On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:37:42 -0700, "David Schwartz"
<davids@webmaster.com> wrote:

>
>"Mike Preston" <mbpatpas@pacbell.net.invalid> wrote in message
>news:433b00dd.265858143@news.INDIVIDUAL.NET...
>
>>>Your ISP is assigning your Internet IP Address - You need a static
>>>address if you are:
>>>Hosting a mailserver
>>>Hosting a website
>>>Providing Dialin Access (VPN)
>
>> No, you don't. no-ip, dyndns and similar services allow you to do all
>> of the above with dynamic IPs.
>
> For hosting a mail server?! Surely you are joking.

Not in the slightest. I've had 100% uptime (where I haven't disabled
the server for my own purposes and acquired a new dynamic IP in the
process, or changed my non-dynamic IP) for over 3 years. Mail server
and all. As long as the Mx records are properly recorded, everything
goes through. I had to fight a bit with AOL, but even they relented.

mike