On Mon December 14 2009, Alan Chandler wrote: > Normally when you get a domain name, you should get the facility to edit > the name servers zone file for the domain. You then point the MX > records where you like - just point it/them at this same static ip.
I've had my domain for.... quite a few years. I own it from Network Solutions for at least the next 10 years. I've always had a hosting company ( ok, so I used to run windows:) that TAKES CARE of that STUFF.. > > MX records have a priority and you can have several and point them at > different places so that you can have a backup server manage your mail. I understand the concept, I used to do the DNS for AT&T in our own little subnet, adding machines & records, but that was 15 years ago... forgotten most of what I thought I knew.. if I dropped my domain hosting company, you are saying I would go back to network Solutions to get my MX records done? or my ISP... -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800 Registered Ubuntu User #12459 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

