>If I move everything to Verizon, however, I lose my static IPs and >the ability to host my servers.
How about using DynDNS to continue to use your servers with dynamic IPs? I deal with a company that is very successfully using dns2go.com to do just this task. They have servers all over the country, most are on dynamic IP DSL lines, and all of them are just running a dns2go client that keeps the records up to date with the correct IP address. DynDNS can do the same thing, but is free for small use (I believe you are limited to 5 DNS entries). DynDNS does allow for MX records, so you should be able to continue to host a mail server. I've been using DynDNS myself to access my remote offices that are all on dynamic IPs (however, I've not used the MX record portion of their service, so I can't speak for how well that works... I also only use it for occasional remote access, so my use it fairly light... but it has always been working when I needed it to). The other thing to check is be sure Verizon does not offer a static IP. They do offer them in some areas for DSL service. However, I believe you do need to get a business class account to get a static IP (and it is a slightly higher charge then the same service using dynamic IP). >If I've not confused everyone at this time ... any known problems >with this approach? Will Verizon's configuration allow me to retrieve >mail from a non-Verizon server? Verizon is actually very open with what they let you do. The only thing they do is block inbound port 80 access (stop you from running a web server)... however, I believe for any business class service, you can request that the block be lifted for your account. They advertise that you can host a web server on your business class DSL, so they must be able to turn off that block for you. I'd not be surprised if they also will turn off the block for residential class service, as my guess is, the block is there solely to keep idiot windows users from screwing things up for everyone else because they didn't know IIS was running on their machine, and it was woefully out of date and easily compromised. But worst case, if they won't lift the block for residential class service, you just buy into the business class service. The two are priced almost identical for DSL service. Verizon does not block any other services or ports to the best of my knowledge. Verizon really doesn't care what you do with the internet access you get from them. Host all the servers you want, saturate your connection 24x7x365... they don't really give a darn. The only gotcha with Verizon is their mail servers can be sucky for inbound mail. They do a bunch of stuff to allegedly keep down spam, and that causes headaches for people that are trying to receive email to a verizon account. As for sending via a verizon server, I don't believe there are any issues with doing that. (and it is also worth noting, that their alleged spam prevention tactics don't seem to do any good... my verizon address gets the most spam of any of my addresses, and I never give out my verizon address, it is used ONLY for communication with verizon regarding my ISP service... so methinks verizon is doing this "spam protection" just to make it so their accounts are totally useless for email, and thus no one will bother using them, and in another few years, they will be able to safely just stop offering email service to people entirely) >So my thought is: Use the Verizon mail servers for outbound mail and >web surfing only, and still have my inbound mail servers and my >hosted web servers on the IDSL line. If you really want to go that route, you should have no problems doing it with Verizon DSL service. Run your server on your IDSL line with static IP, and do everything else over your Verizon DSL line. Verizon won't care or stop you. But I'd look into either a static IP option with Verizon, or DynDNS with Verizon's dynamic IP. That will let you drop the IDSL service entirely. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[email protected]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
