[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I have a similar needs & configuration, though I'm connected through
>mediaone.net via a cable modem. When they hooked me up, they assigned
>the name "h0050da615e79.ne.mediaone.net", based on the ether address.
>They arrange to have that name resolve to my DHCP-assigned IP address,
>so that is what I've arranged "hostname" to return, ugly as it is. This
>way mailing lists (qmail in particular) can dump mail into my SMTP port,
>and I can use the full power of .qmail files for the envelope address,
>without having to go through the tiny little pipe, i.e. one subscriber
>address, provided by MediaOne.
I connect via a 28.8K modem and don't have a static IP address. My
local network uses the "sill" domain, e.g., sparge.sill, which is my
mailhub. I use the free dynamic DNS service at http://www.dyndns.org
to assign the FQDN sill.dyndns.org to my dynamic IP address. Outgoing
mail comes from either sill.dyndns.org or sill.org, never from a
*.sill domain.
The dyndns.org service has been very reliable for me, but if you want
to pay for the service, there are commercial providers like dyndns.com
(which I've never tried and can't vouch for).
-Dave
