Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 15:18:47 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@cse.iitd.ernet.in> Cc: freebsd-chat <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Hosting my own domain. Message-ID: <15093.45479.111822.276730@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10105070020580.10749-100000@ahiri.cse.iitd.ernet.in> References: <15093.37891.477055.231085@guru.mired.org> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10105070020580.10749-100000@ahiri.cse.iitd.ernet.in>
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Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@cse.iitd.ernet.in> types: > Suppose I choose to forgo running a name server and use some dynamic name > services, then can I have subdomains like www or www2 etc ? It depends on the dynamic name service, but they all have to point at the same IP address. > Also, I want to have receive mail for rakhesh@mydomain.com, > ratish@mydomain.com etc, but don't want any ISP imposed limits (like space > etc), is the only way I can do that be by running my own mail server, > or is there something else ? There's no other way. If you put the mail on your ISPs machine, you have to deal with their limits. That may or may not be a problem, depending on the ISP. I've run into some with no hard limits on mail, but they did charge per mb of disk storage if you left it on their system. Having your own domain is usually a value added service. > And if I am running my own mail server, and have a dynamic IP (say, > I use DSL), then can I use dynamic name services for my purpose (to > keep changing the MX records as well) ? The only way I've seen it done is that the dynamic name services deal with the MX records, if there are any. Generally, all mail to any hostname in your domain should be sent to your IP address. For these things, you reall need to check with your dynamic dns servers. I don't think any of the free ones offer top level domain services. I use tzo.com for mine. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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