Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ2 Email relay works on IPs but not names?

["Gerald Waugh" <gerald@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I've got a RAQ2, and I've got Pop-Before-SMTP running, and everything seems
> to be fine.  However, I've just got a DSL line, and I'd like to open the
> mail relay for that connection.
> 
> If I put the IP address of my DSL connection (151.203.232.134) in the relay
> field, everything works, but the IP (assigned by PPPoE) is subject to
> change, and I'd like to put in a name instead.

The IP resolves to:
Name:    pool-151-203-232-134.bos.east.verizon.net
Address:  151.203.232.134

Where compusmithsdsl.dnsalias.com resolves to:
Name:    compusmithsdsl.dnsalias.com
Address:  151.203.232.134

Note the two different resolutions, bound to confuse things!
This is not a reliable method of running an Internet server.
get a static IP, it may cost a little more, but it is reliable.

--Gerald