Hosting Own Postfix Mail Server

All:

I'm trying to host my own mail server and not sure how route messages from
my domain host to my dynamic IP host (no-ip.com). My host has a forwarding
record type of "URL" which I've set up to point "WWW" prefixes to my
assigned domain (eg. mydomain.no-ip.biz) which then passes port 80 requests
to the HTTP server inside my home. This works fine. I'm not sure how to
handle email requests, however. I've tried using a "@" prefix with an URL
record type as well but that didn't work. "A" record types require an IP4
address which won't work since I need to point to the "mydomain.no-ip.biz"
host and there is no IP address to use.

Therefore, I need some help understanding how to set up the routing to allow
emails to get sent to my domain host and then routed through to my email
server.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance.

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:25:47 -0700, John Tilly wrote:

> I'm trying to host my own mail server and not sure how route messages
> from my domain host to my dynamic IP host (no-ip.com). My host has a
> forwarding record type of "URL" which I've set up to point "WWW"
> prefixes to my assigned domain (eg. mydomain.no-ip.biz) which then
> passes port 80 requests to the HTTP server inside my home. This works
> fine. I'm not sure how to handle email requests, however. I've tried
> using a "@" prefix with an URL record type as well but that didn't work.
> "A" record types require an IP4 address which won't work since I need to
> point to the "mydomain.no-ip.biz" host and there is no IP address to
> use.

Your DNS records require an MX entry.

"Dave Uhring" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:25:47 -0700, John Tilly wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to host my own mail server and not sure how route messages
>> from my domain host to my dynamic IP host (no-ip.com). My host has a
>> forwarding record type of "URL" which I've set up to point "WWW"
>> prefixes to my assigned domain (eg. mydomain.no-ip.biz) which then
>> passes port 80 requests to the HTTP server inside my home. This works
>> fine. I'm not sure how to handle email requests, however. I've tried
>> using a "@" prefix with an URL record type as well but that didn't work.
>> "A" record types require an IP4 address which won't work since I need to
>> point to the "mydomain.no-ip.biz" host and there is no IP address to
>> use.
>
> Your DNS records require an MX entry.

JT>> Hey Dave. Thanks for responding. My interpretation of your comment
is as follows. I should create an MX record that points to my dynamic IP
host location (mydomain.no-ip.biz). No additional configurations are needed
at the dynamic IP host since it already points to email server IP address.
Any particular ports that needed to get routed inside my firewall? Thanks
again... John.

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:50:14 +0000, John Tilly wrote:
> "Dave Uhring" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...

>> Your DNS records require an MX entry.
>
> JT>> Hey Dave. Thanks for responding. My interpretation of your
> comment is as follows. I should create an MX record that points to my
> dynamic IP host location (mydomain.no-ip.biz). No additional
> configurations are needed at the dynamic IP host since it already points
> to email server IP address. Any particular ports that needed to get
> routed inside my firewall? Thanks again... John.

25 to receive mail
110 to access a POP3 server remotely
143 to access IMAP-4 server remotely

These and other port numbers are defined in /etc/services.

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:08:10 +0000, Dave Uhring wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:50:14 +0000, John Tilly wrote:
>> "Dave Uhring" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>> Your DNS records require an MX entry.
>>
>> JT>> Hey Dave. Thanks for responding. My interpretation of your
>> comment is as follows. I should create an MX record that points to my
>> dynamic IP host location (mydomain.no-ip.biz). No additional
>> configurations are needed at the dynamic IP host since it already points
>> to email server IP address. Any particular ports that needed to get
>> routed inside my firewall? Thanks again... John.
>
> 25 to receive mail
> 110 to access a POP3 server remotely
> 143 to access IMAP-4 server remotely
>
> These and other port numbers are defined in /etc/services.


JT>> I entered an MX record at my domain host. It required a prefix so
I used "@". An email sent to mydomain.com now generates the following
error message:

<(E-Mail Removed)>: Name service error for name=mydomain.com type=MX:
Malformed or unexpected name server reply

Thoughts?

On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:44:46 -0700, John wrote:

>>> "Dave Uhring" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>>> Your DNS records require an MX entry.

> JT>> I entered an MX record at my domain host. It required a prefix so
> I used "@". An email sent to mydomain.com now generates the following
> error message:
>
> <(E-Mail Removed)>: Name service error for name=mydomain.com type=MX:
> Malformed or unexpected name server reply

I have no idea how your provider configures you zone, but here is one
which is no longer in active use on a nameserver running BIND-9:


$ttl 38400
ciacarclub.com. IN SOA ns1.xxxxx.net. hostmaster.mail.xxxxx.net. (
2004040201
10800
3600
604800
38400 )
ciacarclub.com. IN NS ns1.xxxxxx.net.
IN NS ns2.xxxxxx.net.
IN MX 5 mail.xxxxxx.net.
IN A xxx.75.yyy.81
www IN A xxx.75.yyy.81
ftp IN A xxx.75.yyy.81

