Topic: dns2go

[Richard]

Have any of you heard of this great service?
I have initiated 5 instances of the dns2go service (www.dns2go.com)
and I am extremely happy with it.  I'm not so sure they would be all that happy to find out about e-smith, though, because they rely on Value-Added packages,
i.e. e-mail forwarding.
With e-smith you don't need their value added stuff.  
I installed the program and run it once whenever I initiate a new domain name
(you can register top-level domains through them, too) and I don't have to leave it on, as others do who don't have a server.

send me an e-mail (anything)@whitney.dns2go.com and I'll reply.

Happy Camping Everyone!

[Paul Miller]

Hi Richard,

> Have any of you heard of this great service?
> I have initiated 5 instances of the dns2go service

It looks OK to me.

> (www.dns2go.com)
> and I am extremely happy with it.  I'm not so sure they would
> be all that happy to find out about e-smith, though, because
> they rely on Value-Added packages,
> i.e. e-mail forwarding.
> With e-smith you don't need their value added stuff.  
> I installed the program and run it once whenever I initiate a
> new domain name
> (you can register top-level domains through them, too) and I
> don't have to leave it on, as others do who don't have a
> server.
>
> send me an e-mail (anything)@whitney.dns2go.com and I'll reply.
>
> Happy Camping Everyone!

--- start of soapbox
Some of the free services offered never cease to amaze me.  I once worked as admin for an ISP.  We charged quite a bit to set up and 'maintain' businesses with an apache web server linked to their 'vanity' name.  

I think it would surprise most people how much can be done with services that are reliable and free on the net.  But it takes some faith and some disciplined 'integration' work that many people are not willing to do.  

Seems to me there is plenty of opportunity to work with the folks you mentioned.  It look like they have opened the door for someone to put up a web site that showcases how to install and customize e-smith for various business types.  

As you may know, business culture is the most difficult thing to change and the 'gift' culture that Linux is based on catches a lot of folks off guard.  I have found at age 62 that many of my learning disabilities are a result of poor expectations.  Linux and e-smith particularly are helping me past these problems and allow me to 'give unto others' where I may not have in my darker past.  
---end of soapbox

I use dyndns.org which offers 5 free names.  After that, a $10 donation is required.  It has worked perfect for me and is now part of the e-smith install process.

How long do they take to update when you log in or lose a connection?

Was it difficult to create the script to update ipchange?



Regards,
PaulRichard wrote:

[Paul Miller]

Hi Richard,

> Have any of you heard of this great service?
> I have initiated 5 instances of the dns2go service

It looks OK to me.
 
PaulRichard wrote:
> (www.dns2go.com)
> and I am extremely happy with it.  I'm not so sure they would
> be all that happy to find out about e-smith, though, because
> they rely on Value-Added packages,
> i.e. e-mail forwarding.
> With e-smith you don't need their value added stuff.  

--- start of soapbox
Some of the free services offered never cease to amaze me.  I once worked as admin for an ISP.  We charged quite a bit to set up and 'maintain' businesses with an apache web server linked to their 'vanity' name.  

I think it would surprise most people how much can be done with services that are reliable and free on the net.  But it takes some faith and some disciplined 'integration' work that many people are not willing to do.  

Seems to me there is plenty of opportunity to work with the folks you mentioned.  It look like they have opened the door for someone to put up a web site that showcases how to install and customize e-smith for various business types.  

As you may know, business culture is the most difficult thing to change and the 'gift' culture that Linux is based on catches a lot of folks off guard.  I have found at age 62 that many of my learning disabilities are a result of poor expectations.  Linux and e-smith particularly are helping me past these problems and allow me to 'give unto others' where I may not have in my darker past.  
---end of soapbox

I use dyndns.org which offers 5 free names.  After that, a $10 donation is required.  It has worked perfect for me for mail and web and is now a selection in the e-smith install process.

How long do they take to update when you log in or lose a connection?

Was it difficult to create the script to update ipchange?


Regards,
Paul Miller

[Gerald]

I have been using the free services of mydomain.com. They seem to have similair offerings. However, I have had some problem getting the MX records to work. They want the mail server to listen on port 25. Default e-smith listens on 110 and sends on 25. I am attempting to get around that now.

[Charlie Brady]

Gerald wrote:
>
> I have been using the free services of mydomain.com. They
> seem to have similair offerings. However, I have had some
> problem getting the MX records to work. They want the mail
> server to listen on port 25. Default e-smith listens on 110
> and sends on 25.

That is simply not true. e-smith sends and receives using SMTP on port 25 (just as every other internet server does), and allows POP access to mailboxes on port 110.

Regards

Charlie

[Alain]

Dns2go seems great (I got the linux rpm, my ID and domain on their system), but how do you configure the dns2go linux client in the e-smith environment: ip-up and ip-down scripts or elsewhere? I am not talking about the dns2go.conf setup that seems pretty easy. I just want to have my IP address to automatically sync to dns2go each time the e-smith box connect to my ISP (dialup connection), and not having to launch the dns2go client manually.

Is it necessary to change the e-smith install (through the console) and go for a dynamic dns config (though dns2go is not the original list)? Until now I did not choose a dynamic dns install, and I am only working with a local dns on the intranet (not visible on the Internet) with a non routable class C.

I don't want to mess up all the e-smith stuff (I already installed a lot of the available modules in the contrib area of the ftp site and it is still working clean and perfect).

Thanks for your advice.


Alain