"Bob Tennent" <BobT@cs.queensu.ca> wrote in message
news:slrnc1od64.mde.BobT@linus.cs.queensu.ca...
> To get your domain directed to your Linux box, the crucial issue is
> whether you have a static or dynamic IP. If the former, simply tell your
> DNS server admin what it is. If the latter, you will need to interact
> with something like zoneedit or dyndns to keep your domain in sync with
> your changing IP address.

Thank you for your reply.

I have a static IP address but who is my DNS server admin? How do the DNS
server addresses I configure my domain with (using my domain registars
control panel) end up at my IP address?

> e-mail server to whom? You probably just want sendmail and you probably
> *don't* want to allow everyone on the internet to be able to use it.

I'd like to be able to run a basic pop3 e-mail server so I can receive
e-mail sent to something@mydomain.co.uk