On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 23:25:02 +0800, Edward Dekkers
<edward(a)tripled.iinet.net.au> opined:
Hey there guys,
for years I've run fetchmail to grab mail from my isp in multidrop
mode.
Now, my area is finally ADSL enabled. The ISP I'm going with gives
out free static IP addresses. I've also bought a domain name which
is currently parked.
I'm pretty sure I can get the sendmail part sorted, but DNS has me
confused. At the domain name site, I can put in two name server
fields.
Originally I thought I could just run DNS here on my Linux box. But
apparently from what I understand of the reading I'm doing I'd need
two servers to do this.
Other readings I'm doing are telling me to use my ISP's DNS servers
and have them set up the records for me.
At this stage I do not know whether that will cost money or not.
Some whispers around the traps tell me there's free DNS hosting
services all over the net.
All in all I'm very confused.
Could someone tell me what step 1 would be to get this going?
Thanks
Ed.
1. Have your ISP create a reverse pointer to your domain
(
mail.mydomain.com)
2. Use or domain's registry for DNS - you will have enough
headaches. Create an A record mapping
mail.mydomain.com to your IP.
3. Consider Postfix rather than sendmail.
4. AFTER you have the reverse pointer, see which DHCP blacklists
(including mine) list your IP. Request removal - politely, please.
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