RE: [cobalt-users] Digital Nation DNS confusion NEED HELP PLEASE also!

[Eddy <eddy+public+spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dee gave a good description of what to do, but I'd like to add a few
things to the mix:



> Also, for fun, I changed my Base IP's name from www.valueweb to
> core.imonkey.com.  This didn't adversely affect anything, so chances are
> it's fine to change the name of your base IP.  I did this because mail sent
> from Telnet accounts had www.valueweb as part of the headers, and I wanted
> people to know where mail was really coming from when they received mail
> from my machine. Now, in the headers for email, mail is shown as sent by
> core.imonkey.com which is much less confusing for the receiver.

Not only for fun, but one SHOULD have valid reverse DNS.  Some MX will
refuse mail if it comes from a box with invalid reverse DNS entries.



> 1. Create 2 new virtual sites with IPs different from your base IP given by
> your provider. (ns.yourdomain.com and ns2.yourdomain.com)

Suggestion:  Find someone with whom to exchange secondary DNS.  The whole
point of having primary and secondary DNS servers is redundancy.



> 3. Use the Service Agreement form at Network solutions to change teh DNSs
> for all your websites.

Painful but necessary. :-(



> 5. Change the name of your Base IP in your nameserver settings if you want.
> It affects nothing, since the Base IP isn't used by network solutions for
> anything.

Again, I'd recommend changing this, to ensure that your MX has valid
reverse DNS.



Have fun,
Eddy

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