[ExchangeList] Re: use dynamic ip address for mail server
- From: "Ara Avvali" <Ara.Avvali@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 14:08:47 -0700
Thanks. I got enough reasons to convince the user that this is not a
good idea :-)
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[mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jason Sherry PE
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 1:05 PM
To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: use dynamic ip address for mail server
Rick is right about the reverse lookup. Aol, yahoo, hotmail, etc are
now blocking e-mail from hosts that their PTR (reverse DNS record)
doesn't match the sending DNS name. See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924235/en-us
For example, if you have the IP of 1.1.1.1 and your server sends out an
e-mail as mail.faranheit.com the receiving server, if enabled, will do a
reverse lookup on 1.1.1.1 and get something like
dynamic-1-1-1-1.isp.net. Since this doesn't match mail.faranheit.com
the receiving server might reject the e-mail or flag it as spam.
I would HIGHLY suggest going with a static IP, it should only cost
$10-$20/month extra, and your ISP should let you create a PTR record for
your IP address. The other alternative is to use your ISPs for sending
SMTP mail or another SMTP server, this will require some changes to the
default config of Exchange.
Jason Sherry - Pro Exchange http://www.theproexchange.com
<http://www.theproexchange.com/>
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[mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rick Boza
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 12:42 PM
To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ExchangeList] Re: use dynamic ip address for mail server
I think it's risky, and certainly isn't a best practice, but should
work. See http://www.amset.info/exchange/dynamicip.asp and
http://www.msexchange.org/tutorials/MF002.html for short guides. I
would imagine there could be delivery delays from time to time if you
get between updates. I suppose its also possible you could lose some
mail if somehow you wound up where someone else with an SMTP server gets
your old IP address, and rejects the message as undeliverable...but that
seems really unlikely.
I can also see you getting rejected by some orgs doing a reverse lookup,
they may not like you redirecting from mail.domain.com to
domain.dyndns.org
Having said that, personally I think a much better solution would be to
put the server somewhere that you can support a static address, and
point the clients to it via RPC/HTTPS.
Plus, static addressing isn't that expensive anymore - what's the price
difference? With Sprint I think the difference runs around $20 / month.
When talking to clients that insist they can't afford to do something
according to a best practice, maybe they need a different solution?
Just my random thoughts, anyhow.
Rick
Rick Boza
Protechnica
407-656-9744
rickb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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[mailto:exchangelist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ara Avvali
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 2:22 PM
To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ExchangeList] use dynamic ip address for mail server
Greetings,
We want to host a mail server at a DSL line which is dynamic. Getting
static will cost a lot of money at the location so we got a linksys
router that support dyndns.org and created a record for
domain.dyndns.org. Put the router in front of mail server and forwarded
tcp 25 to mail server. Then we create a CNAME in DNS server that
mail.domain.com points to domain.dyndns.org. Then there is an MX record
with 10 priority mail.domain.com.
Would this work? It is almost 24 hours and dnsreport still says there is
no proper mx record configured.
I appreciate any help on this one
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