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onami

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From: Romania

Registered: 2004-05-05

Posts: 197

mail server ?

is it possible to make a mail server if I don't have a domain ? (receve emails that have the address onami@82.208.56.1)?

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cactus

Taco Eater

From: t͈̫̹ͨa͖͕͎̱͈ͨ͆ć̥̖̝o̫̫̼s͈̭̱̞͍̃!̰

Registered: 2004-05-25

Posts: 4,622

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Re: mail server ?

You can send mail, but I don't know about recieving it. SMTP server's sometimes perform lookups, and if you don't have an associated MX record, it might not work.
*shrug* maybe someone else will know better than I will...

Domains are very cheap by the way, and you can get free dns hosting from zoneedit.com

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Xentac

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From: Victoria, BC

Registered: 2003-01-17

Posts: 1,797

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Re: mail server ?

Not having an associated MX record isn't a big deal.  It just goes to whatever the actual host is then.

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cactus

Taco Eater

From: t͈̫̹ͨa͖͕͎̱͈ͨ͆ć̥̖̝o̫̫̼s͈̭̱̞͍̃!̰

Registered: 2004-05-25

Posts: 4,622

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Re: mail server ?

http://www.dyndns.org/support/kb/mxrecords.html

A link about the necessity (or lack of) for dns MX records (and a domain name).

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"tacos" -- Cactus' Law
"t̥͍͎̪̪͗a̴̻̩͈͚ͨc̠o̩̙͈ͫͅs͙͎̙͊ ͔͇̫̜t͎̳̀a̜̞̗ͩc̗͍͚o̲̯̿s̖̣̤̙͌ ̖̜̈ț̰̫͓ạ̪͖̳c̲͎͕̰̯̃̈o͉ͅs̪ͪ ̜̻̖̜͕" -- -̖͚̫̙̓-̺̠͇ͤ̃ ̜̪̜ͯZ͔̗̭̞ͪA̝͈̙͖̩L͉̠̺͓G̙̞̦͖O̳̗͍

lanrat

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From: Poland

Registered: 2003-10-28

Posts: 1,274

Re: mail server ?

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Inte … _Services/

onami

Member

From: Romania

Registered: 2004-05-05

Posts: 197

Re: mail server ?

thank you !!!!

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