> 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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