Hi. In addition to having the static IP, if you have your own domain, Qwest will even do a reverse dns for your static IP. When I was in Denver, I did this with them and it was fantabulous. Tyler Littlefield said the following on 11/26/2008 4:43 PM: > Hello, > If you all remember, I was having issues with mail, I left it for a > while and decided to return to playing with it. > According to my logs, some servers block dynamic IP addresses, and I was > refered to a site that confirmed as much. > On this site I was also told that: > a, dynamic IP addresses were blocked from sending mail, > b, I had to use the Qwest smtp server. > So, I called up tech support and actually for once in my life found > someone who sounded like they new what they were talking about. > We covered the problems with my modem, and got to briding the modem and > using my linxsys which I want to put open wrt on anyway as the real > router, which I am going to end up doing sometime when I have the time > to play with it. > Then he told me that qwest didn't supply smtp to "home" customers, > (shocking!), and my only bet was a static IP. > So, I obtained the static IP, and lots of things (including mail) are > now in working order. > -- Raul A. Gallegos -- http://www.asmodean.net __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3643 (20081126) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com
