Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-15 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/15/2009 4:36 AM: > On Mon December 14 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> The devil is in the details. If your home broadband ISP is going to >> host your DNS, you _must_ inform your domain registrar, Netsol in this >> case, of your new DNS servers' and their IP addresses

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-15 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > The devil is in the details.  If your home broadband ISP is going to > host your DNS, you _must_ inform your domain registrar, Netsol in this > case, of your new DNS servers' and their IP addresses.  Then you must > explicitly tell your broadband ISP

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-15 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Your DNS service appears to be provided by this outfit below.  You would > contact this outfit to change your MX records.  My guess is that there > is a ton of reselling and partnering going on here behind the scenes, > and you may not have any clue w

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/14/2009 7:39 PM: > I asked my ISP, and the response I got tells me they can take care of all the > MX records, and those kinds of things. Yet, I agree, there is lots more to > it. Not the smallest of which is S P @ M containment. Going from a hosting > service th

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/14/2009 7:44 AM: > if I dropped my domain hosting company, you are saying I would go back to > network Solutions to get my MX records done? or my ISP... Not unless Netsol was/is providing your DNS. It doesn't appear to be the case: Registrant: Paul B Cartwright

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > From previous posts, I thought you already had an internet mail server > running at a colo facility, or a VPS server running an internet mail > server, and thus the basic prerequisite experience to setup another > internet mail server.  Now, from you

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Paul Cartwright put forth on 12/14/2009 6:11 AM: > On Mon December 14 2009, Jon Dowland wrote: >> If you run your mail on a dynamic IP you will probably find >> many sites rejecting it -- it may be listed in a PBL such as >> http://www.spamhaus.org/pbl/ (either now, or in the future). >> I'd recomm

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Alan Chandler wrote: > > if I dropped my domain hosting company, you are saying I would go back to > > network Solutions to get my MX records done? or my ISP... > > Presumably Network Solutions. > > I have Freeparking.co.uk look after my domains, and they provide me with >

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Jon Dowland
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 01:27:25PM +, Alan Chandler wrote: > Normally when you get a domain name, you should get the > facility to edit the name servers zone file for the > domain. You then point the MX records where you like - > just point it/them at this same static ip. Just to be picky, yo

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Alan Chandler
Paul Cartwright wrote: On Mon December 14 2009, Alan Chandler wrote: Normally when you get a domain name, you should get the facility to edit the name servers zone file for the domain. You then point the MX records where you like - just point it/them at this same static ip. I've had my domain

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Alan Chandler wrote: > Normally when you get a domain name, you should get the facility to edit > the name servers zone file for the domain.  You then point the MX > records where you like - just point it/them at this same static ip. I've had my domain for quite a few

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Alan Chandler
Paul Cartwright wrote: On Mon December 14 2009, Jon Dowland wrote: If you run your mail on a dynamic IP you will probably find many sites rejecting it -- it may be listed in a PBL such as http://www.spamhaus.org/pbl/ (either now, or in the future). I'd recommend relaying your outbound email via

Re: email server-static IP

2009-12-14 Thread Paul Cartwright
On Mon December 14 2009, Jon Dowland wrote: > If you run your mail on a dynamic IP you will probably find > many sites rejecting it -- it may be listed in a PBL such as > http://www.spamhaus.org/pbl/ (either now, or in the future). > I'd recommend relaying your outbound email via either your > ISPs