Re: [cobalt-users] Separate Servers for Web & Email

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 10 Apr 2003, Achieve IT wrote:

> > are below: Am I missing some thing?
> >
> > (Address A Record) domain.com     ->     212.67.197.38 (My Primary IP
> > address)
> > (Address A Record) mail.domain.com ->  xxx.xx.xxx.xxx (Existing ISP Mail
> > Server Address)
> > (Address A Record) www.domain.com     ->     212.67.197.38 (My Primary IP
> > address)
> > (MX Record)domain.com      mail is sent to high priority server
> > mail.domain.com
> > (MX Record) www.domain.com     mail is sent to high priority server
> > mail.domain.com
> >
>
>   Is the client's ISP doing DNS.
>   If you do 'dig client.tld'
>   Are the client's nameservers, yours or his ISP.
>   You could go to http://dnsreport.com and test
>
> The client's nameservers are his existing ISP. FYI, this ISP (Eircom.Net)
> is the largest in Ireland.
> Declan.

  The point I was trying to make is that you shouldn't try to admin
  the DNS unless your nameserver is the registed nameserver for the
  domain.


Gerald
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