[SATLUG] Attn: Bob Tracy

[Geoff]

K. Spoon wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 09:45:27AM -0600, Geoff wrote:
>   
>>> --- Geoff <geoff at w5omr.shacknet.nu> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> (I run my own mailserver here, as well).
>>>>         
>>> I thought about doing the same.. so you have a
>>> seperate pc or somethin running @ your house?  Do you
>>> ever lose any email?  What if the server goes down?
>>>       
>> The isp is TW cable.  The domain name is from dyndns.org. 
>> The server is Linux, and acts as a 
>> firewall/gateway/router/file-web-ssh-mail server running SuSE Linux 10.0 
>> in runlevel 3.
>>     
>
> Using RR biz-class?  

Nope.  Residential

>  I ended up opting for a hosted server (about
> $100/mo... there are probably a couple of places in the $80 range now) and
> just sticking with the normal residential service because RR had this nasty
> habit of shutting down your connection if they felt you were running any
> daemons on your system.  I think they're more lenient now, though. 
>
> Another option is virtual servers... I think you can get a Xen server
> for about $20-30/month these days.
>   

Why pay someone else what you can do on a linux box, at home, for free?

I mean, sure.. you don't want to open the webserver to any and everyone 
who's got a connection to the internet, and the best way to avoid 
spiders and bots is to
1) edit/modify your robots.txt file (I use apache2)
2) redirect the common http port.  (I ain't telling what it is, since 
this is a very 'public' list)


>  Mail servers will, for up to 3 days (normally) try to send mail to the 
> intended mta.  When it finally gives up, then that server is probably 
> down. 
>   
>
> Something else you might want to look into is setting up MX records in
> your DNS (if that's an option with dyndns).  

I haven't checked lately, but I believe I did check once, and that was 
one of their 'purchasable options'.  Eh... no thanks.

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