On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 7:41 AM, Iznogoud <iznogoud at nobelware.com> wrote: > I also use different companies for registrant and hosting. For hosting I > run > a virtual server on Rackspace (formerly Slicehost). In most cases you want > to > do something like this. > I am working on learning what I need to. This will change, using the same firm for both domain registration and hosting in the process of domain renewal later this winter. > > > > > For testing stuff at home, you can always just edit /etc/hosts on your > > testing box, as that will take precedence over external DNS records. > > > > Nope. The /etc/hosts of the _client_ machine (the machine querying the IP > to > connect to the presumed mailserver) will need this modification. ONLY if > you > are testing from the box that runs the web/Horde server itself this will > work. > > I am guessing this does not apply here; he probably wants his employees to > test-use Horde from outside. In that case, the DNS record has to point to > the > IP where "home" is. This can be done. Make the webserver running at "home" > have > a virtual host that uses the hostname of your "presumed mailserver" of your > domain. (This is easy to do.) Then, make the DNS record of your mailserver > to > point to your IP where "home" is. This can be an issue if you do not have a > static IP there. Finally, you can point people to your presumed > mailserver's > _hostname_ and your box at home will respond as expected. Also, if "home" > is > a home with a typical setup of a DSL/cable-modem, etc, etc, you will need > to > forward the incoming port 80 at the modem to the LAN machine that is your > presumed mailserver. > > I would not do that... I'd get a server from Rackspace for $13/month and do > all the testing I want. It is a month-to-month contract. There is a > different > problem there; Rackspace's policy is to not allow mailservers to run out of > arbitrary virtual hosts there. I do it. I get blacklisted and remove the > host > from the advisory blacklists from time to time. But for testing, it will > work > fine for you. It will work flawlessly and there are fewer battles to fight. > One of the things I have become quite anal about is my information being out of my control. This limits me to not using cloud services. For me - - - I want no one else to own nor to control my information, this makes me quite reluctant to even use web based services. I am finding that even this has a lot of unattended difficulties! > > > I hope we are of some help. I know you are going to base your business on > this, > and everything needs to work flawlessly. > That's the problem with business stuff. Its even worse when you are setting up in an incredibly regulated area. Every thing MUST be perfect and even then it is going to be assumed by the inspectors that you are trying to cut corners. Somehow our current bureaucratic environment just doesn't get business - - - why would I go to all the trouble of starting the business if I didn't want customers to like and want to repeat purchase my products but the inspectors seem to think that the opposite is true. Thank you one and all for your input!!!! Dee > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20171030/8bfb4f1f/attachment-0001.html>