Re: [OT] Pros and Cons of Gmail [WAS] Re: Lenny: which arch for a Intel Core 2 Duo?
On Fri, Jan 09, 2009 at 20:49:25 -0800, Steve Lamb (grey@dmiyu.org) wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > Which is why if you want privacy *and* address independence, you need to
> > spend the extra effort to get a dynamic DNS address and run your own
> > IMAPS server, and probably a web server, too, with squirrelmail.
>
> DynDNS has problems since you will get blocked on outbound mail. Even
> with a static IP it is next to impossible to mail AOhelL, Yahoo! or Google.
> Find a decent VM vendor and lease a 256Mb box. :D
So long as you have a static IP which is from a block recognised as such
(which amongst other things means it is not listed in dul.dnsbl) AND
have valid a valid rDNS (PTR record) in place then you can send to these
people ok. I've been doing it for years.
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