Re: [cobalt-users] Raq4 - point domain to users external webspace

["Brian M. Rahill" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

> A client of mine just wants me to manage his domain and email with no 
> hosting. I have to forward his domain to his webspace on
> another server. How can I do this without using Meta Tags or JavaScript?
>
> Can I do it via the DNS GUI?

In DNS you could make A records that point to the IP address of your 
clients server.  It's not really a forward...it's better than that.  You 
are basically just providing DNS for him/her.

www.clientsdomain.com  >>>  123.123.123.123 (client's server IP address)
cleintsdomain.com  >>> 123.123.123.123 (client's server IP address)

You could host the mail on your server if you want.  The easiest way I've 
found to do that is to setup a virtual site for the client's domain (even 
though you won't be hosting the web content) via the GUI then create 
whatever users you want for the client's domain.

Then setup an MX record like:

clientsdomain.com >> mail is sent to the High priority mail 
server  >>  yourprimarydomain.com

Their SMTP and POP servers will then be yourprimarydomain.com.

That should do the trick.  It'll allow you to host the mail while the 
client's server does the web stuff.


Brian


Brian M. Rahill
RainStorm Consulting
www.rainstormconsulting.com
"Designing Strategies for Internet Success."
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