On Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:22:38 +0800 Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well, for one, what happens if the server in question has a dynamic IP > address and when it changes the system updates its DNS records to reflect > the change. I did that years ago when I only had dynamic IPs for my domain. > But I was still able to run a mailserver. If you relied on IPs it wouldn't > work. That's true, but that's a "special case" that affects only dynamic IP addresses which could be worked around in any number of ways (ping remote host on an address change, or whatever) that still shouldn't require an actual domain name to deal with. Not that there's anything wrong with having a real domain name (I think I have about a dozen now -- after you get the first one they seem to start multiplying); it's just that there seems to be no particularly good reason to require one for this purpose. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com
