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[Timothy R. Butler]

> I checked them out along with zoneedit.com. So far those were the only 
> 2
> places I came anywhere close to trusting.

	I believe the latest Linksys routers can work with either of those to 
automate the process.

>>
>> 	A word of warning: keep in mind that you'll need your e-mail to be
>> hosted on a server with a static IP to e-mail anyone on ServerForest
>> and many other hosts around the 'net. Many hosts, I believe including
>> HostingMatters, are now blocking dynamic IP ranges as part of
>> anti-worm, anti-spam measures. I myself implemented DUL (dynamic user
>> blocking) as part of my spam blacklisting measures a few weeks ago on
>> ServerForest.
>
> Now thats a drawback. I was hoping to get some experience running my 
> own mail
> server. I'll keep thinking about this and see which would be the best 
> course
> of action.

	Yeah, it's rather unfortunate. I did a survey of e-mail coming into 
ServerForest and only found a statistically insignificant margin (far 
less than 0.005%) that was legitimate and coming from a dynamic IP. 
Whereas nearly 50% of the spam hitting the server seems to be coming 
from DUL email "servers." (Most of it is coming from infected "zombie" 
PC's being used by spammers to send out spam.)

	You could always buy e-mail space from a host but have them redirect 
HTTP traffic to your own server...

	-Tim

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