[thechat] ADSL - UK & Beervolt London

[Martin Burns]

On Wed, October 27, 2004 12:52 pm, William Anderson said:
> Martin Burns wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>> Static IP makes a *big* difference:
>> I'm
>> currently in Switzerland, sending this via Webmail to the box sat at
>> home running qmail. I'm also on IRC via irc.cgi.
>
> Or you could just use some form of Dynamic DNS (i.e. dyndns.org) to access
> your home connection if it has a dynamically assigned IP.

Which is what I did when I was on cable. Still, having the static one does
make life easier if you're running entire domains at home. Dunno how well
inbound SMTP would work on a dyndns setup.

(memo to self: must get easyweb postal address updated to new gaff, so
Easily will do the rDNS magic for me)


>> [London Beervolts] tend to be organised via #evolt
>> these days as a fair chunk of the london 'volters hang out there day in,
>> day out.
>
> Moo.

Not just Londoners either... and there's been at least 2 major family
events principally organised there.

Cheers
Martin


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