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
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