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

["Achieve IT" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Waugh" <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Separate Servers for Web & Email


> 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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>

O.K. So should I not enter any DNS information into the Control Panel, but
rather tell the existing ISP to change the Address A Records to my RAQ4 IP
Address?
Thanks,
Declan.