On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:32:22 -0500 Bryan Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Wednesday 14 January 2004 07:28 pm, jason pearl wrote: > >> So did you have to pay extra to(im assuming homelinux is dyndns.org) >get> them to reroute mail? I would rather have my own mail server then >to use> cox cable. thanks > >Depends on how much you want to depend on it. I don't pay extra and >mail that is bound for my dynamic domain name gets sent to my current >IP address where my router sends it on to the mail server which is >configured to accept mail for my dynamic domain name. If the mail >bound for my mail server is not for a real local user, the connection >gets rejected and dropped and I get a notification that someone tried >to relay mail through my server. > >However, as someone on the expert list pointed out earlier, there is >some risk involved in running a mail server off of a dynamic IP >address. If someone else that is running a mail server inherits your >IP address before the dynamic DNS service gets the new IP and they >happen to be running an SMTP server that is configured to accept mail >for all domains regardless of where it is bound or who the message is >to, they will intercept your mail. > >I don't worry about that because the only people using my domain are >family members and all of our mail is PGP encrypted. Even if you >intercepted some of the messages, you couldn't decrypt them so they >would be useless to you. However, it is something to consider. >-- >Bryan Phinney >Software Test Engineer > > Where is a good place to look on info on setting this up... i have choices for forwarding mail or a mail reflector.. i know port 25 is blocked by my isp. im assuming its just inbound that is blocked. I have postfix installed but not running. -- jason pearl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ++++++++++++++++++ "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"-Tupac ++++++++++++++++++ Kurrupted Visionz Phx, AZ registered linux user #307811 MDK 9.2 Linux Machine# 193475, 227341 AMD64 Opteron 1.6 http://counter.li.org ASUS SK8N uptime: 19:55:35 up 3 days, 1:16, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.10, 0.14
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