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"Kenneth E. Lussier" <ken.lussier at zuken.com> writes: > I decided that very same thing a few years ago. I registered a domain > name (digitalrebel.org), and set up my own firewall, DNS server (using > granitecanyon as a secondary DNS), mail server, and web server. All on > Linux. At the time, I was running it all over a MediaOne cable modem. > When AT&T bought out M1, things became extremely unstable. The > connection would drop every couple of days, and my IP address was > changing 2 or 3 times a week. I switched over to DirecTVDSL, and I have Sure, running your own server is also a good thing to do, though I'd consider that orthogonal to the issue of owning your own domain. You can always host your "real" mailbox anywhere, and find a way to get mail to your "official" address forwarded to that mailbox. Still, it's certainly more straightforward to get all the pieces working if you just run your own server. -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix ICQ 28611923 / AIM abreauj / JABBER jabr at jabber.org / YAHOO abreauj Email jabr at blu.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 344 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.blu.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20020321/9016343b/attachment.sig>
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