Re: fixing my host name!
Although the scenerio you paint shouldn't be causing a problem, you could get a permanent hostname through dynip.com (see www.dynip.com). It is a for $ service but pretty cheap last I checked. No I do not use it (yet) but a friend of mine does and he is very happy. I understand they have or are at least working on a Linux port. Good luck. -Original Message- From: the lone gunman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian User's List debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 3:54 PM Subject: fixing my host name! Several of my emails are getting returned by the intended receiever's ISP. The emails are returned with invalid hostname -- *my* hostname. Since I am currently only using PPP to connect to the 'net, I have a bogus hostname. I believe, though, that some mailers reject my name because of spam filters or whatever. At any rate, what should I change my hostname to (and how) so that it appears okay for strict mail systems? My ISP IP is dynamic, so I can't use that (those?). Help! Thanks. -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
RE: fixing my host name!
dynip does have a linux port, which I will be exploring shortly as I attempt to put up my ipmasq + portforwarding machine. I'm using the service on Win95 right now, and it works as advertised. For the dynip.com domain (you prepend your subdomain) the price is $24.95/year, with a 60-day free trial first. Hank Using VFP: MS's OOP Production Tool http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/fayhj -Original Message- From: Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 7:25 PM To: Matt Garman; Debian User's List Subject: Re: fixing my host name! Although the scenerio you paint shouldn't be causing a problem, you could get a permanent hostname through dynip.com (see www.dynip.com). It is a for $ service but pretty cheap last I checked. No I do not use it (yet) but a friend of mine does and he is very happy. I understand they have or are at least working on a Linux port. Good luck. -
Re: fixing my host name!
On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Lane wrote: Although the scenerio you paint shouldn't be causing a problem, you could get a permanent hostname through dynip.com (see www.dynip.com). It is a for $ service but pretty cheap last I checked. No I do not use it (yet) but a friend of mine does and he is very happy. I understand they have or are at least working on a Linux port. Why dont you try www.ml.org. They supply a dynamic IP DNS entry. something along the lines of: yourhost.dyn.ml.org And, it's free :) You can use a script in your ip-up.d directory, that uses lynx, to update the IP address of your box every time you log on. I use this service, simply so local friends can telnet in to use more advanced route checking utilities :) Good luck. -Original Message- From: the lone gunman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian User's List debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 3:54 PM Subject: fixing my host name! Several of my emails are getting returned by the intended receiever's ISP. The emails are returned with invalid hostname -- *my* hostname. Since I am currently only using PPP to connect to the 'net, I have a bogus hostname. I believe, though, that some mailers reject my name because of spam filters or whatever. At any rate, what should I change my hostname to (and how) so that it appears okay for strict mail systems? My ISP IP is dynamic, so I can't use that (those?). Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key available, reply with pgpkey as subject. - DOS never says EXCELLENT command or filename... - Debian GNU/Linux Ooohh You are missing out!
RE: fixing my host name!
You're quite right; and the services they offer are far more extensive. Thanks. -Original Message- From: Noah L. Meyerhans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 7:52 PM To: Hank Fay Cc: Lane; Matt Garman; Debian User's List; recipient list not shown: Subject: RE: fixing my host name! -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Hank Fay wrote: dynip does have a linux port, which I will be exploring shortly as I attempt to put up my ipmasq + portforwarding machine. I'm using the service on Win95 right now, and it works as advertised. For the dynip.com domain (you prepend your subdomain) the price is $24.95/year, with a 60-day free trial first. Try www.ddns.org. They don't charge anything, and the whole operation is based on Linux. The client (that accesses and changes your DNS entry) is GPL'd as well. They offer several advanced services for $$$, in addition to the basic dynamic dns service. noah PGP public key available at http://lynx.dac.neu.edu/home/httpd/n/nmeyerha/mail.html or by 'finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED]' -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNdtlOYdCcpBjGWoFAQHXxAP/WLGWRE/8w60Ir5d4wjx74gUkdmNwvaYd bWSVPOed4NqPRu+8XDTEtFBpu2TmbBPzLQQunhgAY7LeOPHdLan44lZUtFNNYLff 4h4BE0JqduTsomuw6rMpq5tKvUobbv34x1ftoBid3/OkeR6lYKnFsC+R3jfJTG8m KpFKk6NLOd0= =tqmp -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: fixing my host name!
On: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 15:40:02 -0500 the lone gunman writes: Several of my emails are getting returned by the intended receiever's ISP. The emails are returned with invalid hostname -- *my* hostname. Since I am currently only using PPP to connect to the 'net, I have a bogus hostname. I had the same problems too. Many MTA reverse lookup the envelope sender and reject mails with an unresolvable name. I believe, though, that some mailers reject my name because of spam filters or whatever. At any rate, what should I change my hostname to (and how) so that it appears okay for strict mail systems? My ISP IP is dynamic, so I can't use that (those?). You could use envelope header rewriting to replace the envelope sender by your email address. With sendmail you would have to use the masquerade_envelope feature together with a genericstable. Look at the sendmail docs or http://www.sendmail.org for details. Torsten BTW: Fortunately, I do have a valid hostname right now. Made my sendmail config much easier to read.
fixing my host name!
Several of my emails are getting returned by the intended receiever's ISP. The emails are returned with invalid hostname -- *my* hostname. Since I am currently only using PPP to connect to the 'net, I have a bogus hostname. I believe, though, that some mailers reject my name because of spam filters or whatever. At any rate, what should I change my hostname to (and how) so that it appears okay for strict mail systems? My ISP IP is dynamic, so I can't use that (those?). Help! Thanks.
