On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Lane wrote: > Although the scenerio you paint shouldn't be causing a problem, you could > get a permanent hostname through dynip.com (see www.dynip.com). It is a for > $ service but pretty cheap last I checked. No I do not use it (yet) but a > friend of mine does and he is very happy. I understand they have or are at > least working on a Linux port.
Why dont you try www.ml.org. They supply a dynamic IP DNS entry. something along the lines of: <yourhost>.dyn.ml.org And, it's free :) You can use a script in your ip-up.d directory, that uses lynx, to update the IP address of your box every time you log on. I use this service, simply so local friends can telnet in to use more advanced route checking utilities :) > Good luck. > -----Original Message----- > From: the lone gunman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian User's List <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Date: Wednesday, August 19, 1998 3:54 PM > Subject: fixing my host name! > > > > > >Several of my emails are getting returned by the intended receiever's > >ISP. The emails are returned with "invalid hostname" -- *my* > >hostname. Since I am currently only using PPP to connect to the 'net, > >I have a bogus hostname. > > > >I believe, though, that some mailers reject my name because of spam > >filters or whatever. At any rate, what should I change my hostname to > >(and how) so that it appears okay for strict mail systems? My ISP IP > >is dynamic, so I can't use that (those?). Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key available, reply with "pgpkey" as subject. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOS never says "EXCELLENT command or filename"... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian GNU/Linux.... Ooohh You are missing out!