On Friday 31 October 2003 10:42, Tom Wilson wrote:
On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 06:55, Robert E.Raymond wrote:
On Friday 31 October 2003 6:31, David A. Bandel wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 22:20:29 -0500 "Robert E.Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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If you're wondering why a home user would want sendmail for himself, I just want it so I can send large files by email to people who don't have enough FTP upload accounts, as the Earthlink SMTP server has a 10 MB filesize limit.
So why don't _you_ set up an FTP server they can d/l stuff from?
10MB+ e-mails? SMTP was never designed for that kind of nonsense. Called using the right tool for the job (ftp, rsync).
Is it possible to do an ftp server with dialup where the IP address changes every time I log on and I don't have a domain registered anywhere so a DNS service would be useless?
Have you looked at dyndns.org or one of the similar services? That may be what you need.
See, the thing about a place like that, I'd need to reg a domain, right?
I'm trying to do this for free, which sendmail and ftp both are. I just need to send the guy files periodically (right now is one of those times ;)), and I suppose I could mail him a CD but it's certainly cheaper to just send him the files.
No. Check it out again. You can get <name>.dyndns.org for free, IIRC.
Let's go here:
http://www.dyndns.org/services/dyndns/
and see...
OK, according to that page:
"The Dynamic DNS service allows you to alias a dynamic IP address to a static hostname in any of the many domains we offer, allowing your computer to be more easily accessed from various locations on the Internet. We provide this service, for up to five (5) hostnames, free to the Internet community.
The Dynamic DNS service is ideal for a home website, file server, or just to keep a pointer back to your home PC so you can access those important documents while you're at work. Using one of the available third-party update clients you can keep your hostname always pointing to your IP address, no matter how often your ISP changes it. No more fumbling to find that piece of paper where you wrote down your IP address, or e-mailing all your friends every time it changes. Just tell them to visit yourname.dyndns.org instead!"
Sounds llike what you want to me.
HTH, Tim
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