Absolutely, there is nothing hard about it and in fact it is very stupidly simple. Preaching about reverse lookups for these purposes is a sort of masochistic ignorance.
> I don't do reverse dns and most people get my email just fine. If you > don't I probably don't care enough to hear about it. > > I have 5 static IPs at home that resolve. Nothing hard about it; I just > refuse to pay $5/month for reverse lookups. > > On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 09:38:30AM -0600, L. V. Lammert wrote: >> 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 >> ================================================
