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[AdamSnow]

Just looking for some advice on how the best way to do this would be... Below is my situation :

Domain already registered, currently not pointed anywhere...
Computer in house on my network that I will use a server...
Dynamic IP address... but have an account with no-ip.org...

What I want to do, is setup a small web/mail server on this workstation and have my domain point to that system... what would the best way to go about this be? I honestly have no idea where to start with this little project... so any help at all is appreciated...

I don?t need help with setting up the web/mail server... only need to know the best way to point that domain name to that computer... I could use Forwarding from my web host to forward all requests to my .com to my .no-ip.org address, but I'm guessing I will have problems running my mail server with that setup... but don?t really know how to set it up in the DNS information so it points to that computer...

Any help is appreciated!!

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Actually, it's easier than you're making it out to be.

Inbound traffic going to your .com address ( www.adamsnow.com ) gets bounced to your no-ip.org address ( adamsnow.no-ip.org )
From there, no-ip bounces it to your current dynamic IP ( ex: 1.2.3.4 )
Now, on your side of things, you have to tell your router to forward the appropriate ports for web ( TCP 80 ) and email ( TCP 110 for POP3 ) to the server machine's internal IP ( ex: 192.168.0.100 )
Set your email server ( Exchange, sendmail, etc ) to use www.adamsnow.com as the SMTP server, so that when it sends the mail, it will come from you@adamsnow.com and not you@adamsnow.no-ip.org

At least, that's as much as I can mock-up in theory without getting my hands dirty. It's a good start.

- M4H

 

[AdamSnow]

So how about when someone sends an email to me@adamsnow.com ? will it go to the email server or will it have no idea?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: AdamSnow
So how about when someone sends an email to me@adamsnow.com ? will it go to the email server or will it have no idea?

Hmm. I think the domain name should resolve in the same way it would with a web request, in that their servers (.com) will send it to no-ip, which will send it on to your home IP. So they'll be sending it to you@adamsnow.com, and after a second of resolving names, their client will fire it off to you@1.2.3.4

Now, again. That's all theory. Personally, if you want to have mail functionality, I'd shell out the couple bucks a year for 100MB/1GB hosting and have it handle mail on the server-side and pass only HTTP traffic on. Then you can just treat it like any other mail server.

- M4H