Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:45:53 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MTA advice ?? Message-ID: <48B27141.5020605@tandon.net> In-Reply-To: <60071053-118B-47FD-A988-40A18A88D576@goldmark.org> References: <20080824140625.txre8xer6s0ggwww@webmail.secureserverdot.com> <60071053-118B-47FD-A988-40A18A88D576@goldmark.org>
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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 <sahil@tandon.net>
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