[CLUE-Tech] Mail server options

David Anselmi anselmi at americanisp.net
Sat Aug 30 16:31:21 MDT 2003


Mike Gant wrote:

[...]
> It was my impression that I could not have a static IP address with
> cable. Is this true? If I never have to reboot this wouldn't be a
> problem. (I just did kernel upgrade so reboots aren't completely
> unavoidable even with Linux.) If my IP address changes then it seems to
> me I have to change my configuration for my domain at register.com. 

You can use a DNS server that allows automatic updates.  Zoneedit and 
Dyndns are two that will work.  You use their server IPs at register.com 
and then set something up to update your records (on their servers) when 
your IP changes.  For Zoneedit all it takes is a trivial lynx command.

Dave






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