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Originally Posted by Oko
No it will not work. I think that you have to go back to square one and rethink whole idea of running your email server.
You need static IP, reverse DNS and MX record to begin with. For all I know your internet provider might be unwilling even to provide you with those because he/she will be in trouble if your "mail server" becomes spam
zombie due to your incompetence to run mail server. DNS/Cable internet provider in US charge anywhere from $20 to upward of $60. No company will give you that price for essentially business account. You are looking at the best $40 more likely something around $100 in internet cost.
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Well, I most likely change my ISP once I move. Theres one server-friendly ISP which gives static IP and reverse DNS. No idea about the MX, though. Also, they don't block any traffic and allow the use of servers with it. An this is consumer line.
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Originally Posted by Oko
Unless you are providing email services to a small office or a group of people there is absolutely no reason for you to run real mail server just for the sake of doing it. You Internet provider will probably more than happy to provide you with couple email accounts that can be accessed via IMAP client and configured to send email via SMTP. Get your self a good email client and you will be happy camper.
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That's true but I still wouldn't know anything about email servers. Setting up a client is the easy thing. I will look into the email server thing more closely before trying it. Can I test email server with Qemu? Use multiple quest OS's, one to provide DNS, one email etc?
As other 'main' services are somewhat familiar to me I thought to try out an email server. You can't learn anything properly by just reading a book. Hands-on experience teaches better.