Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:09:55 +0100 From: Volker Kindermann <ml@ps102.de> To: RL <rlurman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting up own domain and mailserver Message-ID: <420F1963.3060609@ps102.de> In-Reply-To: <e6ceb9d405021216524faf3a78@mail.gmail.com> References: <e6ceb9d405021216524faf3a78@mail.gmail.com>
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> This has to be the most compilcated subject to me. I just purchased a > new domain from godaddy. I have a few questions I am not totally > clear about yet. > > 1. I have adelphia cable internet. I would like to get a dyndns or > no-ip.com account to have a static IP for my new godaddy domain. > Simple enough. However, I would like to also do my own DNS to learn > more about it. Will I be able to do this if I set my nameserver on > godaddy to my box's dyndns address? And from there can I set up A > records, MX Records, etc and all that good stuff? > > 2. What about reverse DNS? Could I possibly do that on my box? > > 3. I would also like to run my own mailserver for that domain (again > to learn). Would I be able to do this and send receive email from/to > name@mynewdomain.com? I know most ISPs block port 25 and no-ip.com > has a pay service called mail reflector that can get around this. Is > this necessary? Why couldn't I just set up sendmail to use a port > other than 25 like 8080? I don't know the situation in your country. But here in germany you can rent a lowend dedicated server for about 40 $/month. With static IP and mostly with one or more domain-names. With such a server you can do all what you want without the problems coming from the dynamic IP. Perhaps that'll be an alternative for you. -volker
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