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 ================================================