Running own mail server

[Bruno Wolff III]

> >Edward Dekkers <edward at tripled.iinet.net.au> wrote:
> >
> >> Originally I thought I could just run DNS here on my Linux box. But
> >> apparently from what I understand of the reading I'm doing I'd need two
> >> servers to do this.

For a home DSL system having two DNS servers is overkill. If your network is
down none of your services are going to be working anyway, so having a DNS
on another network isn't going to help.
Some registrars may enforce this requirement though. If so you might be able
to make a deal with another person in a similar situation to provide DNS
service for each other.

For more arguments on why you don't really need two DNS servers in this case
see:
http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/third-party.html