[ale] mail server with dynamic IP?

[jdp at algoloma.com (John)]

How many companies check with knowledgeable technology lawyers before 
making important decisions first? Not just email, but many "cloud 
services" should raise questions for most businesses:

http://www.seyfarth.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/publications.publications_detail/object_id/9275a22b-3998-494c-84d8-7d234e503d82/IssuesRelatedToCloudComputingArrangements.cfm

An informed decision can make a difference.



On 01/20/2011 09:09 AM, Michael Trausch wrote:
>
> Most businesses I know are or have hosted with them. Most businesses 
> just want it to work.
>
> --
> Sent from my HTC Vision (G2), running Gingerbread.
> That is, a phone-like mobile device. :)
>
> On Jan 20, 2011 7:45 AM, "John" <jdp at algoloma.com 
> <mailto:jdp at algoloma.com>> wrote:
> > *Google*
> > Google is an advertising company. I'm certain that many companies would
> > prefer to not have their email go through a company of that type. For
> > personal emails, this may be fine, for corporate emails, privacy 
> matters.
> >
> > *DHCP*
> > My connection is DHCP, but my IP hasn't changed in years. Since 1998,
> > I've had about 4 IPs total (I recall 3). The last change happened in
> > 2007. Still, having a 1-2 hour DNS refresh period (IP check every 5 
> min)
> > is useful to limit any inaccessible server periods. Not all ISPs allow
> > DHCP to last that long and will force IP changes daily.
> >
> > Having a secondary MX record (plus server) in an alternate location is
> > useful to prevent mail loss, even if you have a static IP and data
> > center located server(s).
> >
> >
> > On 01/20/2011 06:38 AM, Chuck Peters wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Tim Watts <tim at cliftonfarm.org 
> <mailto:tim at cliftonfarm.org>
> >> <mailto:tim at cliftonfarm.org <mailto:tim at cliftonfarm.org>>> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm losing confidence in the mail forwarding service I use and am
> >> thinking of dropping it. This may be just the excuse for me to set
> >> up my
> >> own mail server at home, which is a project I've wanted to do for
> >> a long
> >> time. But here's the thing: I don't have a static IP address.
> >> Would this
> >> be a horribly foolish thing to embark on if I don't?
> >>
> >>
> >> Friends don't let friends host mail servers on dynamic DNS! You might
> >> get it to work, but it will bite you when you don't have time to deal
> >> with it and you will lose mail.
> >>
> >> If it isn't too much network transfer I could host it from my linode
> >> VPS provided you agree not to spam people or do those annoying
> >> forwards so many people do... And I am sure others on the list could
> >> do it as well. How much mail transfer per month do you have?
> >>
> >> You can also use Google Apps Partner Edition to host it for free, and
> >> it has quite a good web interface and great spam filtering. We use it
> >> for StarrySkies.net mail and have a number of people using it. And I
> >> also have my dear old mom using it and I have provided her mail as
> >> well as others since 95/96. If we were not running mailman and
> >> wordpress I would consider not running mail servers anymore and host
> >> it all at Google, the service is that good.
> >>
> >> It appears you are using dyndns to forward mail to your
> >> Mindspring/Earthlink DSL, aka dynamic IP. It would work better to
> >> host it on Google or a VPS and use a client to download the mail,
> >> getmail4 to your local machine or your regular client Evolution. And
> >> continue to send out mail through Earthlink like you are now, through
> >> a properly configured VPS or Google.
> >
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