Re: Sending mail with no DNS

[Alan Wilson <awilson@accessus.net>]

Thanks for the reply.  I suspected that the dns was required and the good folk
upstream form use (the SOA for the domain) can be less than warm and fuzzy.

It is a routed ip address (static); part of a .224 subnet and can be pinged
easily from anywhere.

Oh, well, I was hoping...

Thanks again
Alan


On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Sean /The RIMBoy/ wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Alan Wilson wrote:
> 
> > Is it possible to send email to a linux box (permanantly on the net) with no
> > DNS, for example awilson@10.11.12.13?
> 
> To my knowledge this cannot be done.  I will be more than willing to be
> corrected, but that is what I have heard and have been told.  Likewise, it
> would eliminate the need for .dhs.org address for @home users (not that I
> did anything like that).
> 
> > When I attempt to, the email bounces back with something like:
> > 550 <awilson@10.11.12.13>... Host unknown (Name server: 10.11.12.13: host not
> > found)
> 
> Right, it needs a dns entry... it it trying to lookup that IP as a name,
> and it is failing.
> 
> > I have been trying to setup DNS on the machine (which here I call
> > 10.11.12.13), but the message seems to suggest that it doesn't resolve itself.
> 
> If you are using publically addressable IP space, I would forgo the DNS
> server and get a .dhs.org account.  Going to www.dhs.org will get you on
> your way.  I have used one for well over a year with no problems... they
> were formed from the ashes of ml.org.  You will basically get *.dhs.org.
> It is well worth the money (it is free as in beer).
> 
> If you are using non-routed IP addresses... then well, pickup the bind
> book and start hacking.  I know of a guy who created his own private dns
> tld... .foo  That way it would not be routed out onto the net.  There are
> probably some how-to's online to pull this kinda thing off.  
> 
> Sean...
> 
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