Hosting my own website and email server

ASE001

ASE001

ASE001

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At home I want to create and host my own email server and web server.

I appreciate I need to register a domain name and use a Dynamic DNS since my IP is not static (although it hasn't change in 8 years, my routers is always on).

The problem I have is getting my head around how the domain name points to my exchanger server?

My assumption is if I have a domain name of fredblogs.org and send an email to [email protected], DNS just provide the IP of the fredblogs.org (my router). From the router I just route (perhaps using port forwarding) to my email server which uses the fredsmisses to direct the email to the client? Or is there more to it than that?

If the above is sort of true, then who should I register my domain with and which DNS to use?
 
MX records are what defines where the emails are pointed to :)

Any decent dns provider should be able to cater for that, we use easyspace as its control panel is pretty damn good!
 
The only problem you might have is automatically being assigned to blacklists as you're using a dynamic IP.

Check that you're not on any lists here: http://mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx

If you are then you'll find a lot of people won't get your emails.

As above, you just need to assign the MX records on the domain to youname.dyndns.org and it should work :)
 
Having a dynamic IP is really not a good idea for something like this. You're better off renting a cheap server from OVH (£3/m cheapest), and doing it that way.
 
These are blacklisting my IP? Considering I've had the same IP for years how can this be?

BARRACUDA
RATS Dyna
SORBS DUHL

Other IP addresses +/- around mine are only blacklisted by SORBS DUHL
 
ASE001 said:
These are blacklisting my IP? Considering I've had the same IP for years how can this be?

BARRACUDA
RATS Dyna
SORBS DUHL

Other IP addresses +/- around mine are only blacklisted by SORBS DUHL
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They usually just block the entire range of addresses used by the ISPs for residential customers. You can buy "authenticated SMTP" services from any number of providers (I use DNS Made Easy) -- you would configure your server to forward all outbound mail to this.
 
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