Re: DNS question

[Jens Knoell <jens@surefoot.com>]

Forgot...

On Tuesday 10 May 2005 09:23, Chuck Campbell <CC> wrote:
> On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 09:14:50AM -0600, Jens Knoell wrote:
> > That provider is probably giving you a load of BS. I've seen providers
> > who actually "need" the DNS resolvers on their servers, but in each case
> > it's just a matter of total utter BS on their side. The only thing you
> > need to do is point the www entry to the providers webserver.
>
> Who (in my current situation) needs to point the www entry?  I assume you
> mean my current provider needs to change something to point web resolution
> to a different address?  What (so I can speak intelligently with them)
> needs to be changed?

In the current situation, you would have to. Either with a CNAME entry, or 
with an A entry.

> > Alternatively if you'd rather play along and transfer the domains
> > nameservice to them, you can still add an MX entry pointing elsewhere if
> > they don't provide email services.
>
> I can't add an MX for email, the (new) provider would have to do that,
> correct?

If you have the authority to make DNS changes to your domain, you could do 
that.

J