[thelist] Web and Email through different providors sharing a single domain
Anthony Baratta
Anthony at Baratta.com
Thu Aug 7 14:54:44 CDT 2003
At 12:22 PM 8/7/2003, hpinson at indepthl.com wrote:
>Hi. I'm wondering if it is possible to host a domain with one ISP
>and get email on the same domain through another ISP. ie.:
>
>ISP 1: Website - mysite.com
>ISP 2: Email - joe at mysite,com
>
>Both would share the same domain name.
No problem. You setup your MX records to point to the server that will be
responsible for email.
e.g.
foo.org -> 123.123.123.123
www.foo.org -> foo.org
mail.foo.org -> 321.321.321.321
mx record -> mail.foo.org
This is a simple setup in DNS.
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