RE: IETF SMTP Working Group Proposal at smtpng.org

["Vivien M." <vivienm () dyndns org>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On 
> Behalf Of Robert Blayzor
> Sent: August 21, 2002 7:39 PM
> To: 'Brad Knowles'
> Cc: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: RE: IETF SMTP Working Group Proposal at smtpng.org
>
>
> Correct, but MX's (mail servers) have static assignments, 
> unless you change DNS every time.  Running MX's on dynamic 
> IP's to receive mail would be quite silly.

Then perhaps you'd like to tell me how we have tens of thousands of
users quite happily doing it?

True, I wouldn't run Hotmail/AOL/EarthLink/etc's MXes off dynamic IPs,
but for a home/small biz mail server...

Oh, and one last thing, when you specify an MX (statically, as you say),
you don't put in the IP but rather a name created with A record, so what
prevents that A record from being a low-TTL dynamic DNS A record?

Vivien
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Vivien M.
vivienm () dyndns org
Assistant System Administrator
Dynamic DNS Network Services
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