From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 25 08:46:11 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B086106566C for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:46:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from aegis.hamla.org (aegis.hamla.org [206.251.255.39]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2827F8FC37 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:46:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aegis.hamla.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72BAE5C66 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:46:51 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV at aegis.hamla.org Received: from aegis.hamla.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (aegis.hamla.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id PyjpMkO+MFo4 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:46:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from dad.home (pool-71-167-46-72.nycmny.fios.verizon.net [71.167.46.72]) by aegis.hamla.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DD4835C64 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:46:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <48B27141.5020605@tandon.net> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:45:53 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20080824140625.txre8xer6s0ggwww@webmail.secureserverdot.com> <60071053-118B-47FD-A988-40A18A88D576@goldmark.org> In-Reply-To: <60071053-118B-47FD-A988-40A18A88D576@goldmark.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: MTA advice ?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:46:12 -0000 Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > Receiving mail directly will be more possible, but tricky. You will > need to use a dynamic DNS system. Also do consider uptime and > reliability. In the old days, if one MTA couldn't reach another it > would hold stuff in its queue for four or five days. Now, most MTAs > appear to be configured to give up after 24 hours. So if your > mailserver is down for a day, mail will be bounced and never delivered > to you. Actually, most *legitimate* MTAs do not give up after 24 hours. -- Sahil Tandon