On Sep 11, 8:09 pm, Dave Uhring <daveuhr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:44:46 -0700, John wrote:
> >>> "Dave Uhring" <daveuhr...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> >>>> Your DNS records require an MX entry.
> > JT>> I entered an MX record at my domain host. It required a prefix so
> > I used "@". An email sent to mydomain.com now generates the following
> > error message:
>
> > <t...@mydomain.com>: Name service error for name=mydomain.com type=MX:
> > Malformed or unexpected name server reply
>
> I have no idea how your provider configures you zone, but here is one
> which is no longer in active use on a nameserver running BIND-9:
>
> $ttl 38400
> ciacarclub.com. IN SOA ns1.xxxxx.net. hostmaster.mail.xxxxx.net. (
> 2004040201
> 10800
> 3600
> 604800
> 38400 )
> ciacarclub.com. IN NS ns1.xxxxxx.net.
> IN NS ns2.xxxxxx.net.
> IN MX 5 mail.xxxxxx.net.
> IN A xxx.75.yyy.81
> www IN A xxx.75.yyy.81
> ftp IN A xxx.75.yyy.81





SRG> put the mx record of your host into no-ip's mx record settings.
and then try it will work

"SRG" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) ups.com...
> On Sep 11, 8:09 pm, Dave Uhring <daveuhr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:44:46 -0700, John wrote:
>> >>> "Dave Uhring" <daveuhr...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> >>>> Your DNS records require an MX entry.
>> > JT>> I entered an MX record at my domain host. It required a prefix so
>> > I used "@". An email sent to mydomain.com now generates the following
>> > error message:
>>
>> > <t...@mydomain.com>: Name service error for name=mydomain.com type=MX:
>> > Malformed or unexpected name server reply
>>
>> I have no idea how your provider configures you zone, but here is one
>> which is no longer in active use on a nameserver running BIND-9:
>>
>> $ttl 38400
>> ciacarclub.com. IN SOA ns1.xxxxx.net.
>> hostmaster.mail.xxxxx.net. (
>> 2004040201
>> 10800
>> 3600
>> 604800
>> 38400 )
>> ciacarclub.com. IN NS ns1.xxxxxx.net.
>> IN NS ns2.xxxxxx.net.
>> IN MX 5 mail.xxxxxx.net.
>> IN A xxx.75.yyy.81
>> www IN A xxx.75.yyy.81
>> ftp IN A xxx.75.yyy.81
>
>
>
>
>
> SRG> put the mx record of your host into no-ip's mx record settings.
> and then try it will work
>
JT>> OK. I must admit Dave's last response was a bit over my head, but what
I've now done is create an MX record at my host which looks like
mail.mydomainname.com and I've added an MX reference at no-ip.com back to
mydomainname.com. No-ip's MX reference wouldn't accept
mail.mydomainname.com so I'm hoping mydomainname.com will suffice. It will
likely take some time to hit the network servers so I'll post my results
tonight. Thanks all for the help....John.

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:19:41 +0000, John Tilly wrote:

>
> "SRG" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) ups.com...
>> On Sep 11, 8:09 pm, Dave Uhring <daveuhr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 06:44:46 -0700, John wrote:
>>> >>> "Dave Uhring" <daveuhr...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> >>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>> >>>> Your DNS records require an MX entry.
>>> > JT>> I entered an MX record at my domain host. It required a prefix so
>>> > I used "@". An email sent to mydomain.com now generates the following
>>> > error message:
>>>
>>> > <t...@mydomain.com>: Name service error for name=mydomain.com type=MX:
>>> > Malformed or unexpected name server reply
>>>
>>> I have no idea how your provider configures you zone, but here is one
>>> which is no longer in active use on a nameserver running BIND-9:
>>>
>>> $ttl 38400
>>> ciacarclub.com. IN SOA ns1.xxxxx.net.
>>> hostmaster.mail.xxxxx.net. (
>>> 2004040201
>>> 10800
>>> 3600
>>> 604800
>>> 38400 )
>>> ciacarclub.com. IN NS ns1.xxxxxx.net.
>>> IN NS ns2.xxxxxx.net.
>>> IN MX 5 mail.xxxxxx.net.
>>> IN A xxx.75.yyy.81
>>> www IN A xxx.75.yyy.81
>>> ftp IN A xxx.75.yyy.81
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> SRG> put the mx record of your host into no-ip's mx record settings.
>> and then try it will work
>>
> JT>> OK. I must admit Dave's last response was a bit over my head, but what
> I've now done is create an MX record at my host which looks like
> mail.mydomainname.com and I've added an MX reference at no-ip.com back to
> mydomainname.com. No-ip's MX reference wouldn't accept
> mail.mydomainname.com so I'm hoping mydomainname.com will suffice. It will
> likely take some time to hit the network servers so I'll post my results
> tonight. Thanks all for the help....John.

JT>> Here's the update. Still an error which looks like
<(E-Mail Removed)>
Host or domain name not found. Name service error for
name=jacobholden.com type=A: Host found but no data record of requested type