Re:Own-Mailbox, the first 100% confidential mailbox
by uncletaco on Monday June 29, 2015 @10:42AM
(#9798357)
I'm not sure its really a "server" in the way you're thinking. It looks more like a USB storage device to me.
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Re:Own-Mailbox, the first 100% confidential mailbox
by isomorphic on Monday June 29, 2015 @10:47AM
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> Ports 25, 443, 993 are needed in order to have a fully functional Own-Mailbox.
Even if you flout your ISP's server policy, there's still DHCP to contend with (changing IPs).
Re:Own-Mailbox, the first 100% confidential mailbox
by pilif on Monday June 29, 2015 @10:51AM
(#9798427)
dynamic DNS exists. There's no reason why the host behind a MX entry can't be a dynamically updated address. MX records are names, not addresses.
Re:Own-Mailbox, the first 100% confidential mailbox
by devicenull on Monday June 29, 2015 @11:03AM
(#9798499)
Reverse DNS is a pretty big issue. You're not going to actually deliver any email without valid reverse DNS.
Re:Own-Mailbox, the first 100% confidential mailbox
by scintill76 on Monday June 29, 2015 @12:59PM
(#9799300)
What is "valid"? I've been delivering personal email for 2 years from an IP whose reverse is like 1-2-3-4-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net, and that name does not match what I put in my MX or HELO.
Now, granted, there are probably some systems that have issues with this, and maybe I do have failed deliveries I didn't notice, but you did say no email will deliver at all.
Re:Own-Mailbox, the first 100% confidential mailbox
by jlgaddis on Monday June 29, 2015 @03:59PM
(#9800529)
The mail systems that I run (at/for an ISP) would block your mail (although I am probably more strict about what I will accept than most).
Re:Own-Mailbox, the first 100% confidential mailbox
by blfr on Monday June 29, 2015 @02:23PM
(#9799903)
Valid is generally the one that matches your HELO, and in a perfect world your machine's hostname.
Re:Own-Mailbox, the first 100% confidential mailbox
by Torgo on Monday June 29, 2015 @12:28PM
(#9799096)
I was under the impression that you just had to have an IP with an A record that matched the reverse DNS, even if it's not for the A record that's your email domain?
Re:Own-Mailbox, the first 100% confidential mailbox
by jlgaddis on Monday June 29, 2015 @04:01PM
(#9800548)
It depends on the MX you're delivering mail to. Some aren't restrictive at all, some will reject if there's an A/PTR mismatch, etc. I make use of FCrDNS on my mail systems.
Re:Own-Mailbox, the first 100% confidential mailbox
by timboslice on Monday June 29, 2015 @12:03PM
(#9798916)
From my initial read, seems like SMTP relay is the way to go with a device like this
Re:Own-Mailbox, the first 100% confidential mailbox
by pjc50 on Monday June 29, 2015 @12:08PM
(#9798957)
It's a full, if small, computer, running Linux on an iMX233. Roughly equivalent to this sort of thing. https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/iMX233/iMX233-OLin...
(I had to dig around in the BOM to find out that detail..)