[thelist] domain self-hosting

[sarah]

Thank you for all the suggestions, but perhaps I
didn't explain in enough detail.

Basically I want to learn how you set up DNS and mess
around with that sort of technical stuff. I have the
server running fine and I do the whole localhost deal
fine and dandy. I'd just like to know how to do it.

Mainly what I want to do is write a web mail
application that uses the mail accounts on the linux
box, so I need friends of mine to be able to access it
and test it out for me. I'd also like to create a
permanent email address for myself through there that
is sarah at something.com. 

I'm using dyndns.org now, which does the same thing as
what many of you suggested. But I'm looking to get
down and dirty and do this myself, so real articles
about setting up BIND would be great.

Thanks again for all the help,
Sarah


--- Robin Hastings <robin at rhastings.net> wrote:
> > I'm interesting in hosting my domains from my home
> > computer, instead of paying someone somewhere else
> to
> > host it. I know this is possible, but I'm not
> really
> > sure of the specifics of what I need to do. I've
> read
> > up on BIND some, and don't really know where to
> start.
> > If someone knows of some articles to help me get
> > started it would be great. The hosting computer
> would
> > be running redhat 7.0 and apache, and I have a
> cable
> > modem through AT&T. One problem I suspect is that
> they
> > won't let me have a static IP address. I've tried
> to
> > talk to AT&T about it, but they aren't very
> helpful.
> > Hopefully someone out there has done this before
> and
> > can help me, or point me towards something.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sarah
> 
> Sarah,
> 
>  I'm also using AT&T Cable and needed a static IP to
> get into my library's
> intranet. What I did was go to Start, then Run, type
> in command. This brings
> up a DOS command box - from that prompt type in
> ipconfig and you should get
> a listing of your subnet, gateway and IP addresses.
> Write them down. type in
> exit and leave the command window.
> Right-click on network neighborhood and choose
> properties, choose the
> Protocols tab, select TCP-IP, then click on the
> properties button. Change
> the radio button from DHCP to Static and enter in
> the info you had written
> down.
> If you do this wrong, you will probably end up not
> being able to access the
> internet at all!
> 
> On a side note, the way AT&T does the IP thing is
> that you get the same IP
> all of the time, it's just dynamically allocated. My
> problem actually ended
> up being that they configured my computer to go
> through a proxy (hence I was
> giving out a "not allowed" IP address to the
> Intranet and not getting in).
> Anybody know how to get rid of the proxy script in
> IE 5.5?
> 
> Robin Hastings
> Webmistress - InterTec Designs
> robin at intertecdesigns.com
> http://www.intertecdesigns.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
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