Re: Force dynamic IP change using pppd -PS

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From: Mark Evans
Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 00:00

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Tim Franklin <tim@leaphome.pelican.org> wrote:
> Peter Chant <pete@petezilla.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>I thought that there was a small but possible chance of smtp email going to
>>the wrong person due to the use of dynamic ip, making static ip safer?

> Doing SMTP with dynamic IP is a colossal bodge anyway - you'd need to have
> your hostname listed as the most-favoured MX, and use dynamic DNS with a 
> very short TTL to make sure that your hostname pointed to where you really
> were.  Probably ETRN as well, although Demon's existing in-house mechanism
> might be usuable.

Indeed it would probably only be useable with something like Demon's set
up. Where the only MX records point to the ISP's machines. There would
be less risk of confusion if the dymanic DNS and the MX machines are
sat on the same piece of ethernet.

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Subject: Re: Force dynamic IP change using pppd -PS
Date: 2000/05/06
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