On Friday 04 March 2005 12:34 pm, 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.
I actually pay money to have my server hosted at a real facility, even though it could be argued that it is in large part for hobby use. My home server (the one that's directly on the Internet, anyway) does backup for MX and DNS (I also use everydns.net for DNS backup). I use Comcast. (and johncompanies.com for my co-lo server) I used my home server as my mail server for a while, but it was a bit of a pain, especially when my IP changed (it hasn't for over a year but it did several times during the AT&T/Comcast switchover). Then a lot of places started blocking e-mail from "dynamic" addresses, so I had to find another solution for sending. I had some other problems that were self-inflicted--trying to run SpamAssassin on an underpowered box while signed up to several high-volume mailing lists--that sort of thing. I've been much happier since moving it over to my hosting server. JN .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
