If you do not have a domain or a static ip then you have to get a virtual domain from someplace like no-ip, tzo, dns to go, etc.... As far as an mta I think postfix is my first choice. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Krister Ekstrom" <crisekstrom@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "speakup" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 4:04 AM Subject: 2 questions on mail and domains > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > Hi speakup, > > After struggling with the docs of Exim, which I didn't fully > understand, (to tell the truth, i felt quite stupid after reading > them) I ended up asking myself if Exim was the best MTA for me. This > in turn lead me to think that I should ask the following to the > list: What mail transports are people using and what would you > recommend to someone who wants a MTA that's easy to set up/configure > yet powerful? If recommending Exim after all, do any of you use a > version from a Debian package and if so, where should on dig to > configure the thing? > On a different but not entirely other subject: If i don't have my > own domain as of yet, what should my host name be? I assume i can't > have a name like "mymachine.isps.domain" cause that would be illegal > or something like that? > Thanks for any help! > > - -- > /Krister > mailto:crisekstrom at bredband.net > Get pgp keys here: mailto:crisekstrom at bredband.net?subject=get_pgp_keys > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-nr2 (Windows XP) > > iD8DBQFAZ+aOODlJeoMTOQsRA4IoAJ4whze4VdLh4Lbg+6wxdHGkrFsteACeOxZn > AZL9CXmzWq6UHRpemDgcoPE= > =hgsY > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >