Search Again: Re: Newbie questions From: Matt Henderson Date: Monday, May 7, 2001 Time: 7:29:49 am on 5/7/01 4:05 PM, Sean Stephens at lasso@treefroginteractive.com wrote: Sean, > 1. Why should an MX record NOT be set up in the format "xxx.com" and instead > in the format "mail.xxx.com". Is there a problem associated with doing so? It is allowable that an MX record points to xxx.com (as far as I'm aware.) However, creating a MX record for a hostname mail.xxx.com (which may point to the same IP address of xxx.com) can be very convenient if you ever need to separate your mail server from your, e.g., web server. For example, we recently needed to move one client's POP accounts from our primary (Linux) server to our secondary (MacOS) server. This was only a matter of changing the IP address for the mail.xxx.com record (and of course setting up the accounts on the Mac :-). > 2. My registrar of choice "joker.com" has taken over a WEEK to make a change > to a nameserver (ns1 - they still haven't gotten to it yet), as a result of > which I'm suffering from DNS mayhem. Anyone know of a registrar who gets > things done quick that I can switch over to? If you manage more than 25 domains, you can open an account with OpenSRS (opensrs.com). In addition to fast updates, this organization provides you with access to wholesale domain registration rates ($10/domain) and provides an advertisement-free web-based management interface that even lets you create sub-accounts for your clients to manage any domain records that you allow them to manage (like the Admin Contact record.) You can collect multiple domains under the same 'profile' so that changing your technical contact details affects all domains, etc. It's very nice in my opinion. Hope this helps. Regard, -- Matt Henderson -- MAKALUMEDIA INTERNET & ENGINEERING SERVICES GMBH matt@makalumedia.com

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