Le Sat 26/06/2010, lee disait > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 01:54:17AM +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > > > > Umm, to run a proper mail server, you wouldn't and probably > > shouldn't be able to use a dynamic IP. > > > > The MX record for mail must have a "real" A record that has a fixed > > IP; and that A record's IP should have a proper reverse DNS -- > > anything less and you'll have all sorts of trouble sending / > > receiving mail directly from / to your own mail server. > > You can use the email server of your provider as a smarthost to send > the outgoing mail while still receiving it directly. I'm not saying > it's ideal, and I'd rather have a static IP, but it can work > reasonably well. I didn't say anything about outgoing mail in my > previous post :)
receiving directly needs a MX record, which needs a static IP because of DNS caches You may get what you want if you find a service provider which provides UUCP or ETRN for your domain. -- Erwan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100626172455.ga2...@rail.eu.org
