From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 4 23:20:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA20966 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 23:20:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA20961 for ; Tue, 4 Aug 1998 23:20:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id PAA20078; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 15:50:19 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id PAA06575; Wed, 5 Aug 1998 15:49:54 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980805154953.D6348@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 15:49:53 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: purebeef@shaw.wave.ca, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: majordomo References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Lanny Baron on Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 01:32:53AM -0400 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wednesday, 5 August 1998 at 1:32:53 -0400, Lanny Baron wrote: > > Hello to all, > > Would anyone know if its possible to run a majordomo with only a numerical > ip?? Probably. But there's no good reason to do so, and it looks unprofessional. > Do i have to set up bind and get internic to point my domain at my > ip??? Do you have your own domain? Otherwise use your ISP's DNS. > Its (the ip) dynamic but i always get the same #. That's luck. Don't rely on it. I know you have "The Complete FreeBSD", second edition (http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/bsdbook2.htm). Take a look at page 394. It's so straightforward that there's no reason not to do it. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message