From: "dingo"    
      
   $ Lotek Nate mentioned . .   
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   > And I should have memntioned that the email works locally. I can write   
   > email while logged in to the BBS locally and it will show up in my   
   > Yahoo.com email account a few minutes later.  And when I reply I'll   
   > get it on the BBS.   
      
   and i think all of your issues stem from using your external dns name from   
   internal access. in my own network that is NAT, i use a split-horizon DNS   
   server that answers internal addresses like 10.0.1.10 for external-facing DNS   
   servers that answer 62.67.2.3 or whatever to the world.   
      
   you can solve it with a simple HOSTS file hack, for 90% of applications,   
   windows doesn't have a libresolv service, and synchronet maybe does even its   
   own thing. /etc/hosts or hosts.txt files were the original internet dns, and   
   windows still honors the ability to inject your own static entries -- mind you   
   theres no cname, ptr, a records, etc.   
      
   your dyndns doesn't help matters a whole lot -- are you using this service   
   because you have a dynamic IP, because you don't own a domain, or because you   
   can't wire your domain to your static IP?   
      
   --- Enthral BBS 0.428/Alpha (Linux i686)   
    * Origin: hysteria >> hysteriabbs.com >> toronto ca (77:1/503)   
      
   --- Internet Rex 2.29   
    * Origin: The gateway at Diskshop BBS (1:250/8)