Great info. So here's my next question. How is it that the DNS at GoDaddy.com simply forwards www.tonedeafstudios.com to my IP and doesn't keep the URL in the display, where as with some others will leave the URL in the display and the IP address is not visible?
For instance. I did an experiment with this my IP address and the web server (MacHTTP) and the mail server (SIMS). I went to no-ip.com and assigned tonedeaf.redirectme.net to my IP address and that URL stays in the display AND the web server works great, I can access sub-directories by putting slashes after tonedeaf.redirectme.net and they work. I can send and receive mail from SIMS and even access the administration pages through tonedeaf.redirectme.net:8010 from my browser, but I can't do that with GoDaddy.com? It's as if GoDaddy's DNS strip away or block anything after www.tonedeafstudios.com. Is the DNS at GoDaddy.com handling the call for my IP Address differently then the DNS at No-IP.com? If so, I would need to find a DNS to "park" my domain name where it will allow me access my web server and mail server like No-IP.com does, OR, run my one DNS on the same computer as the web server and mail server are on. Am I on the right track here? Thanks. Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Global Homes Webmaster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "SIMS Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 12:21 PM Subject: Re: How to get SIMS and server and everything to work right. > On 07/31/02 at 11:39, Mark Wheeler wrote: > > > This seems like such a struggle just to set up a web server and mail > > server, since I already have the domain name registered and all seems > > ready to go. I know this is a lot of info, but anything you can add > > would be helpful. > > Well... It's not ready to go until your name servers are ready. The most > important part, indeed the whole point, of registering a domain name is > specifying the name servers that will be authoritative for the domain. And > once those servers have been specified, you need to make sure that they > have the information needed for you to do what you want to do with the > domain. The Domain Name System (DNS) doesn't work by magic. For each domain > there needs to be one or more (preferably at least two) name servers that > can authoritatively translate names in the domain to information (IP > addresses, etc.) that other computers on the 'net can use to find your > servers. > > Any service that relies on domain names (web, mail, etc.) necessarily also > relies on properly configured name servers. It follows that anyone who > 'just' wants to set up a web server or a mail server necessarily also needs > to know something about the name servers for their domain(s). Web, mail and > other internet services are not isolated in a vacuum. They must be able to > interconnect with other services and protocols. DNS is part of the glue > that holds everything together and name servers are what make DNS work. > It's not really all that difficult, you just need to realize that there are > a few more pieces to the puzzle than the web and mail servers. A web server > or a mail server is kind of like a fighter pilot -- the pilot gets the > plane where it needs to go to deliver its payload, but without the > maintenance and ground crews back at its base, the plane can't get off the > ground to begin with. > > At any rate (and apologies for the rant), if you're going to be running web > and mail servers, you will do yourself a great service by learning about > how DNS works. The 'bible' is a book called 'DNS and BIND', published by > O'Reilly. If you're not ready to dive into that, I'm sure you can find lots > of good information with a Google search. > > -- > Christopher Bort | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Webmaster, Global Homes | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://www.globalhomes.com/> > > ############################################################# > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
