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On November 8, 2016 3:31:37 AM GMT+01:00, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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>Ian Zimmerman <itz@×××××××.net> writes: |
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>> On 2016-11-06 22:54, Willie M wrote: |
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>>> http://freedns.afraid.org/ |
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>> I had used both Dyn and NoIP before, but they both went all Web 2.0 |
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>on |
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>> me (and other well known ones probably did the same). |
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>> FreeDNS is just perfect for me - a blast of fresh air from the past |
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>:-) |
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>Just the tiniest bit thin on explaining what the heck you are expected |
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>to do on the various pages that appear when setting up an account. |
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>I'd like to have a real ip for a change... been doing the fake home |
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>lan thing for years and always there are problems with sendmail or |
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>other mail apps. Either masquerading or some other work around. |
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>Can anyone tell me if the freedns place will supply me with an ip that |
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>will work for sendmail? Will stand up across the internet when other |
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>internet hosts do reverse dns on my address for mail purposes. |
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>They advertise static addresses too, is there any draw back to that? |
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Harry, |
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What you need is a 'static IP'. Only your Internet Provider (ISP) can provide that. |
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Alternative is to use a company that provides SMTP proxy for outgoing emails or set up a mail server on a virtual server with a hosting company. Unless you know what you are doing and can keep it fully updated. Please don't run your own like this. |
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As for the static address: this will be a FQDN (fully qualified domain name/hostname) linked to a static IP. |
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Joost |
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