Lee's point about getting reverse DNS is not to be missed. It's important and possible. You'll just have to fight your way past first level tech support. It took me some work to get it myself, but in the end I got it.
I ended up telling the first level guy that I _was_ running Windows, OpenBSD was a mis-statement, and yes I did reboot, yes that quickly, and finally got to second level who then gave me another number to call, etc, etc... Jim * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080207 11:45]: > You can absolutely run a mail server at home. This is not rocket science and > in fact, it > is dumb easy to do. Try to follow these steps: > > 1. Get a domain name and look for registrars that can host it for you. For > example, > check this kind of services at www.no-ip.com. > > 2. Configure your ADSL router to re-direct SMTP and POP3 traffic to that > server of yours > running sendmail, spamd, mimedefang, clamd, spam-assassin, etc. You can even > incorporate > services like IMAP3 for you to be able to log-in into your mail server > anywhere. > > > > On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > > >> On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 02:51:31AM -0800, Chris wrote: > >> > I have a P3 box with 120GB HDD that's doing web, ssh and samba at the > >> > moment. I > >> > am planning setup sendmail, spamd, mimedefang, clamd and spam-assassin > >> > on this box along with web, ssh and samba. > >> > > >> > I was wondering if anyone has any experience with running a mail > >> > server at home. > >> > > > In reality, you cannot run your own mail server at home. This would > > require: > > > > 1) DNS resolution for your domain name > > 2) Appropriate MX records > > 3) Valid REVERSE DNS for your IP > > > > #3 is usually the big factor for most ISPS, without it, you will not be > > able to send email to any 'sane' mail server. > > > > Lee > > > > ================================================ > > Leland V. Lammert [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Chief Scientist Omnitec Corporation > > Network/Internet Consultants www.omnitec.net > > ================================================
