--- Tracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 10:24 6/16/2004, lac wrote: > >Of course 1. and 2. are not feasible for about 99% of broadband users who > >want to run a legitimate mail server. Static address and RDNS is out of > the > >question (an ISP usually charges a busisness rate for this) > > I think your percentage is a little high (I find the actual answer to be > closer to about 40%, rather than 99%, although it is sometimes necessary to
> talk to the smaller, local providers or resellers rather than dealing with > "the big boys"), although I'm sure it varies based on geographic location. > > Being in the US, most of my experience is with US providers. And I've found > (by dealing with a number of them) that if you manage to get past the front > line sales people and talk to someone who actually has a clue what the > terms "static IP" and "custom RDNS" mean, that it can be set up without a > significant additional cost (perhaps a one time cost, or a small monthly > fee for the address, if you go with a static IP). For example, my current > provider charges me $2 per month per static IP address, and charged me a > $50 one time charge to establish DNS mirroring (I run my own DNS servers > for my "vanity domains", and they provide backup DNS services). > > Perhaps not the cheapest possible solution, but it isn't like doubling or > tripling the monthly cost of the connectivity, either.... > > Of course, there are those who would put forward the argument that if you > can't distinguish yourself from all the other hosts out there, then you > shouldn't be talking direct-to-MX. I'm not sure I agree with that (yet), > but the evidence to support that point of view is growing every day. It > *is* hard to distinguish "legitimate" mail servers running on dynamic > addresses from the hordes of zombie virus spewing machines. Hence those > people who "do it right" (albeit without the legitimacy of a static IP > and/or custom RDNS) get lost in the noise... It's funny that the main reason why I'm running my own mail server is the spam. I like having a complete control over creating disposable email accounts. If I buy something from Amazon I create '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' account. When I get spam addressed to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' I know who sold my info (or where it got stolen :) -Lac - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
