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Digby Tarvin wrote: |
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> It is easy enough to set it up and test it in parallel with your |
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> current setup. Nothing important should be directed there till you |
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> advertise it.. |
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That's fine for outgoing mail, but unless an MX record exists for the |
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internal server on a domain/subdomain, it's difficult to 'direct' |
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traffic from the outside in. |
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The only other way I can think off is to test the server using either a |
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telnet port or a script from an off-site computer onto the new server. |
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> I have been running a mail server on my home system ever since I got |
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> my DSL connection at home. It is where I normally direct mailing |
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> list traffic and other correspondence which is non critical, |
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> because I can create dedicated aliases which all point the the |
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> same ultimate mailbox, making it easy to identify where spammers |
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> have been obtaining addresses from, and making it possible to just |
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> invalidate the effected address... |
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> For person mail that I want to be able to access when I am |
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> travelling I use a mail forwarding address which can be |
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> pointed at an ISP hosted POP3 mailbox (which is polled using |
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> fetchmail when I am home) or when needed can be pointed direct |
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> to my home server. |
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All me e-mail comes in on my home server and has been now for ~3 years, |
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along with my families for the last year or so now that multiple domains |
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has been setup. I've even used it as an emergency backup for another |
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server when that went down. |
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As for remote access, I use IMAP over SSL. Most new phones and PDA's |
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support SSL encryption over IMAP and SMTP, plus I have the advantage of |
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all my mail being handled from one location. |
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Jonathan Wright ~ mail at djnauk.co.uk |
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~ www.djnauk.co.uk |
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2.6.13-gentoo-r3-djnauk-b2 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2100+ |
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"I can't help looking gay. I put on a dress and people say, |
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"Who's the dyke in the dress?"" |
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~ Karen Ripley |
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