[olug] Help w/ my server

[T. J. Brumfield]

I believe Cox opens SMTP if you pay for business internet. Though it may be
cheaper to just have the server reside at a co-lo.

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Sam Flint <harmonicnm7h at gmail.com> wrote:

> > First thing you'll need is dynamic DNS; my stock answer to that is to
> > purchase the domain from dyn.com and use the dyn.com nameservers.  You
> can
> > set it up so your server will regularly report its IP to dyn.com, so
> anyone
> > trying to reach yourdomain.com (or whatever) will be able to find out
> the
> > current IP.
> Um, no, I've had issues with dyn.com
>
> > From there it's a matter of setting up the various services on your
> server,
> > and any flavor of Linux should do.  The only one of those that could be a
> > problem is SMTP if your ISP blocks port 25 traffic, so see if you can
> find
> > out what restrictions, if any, they put on port 25 (or any other SMTP
> > ports).
> And yes, Cox does block all common SMTP ports.
>
> > You can also set up this server to work as a router, so you can put one
> or
> > more home users behind it.
> Have a router to use, a MikroTik, and will buy a hub at bestbuy.
>
> >
> >> so, i have a new server that i'd like to run from home, short of
> >> getting business internet(which is an option), what do you think i
> >> could do to get it working as a web/ssh/smtp/pop/imap server?
>
> Sam
>
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