Subject: Re: Setting up mail server
From: Tom (thogland@alaskatech.org)
Date: Tue Dec 25 2001 - 09:44:59 AKST
On Tue, 25 Dec 2001, Dave Brown wrote:
> Hey Justin,
>
> You will need an smtp server, sendmail qmail or postfix(I favor postfix
> myself but the mail server battles are almost as loud as the distro battles :-)
> To route mail to your box you need an MX record config'd in your DNS. I
> think GCI is happy to do this for you for a small fee.
They do - my girlfriend works there, so I asked her. The $50 setup and
$10/mo they charge for either web-hosting or static IP covers DNS, MX
records, etc. If Justin hadn't had e-mail set up in their system it'd
still be covered by the $50 paid for the initial IP and domain setup.
There's some things about GCI I don't care for, but their policy of "it's
your IP and bandwidth, do with it as you desire" sure is a nice change
from the rules of the broadband providers outside...
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