On Fri, May 25, 2012, at 02:43 PM, Paul Stimpson wrote:
> I'd really appreciate any guidance on the best way to set up the
> following so that it's competent, reliable and doesn't get pwned. I
> want to be a good net citizen.
>
> *BIND
Leaving the rest to people who run mail servers more often than me, do
you actually *need* bind? I've never had an issue with gandi's
nameservers.
--
Richard Dignall
richard@???
www.bebackedup.co.uk
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On 25/05/12 14:43, Paul Stimpson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Thank you for you help with choosing a domain registrar. I went with
> Gandi I'm the end and they seem great.
>
> I've bought my first domains and I'm just about to begin configuring
> services on my VPS. This is the first time I've run a server facing
> the public internet.
>
> I'd really appreciate any guidance on the best way to set up the
> following so that it's competent, reliable and doesn't get pwned. I
> want to be a good net citizen.
>
> *BIND
> *Incoming mail
> *A POP3/IMAP server for my client.
> *An SMTP server for my cli
