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From: Chuck Campbell <campbell@accelinc.com>
Subject: Re: DNS question
Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 10:26:15 -0500
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To: Nick Mitchell <nick@niteconline.com>
Cc: Chuck Campbell <campbell@accelinc.com>, linux-admin@vger.kernel.org

On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 11:20:02AM -0400, Nick Mitchell wrote:
> All you need to do is have the company that hosts your DNS currently
> setup an A record to point www.yourname.com to the webhosting companys
> servers. Leave your MX records alone so you don't have an interruption
> in email.

Thanks, I think this is the info I was looking for.

I call my existing provider and request they change the current A record
to point to a different IP address (or is it at a different server name?)

This would allow my web pages to resolve to the new location, right?

-chuck