[ale] Internet connection question

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Wed Apr 7 12:18:18 EDT 2004


Brian Chase wrote:
> If you want your mail to work properly with "myname at mycompany.com", 
> you'll need to have a static, public IP business class service on the
>  Linux box at your office and be running Postfix or Sendmail or some
>  other MTA (Mail Transfer Agent).  Your ISP email accounts will not
> be involved at all.  You will be your own email server from that
> point on.

This is not correct.  You can get an isp to host your domain as well as 
mail services for that domain.  This is likely the simplest solution. 
You will need to configure your MTA properly so that outgoing email 
reflects the proper domain.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey                     Registered Linux User #108567
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