, in fact (depending on the registrar). There are services which will forward all mail sent to a domain to a single address (e.g., your mailbox at the dial-up provider) for cheap as well. You can cheat and use multi-drop POP3 to get most of the benefits of multiple mailboxes. This becomes unmanageable rather quickly, but for one or two people with residential service, it is very doable. Or pay a bit more, and get a "virtual" mail hosting service that supports multiple mailboxes. Many offer web and IMAP access as well. I've even seen Unix-based hosting that would let you run procmail. If the third-party DNS host supports dynamic DNS, you can do things like give your dialup system a name in the DNS. Not much use for an attended dial-up account, I guess, but still useful. Now, maybe you, personally, are not interested in any of this. But that is a property of your own needs, not vanity domain hosting. :) -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
