Running own mail server

[Dan McCullough]

The problem is, is that most registrars require at least two DNS
servers with different IP addresses, so that is why most are
suggesting that he get a free secondary DNS server.

On 11/3/06, Bruno Wolff III <bruno at wolff.to> wrote:
> > >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
>
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