From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 12 23:36:46 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D510516A400 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:36:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: from smtp107.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp107.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7F46313C465 for ; Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:36:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: (qmail 96259 invoked from network); 12 Mar 2007 23:36:46 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=prodigy.net; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:In-Reply-To:References:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Message-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:From:Subject:Date:To:X-Mailer; b=QoP/D8JZVAXUf0yu/9YOOhh9roDd9XhFvx/o5HYaw0c3YZEGOWD8ZywF826grWNWAciR3fWfdRDqPDsc4Mh1eH/SfT9isSaVYCup+5Cq1vLDYd+3dS27K0hSMcrcE0yOrAou1VW1RwSQp8+2iNCeI9Tkhy+gaYVHIjJMHl65n8Q= ; Received: from unknown (HELO ?75.7.236.228?) (jekillen@prodigy.net@75.7.236.228 with plain) by smtp107.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 12 Mar 2007 23:36:45 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: jz5ckScVM1m3v7g5fsk5e_me_AvYTgYWq.T5P9VK_DpgqXc8i4hly8c_Dn4cjvlENuxREzavCoFLUWYE5_hYHJc3YfNPgRfHmwMFjpEOYZFkVdH0sS4O8qxyRlIsahdrYCIkQn.UJgT9x26uED2GOk157g-- In-Reply-To: <20070312170530.65898c23@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <6660f1280703110845w52b8babapf2814da0ac6424ae@mail.gmail.com> <56A5B5E4-5644-4C50-9346-5EC9A372C3DB@goldmark.org> <20070312170530.65898c23@gumby.homeunix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <9b8f6952375affce2f85577c9c2792b6@prodigy.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: jekillen Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:36:41 -0800 To: RW X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: getting mail to work 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, 12 Mar 2007 23:36:46 -0000 On Mar 12, 2007, at 9:05 AM, RW wrote: > On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:27:52 -0800 > jekillen wrote: > >> If you will allow me to break in on this exchange; >> Does this advise apply if you have static ip service > > The important thing is really your reverse DNS, if you have control of > it and looks like a real server name, e.g. mail.example.com, you can > stay off the dynamic lists. It doesn't help to have a static address if > your reverse dns looks like 12-43-545-example.net > Thank you for your reply; One of my machines (the one I use all the time and use to send and receive e-mai) does have an ISP assigned name. But the others are FQDN's that I have registered. One even has .net as the top level domain and that is one I am planning on using for the mail server. Thanks again Jeff K