Paul Cartwright put forth on 11/8/2010 2:59 PM: > the reason I GOT a static IP was just for a mail server.. That's why I > got the dyndns domain, to play with it, get it working, THEN move my > real domain.. never got that far because of the lack of 2 DNS servers.. > so what you are saying is, I could do it with a DNS hosting service like > TZO. So I would trade my domain hosting fee for a DNS hosting fee, and > have all my emails come DIRECTLY to my local server ( do not pass > go:)..
Correct. I've been doing it for over 5 years now. As long as your IP reputation is clean, you shouldn't have any issues sending outbound mail from your Postfix box. Let's see: http://www.mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=blacklist%3a208.65.91.107 Clean as a whistle. You won't get blocked due to dnsbls ("RBLs"). > on TZO all I see is services with a dynamic IP, or maybe I am > missing it.. I do have a static IP, I DO I do I do :) What happens if/when a customer's router (and thus dyndns daemon) blows chunks, or the PC they have running the auto update client does the same? Or what to do about customers who don't have an auto updatig mechanism? There's needs to be a mechanism to allow manually updating the IP address via their control panel. And, tada: http://www.hardwarefreak.com/tzo.jpg Simple as that. Thus, the service, although geared toward dynamic IP use, also works perfectly well for static IP use. You set it once, and forget it. Interestingly, I had to renew my 12 month service just last month. I went looking around for cheaper DNS hosting. I thought I'd be able to find "DNS only" hosting for a similar or cheaper rate. I couldn't find any. I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but I couldn't find it. The closest thing I found was VPS for $9.95 a month which included DNS hosting, but I didn't want or need a VPS. So, for that reason, and that fact that when I move I may end up with a dynamic IP, I stuck with TZO. I'm a smoker, at a pack a day. I spend, currently, $3.76 per day on smokes. TZO DNS hosting is $5 per _month_. Makes it really easy to justify when put in these terms. :) Paul, if you do this, and create an MX record to get the mail flowing to your Postfix server, you need to make damn sure you've got Postfix setup correctly to receive inbound mail for pcartwright.com. *AND* you need to login to your current domain registrar and change your dns servers over to TZO. Every domain registered has DNS servers assigned to that domain. For instance: Registrar: DOTSTER Domain Name: HARDWAREFREAK.COM Domain servers in listed order: NS.TZO.COM NS2.TZO.COM NS4.TZO.COM NS3.TZO.COM NS5.TZO.COM Domain Name: PCARTWRIGHT.COM Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. Name Server: NS1.PIPEDNS.COM Name Server: NS2.PIPEDNS.COM Name Server: NS3.PIPEDNS.COM Info on transferring name servers: http://www.tzo.com/MainPageDomains/TransferringDomains.html Set your Postfix hostname to match the FQDN of the Linux host, and enter that FQDN hostname into the TZO control panel "Manage MX & SPF records". The hostname should be something like mail.pcartwright.com. You will also need to change in /etc/postfix/main.cf myhostname = mail.pcartwright.com myorigin = pcartwright.com mydestination = pcartwright.com I've not spoon fed you everything. There's quite a bit to setup in the TZO control panel, such as your domain name, etc. You'll figure it out. Ping me on or off list if you need help. As always, *read before doing*. :) -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4cd87118.7040...@hardwarefreak.com
