I beg to differ.  It really depends on your ISP and how far you really
want to go.  I've run everything (DNS, mail, etc) out of my basement for
3 years now.  Granted I had to switch ISPs in order to do so and upgrade
to a "server class" DSL line.  They even delegated control of my reverse
DNS to me.  It's all part of a standard package they provide.

Again, it just comes down to your ISP and how far you really want to go.
 I'm sure there are quite a few on the list that do this.

Regards,
Shane


L. V. Lammert wrote:
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> On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 02:51:31AM -0800, Chris wrote:
>>> I have a P3 box with 120GB HDD that's doing web, ssh and samba at the moment. I
>>> am planning setup sendmail, spamd, mimedefang, clamd and spam-assassin
>>> on this box along with web, ssh and samba.
>>>
>>> I was wondering if anyone has any experience with running a mail
>>> server at home.
>>>
> In reality, you cannot run your own mail server at home. This would
> require:
> 
> 1) DNS resolution for your domain name
> 2) Appropriate MX records
> 3) Valid REVERSE DNS for your IP
> 
> #3 is usually the big factor for most ISPS, without it, you will not be
> able to send email to any 'sane' mail server.
> 
> 	Lee
> 
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>     Chief Scientist     Omnitec Corporation
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