From: "arvinboy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 4:08 PM Subject: [plug] Help on DNS and Mail Server
> to all pluggers, > hope you can help me in my situation right now. our > head office is planning to have a mail backup server for our cebu > clients. this are my quetions: > 1.) i already had a running DNS server which can > resolved into my internal ip eth0( 202.58.151.59).this is my public ip > which was given from my isp and eth1(191.168.1.1) for my internal > network which also be used for my web services. how could i make this > thing work. i already ask my isp but they are not allowing me to use As far I as know, you can use your ISP nameserver as your resolver and if its okey with them, they can create a reverse dns for you. im not sure of some ISP offer this. or if your head office has a dns then they could create an fqdn for you and ask your isp for the reserve dns, im sure people can see you from outside. > their nameservers as my resolver to the outside. they told me, inorder > to use their nameservers, they are requiring me to register a domain. > any other options? > 2.) if my dns works well, my next plan is to setup a > mail server into my server? could i possibly run my mail server into my Yes, its possible to setup an intranet mail server by using sendmail or other mta's . but if you have a working fqdn from your head office dns with an mx entry, you can also setup a real mail server. > internal network as a test, since i am having negotiation with my isp > regarding nameserver which is related to number one. > 3.) im using bind-9.1.3-4, Bind 9 is okey, but I use bind 8 :) > bindconf-1.6.1-1,bind-utils-9.1.3-4 and caching-nameserver-7.2-1, is > this a good package, if not what version should you recommend, i'm using > redhat7.2 > > please guide to the right track...godbless and thank > you! > > arvin > > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
