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Discontinued This is the new home for ddclient. Ddclient is a Perl client used to update dynamic DNS entries for accounts on 'Dynamic DNS Network Services' free DNS service. It currently supports a lot of different routers and a few different services.
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I run ddclient to avoid the need for a static IP, the MX record points at a hostname that has a short TTL and ddclient updates the DNS for the host's IP when it detects a change.
I use qmail with qpsmtpd as a custom SMTP front end, I don't play with it now but I used to try different techniques and keep stats on what worked and what didn't (eg greylisting, blocklists, advertise AUTH LOGIN with a 250 header and ban anyone who actually tries to use it) and then I have my own custom forwarding and routing of dynamic usernames etc.