L. V. Lammert wrote: > On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > 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.
Dynamic DNS (e.g. dyndns.org) resolves 1 & 2. Your ISP's mail server, that likely allows (authenticated) relaying, can resolve #3. -Steve S.
