Re: The ultimate cure for STM
 

Iv never had problem running my own server when useing say http://www.dyndns.com/
and mail hop

some interesting links above guys

freeNAS looks very interesting and may well be they way to go. I had not seen zeroshell but it does look intresting

but the draytek does seem to fit our needs at the moment

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You won't have a problem getting a server running, but any mail server you set up will have it's fuctionality limited as ISP's generally be reject any email that is sent from a DHCP/residential IP block. This is to limit the effects of mail bombs from PCs infected with trojans/worms that have their own SMTP engine.

You'll be fine with DNS/WEB/FTP etc servers. But for the mail you will have to relay through either the Virgin SMTP server or a third party outgoing email server.

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I can confirm this having run an e-mail server for 2 years with limited functionality before moving to a dedicated server. Even incoming mail can be limited when on an ISP IP block as some servers won't send to blacklisted IP's either.

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Spot on, if any receiving mail server subscribes to a DUL such as the SORBS version, they will see that the IP address for the mail server trying to connect to theirs does not match that of the official MX record for that dynamic range, will therefore refuse connection, usually with the appropriate error sent back.

Its a minor point though considerig what the O/P wants to do with that set up. :)

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very true if need be im shaw i can find a better smtp than virgins lol

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I don't doubt it, but I've vary rarely had email issues with VM, well at least on the old ntlworld.com domain for sure....can't speak for blueyonder or virgin.net

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100meg, did you try getting and selecting that Slax http://www.slax.org/get_slax.php LiveCd/usb PXE server directly off the CD to then net boot a few spare PCs and get online as a test ?

i was looking through the slax loadable modules http://www.slax.org/modules.php?cate...iority=&page=2
and came across this new HSOconnect + ICON225 modem + Orange slax module
http://www.slax.org/modules.php?action=detail&id=2346

looks interesting and seems it might work for most 3G ICON USB generic modems,.

one or more WAN's to add to your growing MultiWAN connections ;)
dont use a new VM "addict" 3G plan though ,apparently they have a "fair use" 25MB *daily* wireless internet usage cap and the monthly download limit of 1GB for your £20 PAYG credit....