As Marco Moock wrote, there is no "hack". Just put the public IP address on the Virtual Server or use a NAT Router between the Virtual Server and the internet.
Michael Irvine -----Original Message----- From: mailop <mailop-boun...@mailop.org> On Behalf Of Miles Fidelman via mailop Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2024 15:55 To: mailop@mailop.org Subject: Re: [mailop] addressing a mail server running in virtual space CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click any links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Marco Moock via mailop wrote: > Am 20.11.2024 um 14:10:42 Uhr schrieb Miles Fidelman via mailop: > >> I've been thinking of migrating our mail infrastructure to a virtual >> server, running in the Web3 IPFS cloud - without having a physical IP >> address attached to it. >> >> The obvious question becomes: How do I publish an address to it? How >> do I set up an MX record to point to a socket listener that has >> nothing but an IPFS CID to identify it? I can set up a DNS_Link TXT >> record, pointing to an IPNS record - but MX records have to resolve >> to an FQDN. > If you want other people to be able to reach you by mail you need a > server that is accessible by a public IPv4 and IPv6 address. > > If you don't have that, people can't reach you. > > Of course, you can use NAT with static rules, if you need/want. > > The MX includes a hostname and this needs to point to A/AAAA records > with public addresses. > Otherwise other servers can't deliver mail. > Well Duh... I'm asking if anybody has figured out a hack for delivering mail to virtual servers. Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. Practice is when everything works but no one knows why. In our lab, theory and practice are combined: nothing works and no one knows why. ... unknown _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
