Re: domain setup & email/DSL

2001-02-11 Thread Lance Simmons
On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 11:44:09AM -0500, b3 wrote: > Glenn Becker wrote: > > > typing in the numeric ip or localhost gets me to the default page fine, of > > course. maybe i need to read up on DNS ... :-S > > Not a bad idea - although the documention can get a bit confusing, so be > forewarned

Re: domain setup & email/DSL

2001-02-09 Thread b3
Glenn Becker wrote: > i'm at such a low level with this stuff that i am unclear on what DNS > hosting 'really is.' :-) sometimes i don't know how i do anything ... LOL - it's OK - we were all there once. Basically a DNS server converts 'machinename.domainname.tld' into an ip address. They're ba

Re: domain setup & email/DSL

2001-02-09 Thread Glenn Becker
thanks! i'm at such a low level with this stuff that i am unclear on what DNS hosting 'really is.' :-) sometimes i don't know how i do anything ... and i also find myself wondering about the apache setup i currently have running (mostly for the sake of future experimentation - i haven't done an

Re: domain setup & email/DSL

2001-02-09 Thread b3
Glenn Becker wrote: > When I set up my Debian box, I named it debian.atomcam.com, which seemed > logical at the time. I have since changed the numeric IP (we switched DSL > providers when it turned out the former one had NOT BEEN PAYING THEIR > BILLS to Covad ...) but have kept the debian.atomcam.