Hosting mail server on dynamic IP. Reverse DNS / PTR record questions..??
My goal is to be able to host my own web sites/email server. I'm very close on this, but I need some help with my mail server part.
I've got a domain configured with www.no-ip.com's dynamic ip features. The domain uses no-ip's nameservers and has necessary A records and MX records.
Everything is working fine for the most part. I can get to my web sites via the domain, I can receive email at this domain and I can send email too, however, about 95% of the email that I send out gets rejected by the other mail server because I do not have Reverse DNS (PTR record) configured in DNS for this domain.
The thing is, since it's a dynamic IP I'm not sure how I'm suppose to do that..?? no-ip.com doesn't seem to offer a way to add PTR records into their DNS....at least not with what I see when I log in.
Any information on how I can handle this would be greatly appreciated. It seems like people are doing this, but I don't know how. Thanks!
I've got a domain configured with www.no-ip.com's dynamic ip features. The domain uses no-ip's nameservers and has necessary A records and MX records.
Everything is working fine for the most part. I can get to my web sites via the domain, I can receive email at this domain and I can send email too, however, about 95% of the email that I send out gets rejected by the other mail server because I do not have Reverse DNS (PTR record) configured in DNS for this domain.
The thing is, since it's a dynamic IP I'm not sure how I'm suppose to do that..?? no-ip.com doesn't seem to offer a way to add PTR records into their DNS....at least not with what I see when I log in.
Any information on how I can handle this would be greatly appreciated. It seems like people are doing this, but I don't know how. Thanks!
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This is a Windows box at a host here in the UK.
I can put my own server in a data centre for UK£45 a month, up to 2u (Will be doing that probably towards the end of next month).
It isn't very powerful, 512mb RAM, 40gb HD. However for my site it is fine. The claim you can get 100 small sites on to the box. I have four.
Simon.
I can put my own server in a data centre for UK£45 a month, up to 2u (Will be doing that probably towards the end of next month).
It isn't very powerful, 512mb RAM, 40gb HD. However for my site it is fine. The claim you can get 100 small sites on to the box. I have four.
Simon.
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As for hosting my own sites, they're not going to be terribly heavy hit sites. At least not at first. Also, it's not a LOT, but I do have 512kbit upload to work with. That seems to work for the time being.
Sembee: what dedicated host are you using? The only dedicated hosts I could find that would give me RD access to my own server and admin myself were $200/mo+. Everything else is shared boxes or they don't give me RD access and complete admin privelages. At least not that I can find.