Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
07, 2002 12:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname Do you actually want dynamic DNS, or do you have a static IP? If you want static, I just signed up with granite canyon (www.granitecanyon.com) . It was easy to do, fast, and free (as in no dollars). If you need a domain name, I

Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
, January 07, 2002 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname well, i guess i was too late ... i just went to www.dyndns.com and discovered that they no longer offer free accounts ... $50 a year is not an outrageous amount, but i'd still prefer a free service ... does anyone have any

Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
. kennM - Original Message - From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:00 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] what to use for hostname yup, that rocks, mine is gshop.kicks-ass.net and I got it from dyndns. rgds frank -Original Message

Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-07 Thread Dave Sherman
On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 08:36, kenn@yahoo wrote: well, i guess i was too late ... i just went to www.dyndns.com and discovered that they no longer offer free accounts ... $50 a year is not an outrageous amount, but i'd still prefer a free service ... does anyone have any other recommendations

RE: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-07 Thread Eric Budinger
PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname well, i guess i was too late ... i just went to www.dyndns.com and discovered that they no longer offer free accounts ... $50 a year is not an outrageous amount, but i'd still prefer a free service

RE: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-07 Thread Dave Sherman
On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 10:09, Eric Budinger wrote: Ok. Im using a router here Can I have a hostname or do I have to use the localhost.localhost one? Eric *Everyone* is using a router somewhere ;-) You still want a hostname. Are you behind a DSL router or cable modem/router that does NAT?

Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-07 Thread Julian Opificius
@yahoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname well, i guess i was too late ... i just went to www.dyndns.com and discovered that they no longer offer free accounts ... $50 a year

RE: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-05 Thread Franki
yup, that rocks, mine is gshop.kicks-ass.net and I got it from dyndns. rgds frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Randy Kramer Sent: Friday, 4 January 2002 6:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname

Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-03 Thread Randy Kramer
Do some more reading of the docs, and if you have more questions, just post them. (I'm not the original poster.) I've read some documents (on the order of a year ago) and still have not set up my mail server. I believe (and I'm looking for confirmation) that I don't have to have a

Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-03 Thread Dave Sherman
On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 13:58, Randy Kramer wrote: Do some more reading of the docs, and if you have more questions, just post them. (I'm not the original poster.) I've read some documents (on the order of a year ago) and still have not set up my mail server. I believe (and I'm looking

Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-03 Thread Paul
On Thu, 03 Jan 2002 14:58:01 -0500, Randy Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This should work without much of a problem. My machine here at home is called tbird.merlin (the other one is p2-400.merlin) and that is fine. Postfix never complains and nicely translates any address that is not qualified

Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-03 Thread Randy Kramer
Paul wrote: This should work without much of a problem. My machine here at home is called tbird.merlin (the other one is p2-400.merlin) and that is fine. Paul, Postfix never complains and nicely translates any address that is not qualified to my official e-mail address. Ahh, good, thanks

Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-03 Thread Randy Kramer
Dave Sherman wrote: This is partially true. To receive mail, you need to have a domain to which people can send. And to send or relay mail, many servers are set to refuse mail from another server (like yours) to which they can't do a dns lookup and verify your server's fully qualified domain

Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-02 Thread ajax
Thanks, I signed up with dydns.org. It seems to be working. On Tuesday 01 January 2002 08:01 pm, you wrote: On Tue, 2002-01-01 at 21:43, ajax wrote: Hi, I'm was looking at trying to set up postfix on my gateway/router. The mandrake-user doc say that I need a fully qualified domain

[newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-01 Thread ajax
Hi, I'm was looking at trying to set up postfix on my gateway/router. The mandrake-user doc say that I need a fully qualified domain name. I'm a little confused at what to use. My internet access is by cable with a dynamic ip address. I noticed that windows(before I set up a gateway)