> I just went and regestered a domin name for my personal site and have a > couple of questions. > > I have been able to get the site working only by using domain name > fowarding and pointing it at my IP address. This option does not seem to > work for email. > > I have an option to create nameservers and another option to change > nameservers. Yeah, needless to say I am lost here. Should I point the > nameserver at my ISP' DNS servers? Or at my local box? No clue really. > But what would allow my email address to be resolved? > > Thanks in advance for any help.
This is /way/ off topic. DNS uses a seperate entry (or entries) for mail, called Mail eXchanger records, denoted by MX. What you need to do is contact your hosting company and have them set up an MX that points your domain at your mailserver. It would also be a good idea to bug them to set up a backup MX (lower priority) that points at one of their mailservers to spool mail whenever your server is down. Good luck, and try to be on-topic next time ;-) -Peter ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: To learn the basics of securing your web site with SSL, click here to get a FREE TRIAL of a Thawte Server Certificate: http://www.gothawte.com/rd524.html -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
