Leopard Mail Server and DynDNS (Newbie)

I don't have a static IP but have an account with DynDNS. I have AFP, Firewall, Web, and VPN enabled. All those services are working perfectly. I am now trying to setup mail.
I have opened the required ports, enabled mail, and configured mail via the "Configure Mail Service" button in overview. POP and IMAP are enabled. SMTP is enabled to allow incoming Mail. Accept SMTP relay is checked to accepts relays from 127.0.0.0/8 and 192.168.3.0/24.
I have setup an account in Workgroup Manager with mail enabled.
Using Mac OS X Mail, I have setup the POP account and it is recognized (at least for incoming). However, when I try to send mail to that account, I receive Deliver Failed notification - Reason: Remote SMTP server has rejected address. There is also something about a diagnostic code and relay access being denied.
Don't really know where to go from here. I have set up the MX record through DynDNS - mail.mydomain.com
Message was edited by: jtothea
Message was edited by: jtothea

Before you go too far, where you you going (or hoping to go) with this?
If you're planning on running your own domain's email you might as well stop right now. For the most part you can't run a reliable mail service on a dynamic IP address. For one, most major ISPs are going to reject your mail as coming from a dynamic IP address. A large portion of ISPs will also reject your mail since the reverse lookup of your server's IP address doesn't match your domain.
If you're just running your own mail to/from your own users you might be OK, but if you're trying to email other domains it just isn't going to work.
You might have more luck if you relay your mail through your ISP's mail server - that may overcome some of the limitations but for truly reliable email delivery you need a static IP address.
Now, that said, in order for anyone to troubleshoot your problem (assuming it's more than just a dynamic IP address issue) you're going to have to reveal your domain name. That way people can lookup what the DNS world knows about your domain, test it, and see what the actual failure notices look like.
The failure message is critical. It will give a specific reason and that reason will go a long way to identifying the problem. Just saying there is some 'diagnostic code' doesn't help much.

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