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At 8:46 AM +1000 5/29/00, Chris Moffatt wrote:
Re: Would it Work?
From: Men & Mice Support
Date: Sunday, May 28, 2000
Time: 4:03:59 pm
>We have a problem domain with Network Solutions in that it is not allowing
>us to re delegate to our new name servers.
>
>The primary name server is currently at a co-location facility. The secondry
>name server is ns1.telstra.net.
>
>If I change ns1.telstra.net to point to our new primary name server, and
>switch off the old primary name server, would this domain still work? We
>would only have one active domain name server for a period of time until we
>can redelegate with network solutions.
If ns1.telstra.net goes down, or even becomes momentarily unavailable
(server busy, line busy, etc.), you run the risk of losing mail. If
this server is always available, then everything should be fine.
If a mail server can find an MX record for your domain, if the mail
server is unavailable, then it will hold the mail for later
transmission. If it can't find the MX record, then it will bounce the
message immediately.
Please note that having only one name server (especially a major one
like ns1.telstra.net) isn't much more of a risk than having two name
servers at the same location. I just wanted to point out the
potential, however small, for problems.
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Chris Buxton cbuxton@menandmice.com
Men & Mice http://www.menandmice.com
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