On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Rob Kampen <rkampen at kampensonline.com>wrote: > On 04/10/2013 03:58 AM, tdukes at palmettoshopper.com wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Was trying to setup postfix on my home PC. Running Centos 6.4. I don't >> have a static IP and use zoneedit and ddclient to keep my installation >> of zoneminder current. >> >> So I decided I wanted to get zoneminder to send me email alerts. Sent >> some test messages but none were sent. >> >> I went to webdnstools website thinking maybe there is a dns or network >> problem. >> >> When it checks my dns setup, everything is fine except the mail server >> is has the wrong IP address. The A record and the www A record have the >> correct IP. The IP address its reporting is one that belongs to my ISP. >> > sounds like your ISP only allows certain services through and intercepts > the rest as you do not have a fixed IP. > Consider setting up Postfix to auth (with your ISP email credentials) and send mail through your ISP's mail server. I've seen write-ups for using Gmail in the same way. http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/postfix-smtp-authentication-for-mail-servers/ > may want to talk to them as they control the DNS and reverse DNS, both of Not a bad idea, but if he's in a dynamic pool the ISP is unlikely to help him out. Does he really need a static? > which should be correct for email servers to function correctly. > Basically, to do an email server you need a fixed IP. Do you need to receive mail or just send it? See the URL above if you just need to send. > > >> TIA >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/**mailman/listinfo/centos<http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 //