how smtp works?

[caddlykid]

my isp provide me a smtp for outgoing mails but thats only for out going. lets say i want a smtp receive mails from my free domain at dydns server. im confuse of smtp i want to host my own mail my ip is dynamic. can somebody help on this?
Edit:
up plz!

 

[wild bill]

if you register a domain like at godaddy.com it would be much easyer to get smtp relay. if your hosted with x10 the server that hosts your site is the incomming smtp relay. This is your MX record. DynDns may give you the option to create a mx record but you need a server to run the smtp relay.

You can get a .com domain for like $10 a year and you get one email address with it I think. pretty sure.. they also give you full dns control.

You will find that alot of major ISP's haved blocked your IP address because its a home network and spamers used to use these types of relays but the ISP's caught on quick. I've been there. not spamming but just trying to do what your wanting.

some addresses you can send but not many unless you use smart relay and relay through your ISP's mail relay. look for smart host or something like that if you decide to run your own smtp relay.

I hope this helps.

--Bill

 

[Smith6612]

May I just point out, it won't be the best of thing to run a mail server from home, especially an SMTP server since Dynamic IP addresses are all gathered into a "Do Not Accept" list that is a part of the Spamhaus project. Add in the fact that many residential ISPs charge an arm and a leg for Static IPs and tend to be a pain in the butt when it comes down to setting up the line for a mail server, you're better off finding a free mail service or using the x10Histing servers for your mail, or finding a mail relay service. What you're asking for is something that would normally come with expensive business circuits.

Most recently, Verizon Communications blocked outgoing SMTP traffic on port 25 to all of their residential/Dynamic IP customers. I was one of the people who were affected by this as the port was blocked last night throughout my area. I had to change every mail account I had in Windows Mail to an alternate port for each account with SSL, and I'm currently in the process of setting up my honeypots to send mail to the various spam databases I contriulbute to using different ports. PITA if you tell me :/

 

[caddlykid]

meaning to say its hard for me to setup this things without any knowledge about port and protocol and if i really want, i need to spend some money for this kind of tech.
its really hard for me to spend a peny for now. i dunt have a job right now and im in the philippines and undergrad its hard to look for a job. i feel so sad. but thanks anyways for your help....

 

[Smith6612]

meaning to say its hard for me to setup this things without any knowledge about port and protocol and if i really want, i need to spend some money for this kind of tech.
its really hard for me to spend a peny for now. i dunt have a job right now and im in the philippines and undergrad its hard to look for a job. i feel so sad. but thanks anyways for your help....

Well, if you want to use the x10Hosting server to manage your mail and you want to use a mail client over web-based mail, you can set up a mail client to gather the mail from the x10Hosting server for your account. If you go to cPanel and create a mail account if you haven't done so already, you can enter in the details that cPanel gives you. Typically, the settings are mail.yourwebsiteaddressgoeshere with the username and password you set up for the account. Ports are dependent on what mode you're using (SSL or no).

 

[caddlykid]

i alrdy use smtp from 10xhosting. but i want also to have smtp at my home server.