Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 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

Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-07 Thread Julian Opificius
.. > > >- Original Message - >From: "kenn@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 .

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 N

RE: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-07 Thread Eric Budinger
ROTECTED]>; <[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 is not an > outrageou

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 recommendat

Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hanks. 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 g

Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname

2002-01-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
t;[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 is not an > outrageous amount, but i'

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
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 doma

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,

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 quali

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'

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 regis

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 domai