<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 7:41 AM, Iznogoud <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iznogoud@nobelware.com" target="_blank">iznogoud@nobelware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I also use different companies for registrant and hosting. For hosting I run<br>
a virtual server on Rackspace (formerly Slicehost). In most cases you want to<br>
do something like this.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I am working on learning what I need to. This will change, using the same firm for <br>both domain registration and hosting in the process of domain renewal later this winter. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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> For testing stuff at home, you can always just edit /etc/hosts on your<br>
> testing box, as that will take precedence over external DNS records.<br>
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</span>Nope. The /etc/hosts of the _client_ machine (the machine querying the IP to<br>
connect to the presumed mailserver) will need this modification. ONLY if you<br>
are testing from the box that runs the web/Horde server itself this will work.<br>
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I am guessing this does not apply here; he probably wants his employees to<br>
test-use Horde from outside. In that case, the DNS record has to point to the<br>
IP where "home" is. This can be done. Make the webserver running at "home" have<br>
a virtual host that uses the hostname of your "presumed mailserver" of your<br>
domain. (This is easy to do.) Then, make the DNS record of your mailserver to<br>
point to your IP where "home" is. This can be an issue if you do not have a<br>
static IP there. Finally, you can point people to your presumed mailserver's<br>
_hostname_ and your box at home will respond as expected. Also, if "home" is<br>
a home with a typical setup of a DSL/cable-modem, etc, etc, you will need to<br>
forward the incoming port 80 at the modem to the LAN machine that is your<br>
presumed mailserver.<br>
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I would not do that... I'd get a server from Rackspace for $13/month and do<br>
all the testing I want. It is a month-to-month contract. There is a different<br>
problem there; Rackspace's policy is to not allow mailservers to run out of<br>
arbitrary virtual hosts there. I do it. I get blacklisted and remove the host<br>
from the advisory blacklists from time to time. But for testing, it will work<br>
fine for you. It will work flawlessly and there are fewer battles to fight.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>One of the things I have become quite anal about is my information being out of <br></div><div>my control. This limits me to not using cloud services. For me - - - I want no one <br></div><div>else to own nor to control my information, this makes me quite reluctant to even <br></div><div>use web based services. I am finding that even this has a lot of unattended <br></div><div>difficulties! <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I hope we are of some help. I know you are going to base your business on this,<br>
and everything needs to work flawlessly.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>That's the problem with business stuff. Its even worse when you are setting up in <br></div><div>an incredibly regulated area. Every thing MUST be perfect and even then it is <br></div><div>going to be assumed by the inspectors that you are trying to cut corners. Somehow <br></div><div>our current bureaucratic environment just doesn't get business - - - why would I <br></div><div>go to all the trouble of starting the business if I didn't want customers to like and <br></div><div>want to repeat purchase my products but the inspectors seem to think that the <br></div><div>opposite is true. <br><br></div><div>Thank you one and all for your input!!!!<br><br></div><div>Dee <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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