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[Paul]

On Dec 22, 2007 9:12 PM, Eric S. Johansson <esj at harvee.org> wrote:

> Paul wrote:
> > Thanks for the tips.  I noticed something else.  If I change my hostname
> > to something like " mycomputer.com <http://mycomputer.com> mail gets
> > sent instantly.  However, if I have it set to just 'mycomputer' it takes
> > about 30 seconds for mail to get sent.
> >
> > What am I experiencing here?  Should I go get some domain name from
> > those freebie DYNDNS places and use that as my host name?
>
> dnstimeouts on your invalid "mycomputer" name and yes, get dyndns name.
>  it will
> make things go easier.  you may be rbled out of existance if you are on a
> "consumer" service.  you may need to find a friendly that will let you
> relay
> outbound via the submission port.  I an considering such a service for
> small biz
> in the future but I need python coding help to get it done in our planet's
> lifetime.


Great thanks.

Is it enough to simply type

sudo hostname whatever.dyndns.com

or is there more of a process?
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