Re: DNS question

[Chuck Campbell <campbell@accelinc.com>]

On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 09:14:50AM -0600, Jens Knoell wrote:
> Hi Chuck,
> 
> On Tuesday 10 May 2005 09:01, Chuck Campbell <CC> wrote:
> > I've managed to completely confuse myself.
> >
> > I have a domain registered at a registrar and hosted at a provider.
> >
> > The provider has given me primary and secondary DNS names and ip addresses.
> >
> > I have entered those at the registrar's site. All whois queries work and
> > email is configured and working properly.  I can find the web site from
> > anyone's browser.
> >
> > I now have a new company which has built commercial web pages for me, and I
> > need to make them active.  This company says I need to change my DNS
> > addresses with my registrar to make this work.  Is this correct?  They will
> > then take over hosting the domain (become my NEW provider)?
> >
> > They do NOT do any email, so if I make the DNS server changes at my
> > registrar, will my email break?
> >
> > If not, then I'm not sure I understand how any of this works.
> >
> > I thought that my provider (ISP) puts up A and MX DNS records which allow
> > resolution of my web pages and my email addresses.  If I switch to a new
> > provider that claims to not do email, who will make my email work?
> 
> 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?

> 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?

Are there some tools which let me see what A and MX records exist now, and 
where they actually are living?

thanks,
-chuck


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