Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2417 mails)

[Adam Jimerson <vendion@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 12 April 2008 04:42:30 am G T Smith wrote:
> Jon Clausen wrote:
> > On Fri, 11 Apr, 2008 at 09:49:32 +0200, Sandy Drobic wrote:
> > > Adam Jimerson wrote:
> >
> > While having reverse dns is definitely desirable, it's not *required*.
> > I've been doing fine without reverse dns for years.
> >
> > Static ip, if you can get it, is a very good thing though. Makes
> > everything simpler.
> >
> > /jon
>
> There is of course the alternative of using Dynamic DNS with DynDNS
> (www.dyndns.com) (some of their additional mail services might be of use
> here). There are some organisations that offer authenticated mail relay
> services as well so if you are having issues with your ISPs relay you
> can relay through these.
Yea, I helped a friend set up a server using a Dynamic DNS from DynDNS, they 
allow you to set up the MX needed flags for your domain to run mail through.  
The problem is with the free accounts you only get a sub-domain which I would 
think would look ugly when dealing with email.