Joshua Tinnin wrote: [ ... ]
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Well, I don't own smogmonster.com (when I first picked it, nobody did, but now someone does), but FreeBSD wouldn't let me assign a name that wouldn't ever resolve, like simply "smogmonster". Is this a problem, or should I not worry about it? Or am I missing something vital here?
It's considered impolite to impersonate a domain which does not belong to you. For the purposes of email, it would be better to masquerade as a host in the domain of your ISP or mail service (ie, masquarade as pacbell.net).
Also, is there any sort of guide on how to set up DNS in my situation?
Yes, use an invalid top-level domain like .local, or maybe .lan.
I've read the handbook, and it seems most of it is covered, but additional sources are always welcome. Later, I'll be getting static IPs and will probably have my ISP handle rDNS, but I'll need to assign authoritative names at that point, though not until then.
O'Reilley publishes an excellent book on DNS, although the BOG (BIND Operations Guide) is also worth a read.
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