MR> Some senseless babbling from David Calafrancesco to Mike Ruskai
 MR> on 07-27-97  05:15 about Server questions...
 DC> I use a combination of SMTPD and Souper to 
 DC> feed .BAG files to GIGO for
 DC> OS2 and thence directly to FastEcho2 for 
 DC> maximus (squish format). All
 DC> mys users are user.name@drakkar.mhv.net or 
 DC> handle@drakkar.mhv.net. You
 DC> already have everything you need except a 
 DC> domain name. As you can see,
 DC> I save the domain registration fees by being a 
 DC> host node off my ISPs
 DC> domain.  
 MR> I'm still in the learning stages of Internet 
 MR> networking.  So a SMTP server 
 MR> somewhere that receives a message destined for 
 MR> drakkar.mhv.net will not 
 MR> find it in the DNS, so instead route it to mhv.net? 
 MR>  Would you not then 
 MR> have to be listed in your ISP's DNS?
 MR> I'd like to get my own domain name regardless, but 
 MR> the InterNIC procedures 
 MR> dictate that I get my ISP (@Home) to list me in 
 MR> their DNS before I can be 
 MR> listed in the root servers.  @Home is dragging on the issue.
    Take a look at  http://www.dyndns.com  ---through use of a small utility 
invoked when you connect;  it will assign a  "name.dyndns.com"
to your dynamic IP address.........@ $25/year for their basic service it
sounds like a fairly good deal.
                                    IMHO, D.A.C.   1:365/3253
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