XMission (DSL). If the internet is down (or my server itself) for any reasonable amount of time (e.g. a couple of hours or a day or two max) then mail gets delivered as it should with no effort. Mail servers retry at least for a couple of hours and usually for a couple of days. I do have arrangments with friends and family to do backup MX, although I'm not entirely convinced that I've ever really needed it. It's nice to have the peace of mind anyway.
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 at 12:34 -0700, Thad Van Ry wrote: > Okay, now that we all know the pluses and minuses of hosting a server > on your own. :) I have a different question aimed at those of you who > host your "hobby" website/e-mail servers at your house. I'm curious as > to what ISP you use. Also mode of connection. (i.e. DSL, T1 (at > home?), Wireless, or Cable) I'd also like to know what happens to your > e-mail when/if your internet connection drops off. Do you have > multiple mail exchange records at different places? Remember this is > about a hobby/family server. Not business servers. Not mission > critical stuff. > Thanks. > Thad > .===================================. > | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | > | Don't Fear the Penguin. | > | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | > `===================================' > -- .O. Hans Fugal | De gustibus non disputandum est. ..O http://hans.fugal.net | Debian, vim, mutt, ruby, text, gpg OOO | WindowMaker, gaim, UTF-8, RISC, JS Bach --------------------------------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 6940 87C5 6610 567F 1E95 CB5E FC98 E8CD E0AA D460
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